Hello Everybody, This is a reminder that there are no classes this Victoria Day weekend from May 22-24th, inclusive. We encourage you to still 'do' a class by replaying one of the previous weeks' classes using the parent portal. This is a great opportunity to 'visit' with another teacher, too! If you are happy of the break but still want [...]
Anaya Recommended minutes to practice: 10-15 minutes a day What to practice: A Happy Song, See-Saws, and Biking How to practice it most effectively: A Happy Song will be a review piece this week - just work on smoothly playing it from start to finish (no break between the lines). See-Saws introduces playing legato - this means we connect between the notes (which you've already [...]
Sahil Recommended minutes to practice: 15-20 minutes a day What to practice: Minor triads warmup, Hey Mr. Half Note Dot, Alouette, Beyblade Burst Turbo How to practice it most effectively: For the minor triads warmup, play a triad starting from every white key, but this week let's make them all minor! When changing a chord from major to minor it's only the middle note that moves [...]
Hi everyone, With the transition to ZOOM video lessons, I am no longer able to write down notes and musical material in the students’ books/binders. Instead, I have created PDF documents for each of you and dropped them into a Google Drive folder. The link to your documents is listed in the What to practice heading under your name below. [...]
Abi: Try to work on some mouthpiece exercises we did this week. Different pitches, volume and tonging all over the mouthpiece will allow for maximum comfortability on the horn. This is also a good time to really be aware of your breath. Check that you're taking a full breath and filling from the bottom up & support with your diaphragm [...]
Hi everyone, With the transition to ZOOM video lessons, I am no longer able to write down notes and musical material in the students’ books/binders. Instead, I have created PDF documents for each of you and dropped them into a Google Drive folder. The link to your documents is listed in the What to practice heading under your name below. [...]
I hope everyone is enjoying the warmer weather this week! Jaron - congratulations on finishing Long Long Ago and great work sight-reading Perpetual Motion! - Recommended practice time: 15 min/day, 5 days/week - Practice: G, D, and A Major scales (doing our usual posture and bow hold check each time before playing and making sure our bow is in the [...]
Hello! Sorry this post is coming to you a day late - I had an assignment to finish last night. In other news, I am happy to announce I am a contestant on CBC Music's Searchlight: The first round is voting-based, so if you wanted to hear my original music and maybe shoot me a vote it would be much [...]
Lucas Recommended Practice Time: 15-30mins every day What to practice: This week I want you to go through the reading for Lesson 4! It will be on the second page of the document linked. How to practice effectively: Go through and write in the counts (1+2+3+4+) above the notes for all of the lines on the page. Then after counting the [...]
Anaya Recommended minutes to practice: 10 minutes a day What to practice: Row, Row, Row Your Boat, A Happy Song How to practice it most effectively: For Row, Row, we circled all our repeating notes: for both hands there are repeated Es in the middle of the lines. A Happy Song is the new one this week: as always, watch the directions and which hand plays [...]