Hello Everyone! Friendly reminder that summer lesson registration is open! If you are interested in continuing through the summer you should be able to register through Opus, otherwise Barnaby would be happy to help fit you into my summer schedule. Fall registration is also open! If you are taking the summer of, but would like to keep your time slot [...]
Hello Everyone! Friendly reminder as we approach the end of the spring term, if you are interested in continuing lessons through the summer please reach out to Barnaby to claim a time slot. You can also renew for the fall semester as well. If you would like to keep your current time slot reach out to Barnaby ASAP. Noreet: [...]
Hello Everyone! Vida: Continue to practice Under the Sea, working towards playing the first two pages hands together! Use the metronome if this helps Vida. Start at 60BPM then slowly increase the tempo. The ideal tempo for Under the Sea is 120BPM. Review any tricky or challenging spots hands separately when necessary. Review Green Frog Hop, Home on the [...]
Hello Everyone! Noreet: Continue to practice Daydream hands together slowly. Review the third phrase hands separately when necessary. Remember the 4th phrase is identical to the first phrase! The last part has similar parts to the beginning of the song, just remember to play one octave up! When in doubt, re-read the sheet music and go back to practicing hands [...]
Hello Everyone! Vida: It was great to see you at Lawrence Park today! Now that you are confident with both the right and left hands of "Under the Sea" work towards playing the whole song hands together. Play slowly to allow your hands the time to line up in the music. Pay close attention to the macro beat of the song. Write this [...]
Hello Everyone! Noreet: Welcome back! We were talking about the student recital before you left for Europe, it was supposed to be May 4th in person but unfortunately we had to cancel. However we are offering a digital recital instead! Today Noreet recorded "Ice Cream" and "More Ice Cream" to be added to the digital recital. Barnaby will be [...]
Hello! I have a few reminders and updates for you all. First, Berke has informed me that he does not have access to his chrome book this week! So if you could kindly remember to share this email with him that will be super helpful for Berke's practice this week. Second, while I know the in person recital was cancelled, [...]
Hello! I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who submitted a video for the digital concert! I'm very much looking forward to seeing everyone's performances! Vida: Great progress with Under the Sea! Continue to review the melody in the right hand. Read and play through bars 29-35 on their own this week. Encourage Vida to use all [...]
Hello! Berke: You can choose to either video record Minuet in F Major at home and upload the recording to the google drive for me to submit. Or we can wait until next class to record together. For this week, when practicing Moonlight Sonata, focus specifically on bars 7-11. Please practice this section hands separately to start. Remember [...]
Hello! Friendly reminder that our recital is next Sunday, May 4th at 1:30pm! It would be so great if you could attend, even if you are not performing! Berke: For this week, I challenge you to play Minuet in F Major for other people; friends, family, anyone who will listen. This will help you practice performing! When playing the Minuet, practice pushing through [...]