Artist Diploma (Glenn Gould School) in-progress
Artist Diploma (University of Western Ontario)
B.Mus (University of Western Ontario)
Giulianna Misasi is a graduate of the Artist Diploma program and the Bachelor of Music, Vocal Performance program at Western University. In the fall of 2018 she will continue training through the Artist Diploma program in Voice at The Glenn Gould School within the Royal Conservatory of Music.
Beyond post secondary training, Giulianna performed several operatic roles in Canada and Europe. In 2014, she performed scenes from Don Giovanni, and Die Entführung aus dem Serail with The Canadian Operatic Arts Academy. Giulianna featured as the second lady in Die Zauberflöte with the Accademia Europea Dell’ Opera in 2015. In July of 2016, Giulianna branched out into music theatre as Marta from Company with the Music Theatre on the Thames. Last summer 2017, Giulianna returned to classical performance as Lady Billows from Albert Herring in the Halifax Summer Opera Festival. This summer, Giulianna performed as Fiordiligi in Cosi Fan Tutte with Summer Opera Lyric Theatre.
Through continual professional development, Giulianna transfers her training and dedication to her students to allow them to reach their full potential.
Get to know Giulianna…Beyond the Bio!
Hobbies: Cooking, Swimming, Kickboxing
Musical influences: Renee Flemming, Anna Netrebko
Favourite food: Pasta, BBQ Anything
Least favourite food: Tripe
Favourite music: I love so many different Genres
Favourite song: Currently – Fall in Line by Christina Aguilera
Favourite movie: I don’t have one
Favouirite movie music: Currently – Hunchback of Notre dame
Favourite musical theatre/opera: Currently – Manon by Jules Massenet
Best quote from your teacher: “No Translation, No Sing!”
Favourite quote: “Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th” Julie AndrewsFavourite book:Bel Canto – Ann Patchett
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Homework assignments for Monday, January 4, 2021
Hello Everyone! Happy New year!
Here you will find the homework that is required for our next lesson. If you ever have any questions feel free to bring them with you to your next lesson.
Enjoy!
Zoe
Recommended daily practice time is 25-30 minutes per day
Songs:
Next week there will be a test on German dance in D major and Song of the dark woods. Things to look out for are the starred sections. The places where you felt needed improvement. Transitions are also a place to really work on. Consider playing the last measure of one system with the 1st measure of another. You can also look out for the dynamic markings that are required in each piece. You will also continue to work on the snake. This week you can work on hands together. Playing it very slowly to begin. You also have a couple of new pieces. Young Ludwig exploring, Canon and Climb up on an Elephant
Technique:
This week play through C, D, E, F, G major with hands together. Take your time and be sure to keep the scale even in tempo.
How parents can help: Encourage your child to have a daily practice routine and ensure that they are filling out their homework logs correctly. In addition to the online homework posts, I recommend that each student keep and maintain a homework journal where they can fill in how long they practice and what they worked on that week. You can decorate it to make it fun!
Julian
Recommended daily practice time is 10-15 minutes per day
Songs: This week we have three new songs. You can clap for me, Tchaikovsky’s Waltz, and Mama’s Bakin Apple Pie. Be sure to go through the steps to learning a song. Filling in counting, tapping and counting out loud and so on.
How parents can help: Encourage your child to have a daily practice routine and ensure that they are filling out their homework logs correctly. In addition to the online homework posts, I recommend that each student keep and maintain a homework journal where they can fill in how long they practice and what they worked on that week. You can decorate it to make it fun!
Isabella
Recommended daily practice time is 5-10 minutes per day
Songs:
This week was the first lesson and so there were a few new songs that were learned. Hot Cross buns, Ode to joy, Twinkle twinkle. For each of these songs, be sure to use Groups of 2 go down to C and Groups of 3 go down to F help you find where each of the letters are. This week you may also begin to practice saying the musical alphabet backwards.
How parents can help: Encourage your child to have a daily practice routine and ensure that they are filling out their homework logs correctly. In addition to the online homework posts, I recommend that each student keep and maintain a homework journal where they can fill in how long they practice and what they worked on that week. You can decorate it to make it fun!
Ahara
Recommended daily practice time is 5-10 minutes per day
Songs:
This week we can look into a cookie and a snip. Have a listen to the piano track and see if you can sing along with the piano. We have chosen a couple of new songs so in weeks to come we shall tackle the songs together. If there are ever any songs Ahara wishes to sing, please feel free to mention them in class.
How parents can help: Encourage your child to have a daily practice routine and ensure that they are filling out their homework logs correctly. In addition to the online homework posts, I recommend that each student keep and maintain a homework journal where they can fill in how long they practice and what they worked on that week. You can decorate it to make it fun!
Assignments for the week of December 18th
Hello everyone!
This is the last homework assignment before the break!
Happy Holidays everyone and a Happy New Year! See you all in 2019!
Simone
Recommended minutes to practice: 15 Minutes per day
Songs: D-E-F march work on this for one more week. Remember to check what notes you are playing in the song before you start playing. Check to see where your hands go and get set up! Remember to always count while you play and keep a steady beat. We also learned Mister blue bird, Dance band and frogs on logs. Today we learned Time Signature. 4/4 time means that the top number tells us how many beats are in one measure. The bottom number tells us that a quarter note gets one beat. Continue filling out the counting before you play a new song and always count yourself in!
How parents can support practice: Encouraging your child to practice regularly and helping them develop a routine is the best way to be supportive. Additionally, check their homework log for accuracy.
Ruby
Recommended minutes to practice: 15 Minutes per day
Songs: There will be a test on “It’s a small world”. Remember to keep a steady beat and count while you play. You can also work on “Peter, Peter” and we can have a test on that one as well. For your test, I will give you both comments and a mark for each song. Also for fun, try learning all I want for christmas by ear! Play the song on youtube then try playing it back on the piano! Have fun with it. We will try this again in the new year.
How parents can support practice: Encouraging your child to practice regularly and helping them develop a routine is the best way to be supportive. Additionally, check their homework log for accuracy.
Zoe
Recommended minutes to practice: 15 Minutes per day
Scales: A,F,D Major scales. For these be sure to practice with a metronome to help you keep a steady beat.
Songs: Work on Square dance remember to focus on dynamics and overall arch of the song. This will help to create a really interesting and exciting piece. No moon tonight and Grumpy old troll. These songs need some more attention. Go through your steps to learning a song and see how comfortable you get
Theory: Complete pgs 30-33 in your theory book!
How parents can support practice: Encouraging your child to practice regularly and helping them develop a routine is the best way to be supportive. Additionally, check their homework log for accuracy.
Sara
Recommended minutes to practice: 15 Minutes per day
Songs: Two note march, Girl on a Bicycle, Boy on a Bicycle, Song for a Scarecrow, My Pony and Row, Row, Row your boat. Learn as many songs as you would like over the break! Have fun learning new songs!
How parents can support practice: Encouraging your child to practice regularly and helping them develop a routine is the best way to be supportive. Additionally, check their homework log for accuracy.
Olivia
Recommended minutes to practice: 15 Minutes per day
Practice all the songs we worked on in class and maybe bring some new ideas in the new year!
How parents can support practice: Encouraging your child to practice regularly and helping them develop a routine is the best way to be supportive. Additionally, check their homework log for accuracy.
Assignments for the week of December 11
Hello everyone!
Here is the homework for the week!
Have a good week!
Simone
Recommended minutes to practice: 15 Minutes per day
Songs: This week we will continue to work on Gorilla in the tree and My invention. Remember to go through each step. Now that we have learned the Treble G clef and Bass F clef you have to think about which hand you are using, where your notes are on the piano, thinking about family numbers and finger numbers. Then go through your steps to learning a song. Fill in the counting, clap and count, read through letter names and clap and count using the letter names then after all of that then you can play and count. We added a new song and learned 3 new letters. Learning D-E-F!
Theory: Complete the sheet that I gave you and write in all the family numbers.
How parents can support practice: Encouraging your child to practice regularly and helping them develop a routine is the best way to be supportive. Additionally, check their homework log for accuracy.
Ruby
Recommended minutes to practice: 15 Minutes per day
Songs: For Just can’t wait to be king there will be a final playing test next week. Remember to play at 105 bpm and to play it as best as you can. I will give you a mark out of 100. Continue working on Peter, Peter, it’s a small world and off to bed now. Remember to count along while you play to keep a steady tempo and spend some extra time on sections you are having trouble with. Be sure to go through every step including filling in the counting for each song you play!
How parents can support practice: Encouraging your child to practice regularly and helping them develop a routine is the best way to be supportive. Additionally, check their homework log for accuracy.
Zoe
Recommended minutes to practice: 15 Minutes per day
Songs: No moon tonight, Square dance, Forest Drums. Remember to count while you play and practice each song everyday. In each song think about the dynamic markings and what we talked about. Strong and weak beats are important to think about, they will help you create beautiful music. Try this in all your music but especially with the painting with pastels song. In this one you can really hear the strong and weak beats!
Theory: We have started learning key signature. Order of the sharps and flats. Go through each rhyme and see how much you can remember. Next week we will have worksheets to fill out.
How parents can support practice: Encouraging your child to practice regularly and helping them develop a routine is the best way to be supportive. Additionally, check their homework log for accuracy.
Sara
Recommended minutes to practice: 15 Minutes per day
Songs: No Moon tonight, Grumpy old troll, Boogie on Broadway and Scarf Dance. Be sure to go through all the steps to learning a song. Always check the time signature, this will help you with your counting. Also try out the next exercise in your sight reading book!
For the new year think about purchasing the theory book as well as the performance book.
How parents can support practice: Encouraging your child to practice regularly and helping them develop a routine is the best way to be supportive. Additionally, check their homework log for accuracy.
Preferred Books for Giulianna’s Students
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Piano Books
Faber & Faber Piano Adventures
The 2nd Edition Primer Lesson Book introduces the keyboard, note values, and the grand staff. Students play in C 5-finger scale patterns, develop recognition of steps and skips, and learn letter names independent of finger number. Musicianship is built through the use of dynamics and coloristic experimentation with the pedal. The book is organized into units which represent the major concepts and skills. As new units are introduced, earlier concepts and skills are constantly reviewed.
Faber & Faber Piano Adventures
The 2nd Edition Primer Theory Book provides important reinforcement and creative application of basic theory concepts. Students will enjoy note-naming with StoryRhymes, exploring improvisation, and engage with eye-training and ear-training activities all within a fun-filled context tied thematically to the Primer Lesson Book pieces.
Alfred's Basic Piano Library Lesson Book 1A
This easy step-by-step method emphasizes correct playing habits and note reading through interval recognition. Lesson Book Level 1A begins by teaching basic keyboard topography and fluent recognition of white key names in relation to black keys. It focuses on simple rhythms and prepares students for intervallic reading with entertaining songs that focus on “same,” “stepping up” and “stepping down.” It then introduces lines and space notes in treble and bass clefs, melodic and harmonic intervals of 2nds, 3rds, 4ths and 5ths, and graduates to reading on the grand staff. It also introduces the flat and sharp signs. This course is most effective when used under the direction of a piano teacher or experienced musician. Songs Include: Balloons * Batter Up! * The Donkey * A Friend Like You * Hand-Bells * A Happy Song * Horse Sense * Totem Pole Song * It’s Halloween! * Jingle Bells! * Jolly Old Saint Nicholas * July the Fourth! * Just a Second! * Love Somebody * Merrily We Roll Along O’er the Deep Blue Sea * Mexican Hat Dance * My Clever Pup * My Fifth * My Robot * Old MacDonald * Old Uncle Bill * Play a Fourth * Raindrops * Rain, Rain! * Rockets * Rockin’ Tune * Rock Song * Sailing * Sea Divers * See-Saws * Skating * Who’s on Third? * Willie and Tillie * Wishing Well * The Zoo
Alfred's Basic Piano for the Later Beginner
Complete Level 1 is a faster-paced version of Levels 1A and 1B that gets to staff reading more quickly. Perfect for a student who is 8 or older, or for a younger beginner with great musical aptitude. This course is most effective when used under the direction of a piano teacher or experienced musician.
Voice & Singing Books
RCM Voice Repertoire
A Comprehensive Voice Series serves as the official resource for voice assessments of the Royal Conservatory Music Development Program. Featuring an outstanding selection of voice literature and supporting materials, this series offers a truly enriched learning experience to help ensure student success. As in previous editions, Resonance encompasses a rich and varied selection of Repertoire, Vocalises and Recitatives that students of all ages and voice types will find appropriate to their musical interests and level of technical ability.
Kids' Musical Theatre Collection
59 songs, combined in a convenient package (combines book only of Vol. 1 00230029 and Vol. 2 00230031), offering a wealth of theatre music for children.
Full Voice Workbook Series
