- Updated student and parent logins to use the https protocol, so all of the students and parents information will have a secure and encrypted connection for teachers on a paying plan.
- Credit card expiration dates can now be entered with dates up to 10 years in the future
- Updated studio website themes to say “NOTICE” instead of “WARNING” in message boxes (such as when filling out the registration form).
- Fixed typo: “Rechedule” to “Reschedule” when editing an event.
- Added some new links to the blog sidebar
- Made blog comments strip slashes whenever there’s an apostrophe
- Fixed a rare bug in the practice log when organizing students by a skill level that had an apostrophe in it.
About the Author
Brandon Pearce is a piano teacher, choral director, computer programmer, and entrepreneur from Murray, Utah, and is also the creator of Music Teacher's Helper.
As his teaching studio grew, he found it increasingly difficult to keep track of how much each student owed. Having recently received a B.S. in Computer Science from Weber State University, he decided to write a web-based computer program to manage billing and scheduling in his studio. Realizing that he wasn't alone in his studio management frustrations, he soon made the service available to other teachers. And they loved it! Since 2003, several additional programmers, and thousands of teachers from around the world have participated in creating the world-class studio management software you know today as Music Teacher's Helper.
Brandon currently spends his time managing and improving Music Teacher's Helper, traveling with his family, and writing hymn arrangements for piano. He is also the assistant director of the Oratorio Society of Utah, a 90+ year old choral organization that performs Handle's Messiah each year, as well as other choral masterworks.
