Hello everyone! Many of you were new to me this week and it was SO nice to meet you all! Nice to see returning faces as well, of course :) I'm looking forward to all the fun we can have and progress we can make this summer session. For those who are new to this, each week I will post [...]
Great to see everyone this week! Your pieces are all coming along really well, all of you :) Please see below for homework suggestions: Romi -Vacation Days - practice the RH this week, and if you're feeling ambitious, try it hands together! Dawn -the exercise on pg 61 of the green warmup book--concentrate on forward lips for the "oo", and [...]
Here are the practice recommendations for the week: Romi -Vacation Days - practice the LH, watching for the place you've labelled with the notes -Your own Ice Cream composition - Work on your own composition with the notes C, D, G, A, and B, as we chose during the lesson. You can access a little print-out for it here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T2DV2uDCKejJc-qyVrnyB34pUZ5pcG2M/view?usp=sharing [...]
It was nice to see everyone again this week. As we are met with warmer weather, I encourage you all to try to keep a regular practice schedule! 15 minutes a day goes a long way! Serena -"bumblebee" and "hoo oh ooh" warmups-keep working on "What's My Name"-"Castle on a Cloud" - work on embracing your own voice! Try adding [...]
Super job this week to all! Everyone is making great progress, which is so awesome to see. I hope you all feel the same! :) Try to keep up regular practice, if at all possible during this hectic time. Aiming for around 4 days in the week is great, even just 10-15 minutes a day. Here are the homework suggestions: [...]
Romi -practice the new section of Hickory Dickory Dock-write in the letter names to help with this-Keyboard Magic: you can write the letter names here as well and practice playing hands together Dawn -breathing exercise: in for 8, out for 20, in for 6, out for 25-head voice exercises: using the "wee" sound to embrace the feeling of lightness and [...]
Nice to see everyone again this week! Here are your homework suggestions: Dawn -octave slides exercises from green book, pg 59-arpeggios exercises from same book -- use backing track to work with the chord changes-when singing in general, try the breathing in through nose technique-if ever you feel strained, embrace your head voice! Romi -Hickory Dickory Dock: keep practicing up [...]
Hi everyone! I'm returning to using the homework posts as it's a bit too complicated to write it out in the Zoom chat and then save it for the student! Hopefully continuing to use the homework emails will be helpful for students and parents alike! Nice job to everyone this week, trying to keep up the music practice amongst everything [...]
Hi everyone! Nice work this week. :) Homework suggestions follow: Dawn Recommended practice time is 15mins for 5 days.-breath support exercise: fill in through the rib cage and hiss out, trying to last as long as you can-A la nanita: drill the tricky melodic sections; work on the Spanish for the 2nd verse; imagine keeping all of the notes (especially [...]
Hi everyone! Nice work this week--keep it up! Recommended practice time is 15-20 minutes 5x a week. See below for you or your child's homework assignments! :) Dawn -practice Spanish lyrics by: speaking them aloud, listening to a recording of someone singing/speaking it, singing them with the pitch-drill the tricky melodic sections with your piano. Once you get it, practice [...]