Chloe VERY IMPORTANT: Chloe needs My First Piano Adventure Lesson Book B for next week! You can buy it at any music book store or on Amazon here. https://www.amazon.ca/My-First-Piano-Adventure-Lesson/dp/1616776218/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1515206043&sr=8-1&keywords=my+first+piano+adventure+lesson+book+b We started the lesson by reviewing the last song in her current book: Graduation Party. The first time Chloe played through the song, she had some problems switching from one hand [...]

This week, David was subbing for me. Here are his notes below! Chloe Chloe enthusiastically did her opening exercises, and I followed along. We played the 5-finger scale, and I relayed to her the importance of keeping your fingers close to the keys, and not wasting energy. I gave her the metaphor of the fingers being glued to the keys, [...]

NOTE TO ALL PARENTS: There will be a substitute teacher next week. The teacher is aware of each student's progress and needs, so the lessons should be as any lesson with me would. Rachel This week, we began the lesson by doing some stretches and playing Twinkle Twinkle as a warm-up. We then reviewed "Dinosaur Music Night." After some reminders [...]

Rachel This week, we began the lesson by doing some quick stretches and playing Twinkle Twinkle as a warm-up. We then reviewed Cuckoo Clock, the assignment from last week. Rachel did a great job playing this and was quick to remember how it worked after a short review! We then started to look at Dinosaur Music Night. Rachel did a [...]

NOTE TO ALL PARENTS ABC Academy's fall recital is on Sunday, December 3rd. All students are encouraged to perform and attend the recital! Even if they don't perform, it's a great opportunity to see how other students in the school are progressing and listen to all kinds of music at all kinds of levels. Rachel This week, we started by [...]