2015 Spring Piano Recital

2015 Recital
(Missing: Madison & Leah)

NEW: Piano Maestro

I am excited to introduce a new program for 2015: Piano Maestro by Joy Tunes.

Piano Maestro is an app that was created for iPads, and will revolutionize your child's at-home practice. To learn more about the benefits of this app, follow this link:

 http://www.joytunes.de/parentzone/media/files/Parent%20Guidlines%20Maestro.pdf

See what parents have to say about Piano Maestro:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRuN0Lk9rzQ

2014 Holiday Music Extravaganza

Hello families,

Several of my students agreed to participate in a new special project this year.  I decided to create a "virtual recital" that could be shared with loved ones, both near and far. 

It is with great pride that I present to you this special gift from your children: 'A Holiday Music Extravaganza' - a compilation of 67 Christmas, Hanukkah, and other winter themed pieces.

I hope that you will have an opportunity to watch this 60 minute video with your family, and even pass it along to whomever may enjoy some holiday cheer.

ARTICLE: The Positive Emotional Impact of Listening to Sad Music

I found this article to be very interesting, especially this excerpt:

“Music-evoked sadness can be appreciated not only as an aesthetic, abstract reward, but (it) also plays a role in well-being, by providing consolation as well as regulating negative moods and emotions.”

 

Read the full article here:

http://www.psmag.com/navigation/books-and-culture/positive-emotional-impact-sad-music-93607/

 

VIDEO: How Playing An Instrument Benefits Your Brain

My students have often heard me talk about how listening to music creates "fireworks" in all multiple areas of their brains. But playing an instrument creates an even more impressive fireworks display. 
Every time you play your instrument, your brain is getting a full-body workout!

This clip shows why daily practice is so important.

2014 Costume Recitals

What a fun week it was!  Thanks to everyone for your fine performances and for your participation in the group discussion about "What Makes Music Sound Scary?"

A special thanks to the Sands family for providing the yummy treats on Wednesday.

I hope you will enjoy the following video performances.  

Tuesday's Recital (featuring Katelyn, Celine, Eva, Alex, Amanda and Liam)

Tuesday

 

Wednesday's Recital (featuring Amanda, Anna, Maren, Eva, Liam, Avery and Jamie)

Wednesday

 Thursday's Recital (featuring Samantha, Autumn, Katie, Zoe, Madison, Kyle, Gwen, and Maddy)

Thursday

VIDEO: Why Music Matters

This 6 minute clip demonstrates why music education is so important. It is geared more toward band, and keeping music in the schools... but it still makes some very good points.
  
Is 95% good enough?  Watch and see (hear!) what happens when musicians strive for a 95% success rate in their music.