Posted on December 15, 2009 by Amelia Rogers
Both Blanchard classes this week were full of energy! We started out talking about how the “recital” will work next week for those parents who can come. Before our audience arrives next Monday we will have time to go over what will happen, and in what order. The recital will take the form of demonstrations [...]
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Posted on December 15, 2009 by Amelia Rogers
Both Blanchard classes this week were full of energy! We started out talking about how the “recital” will work next week for those parents who can come. Particularly in this morning class, as we won’t have time to rehearse beforehand, this will take the form of demonstrations of exercises and sharing what we have been [...]
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Posted on December 14, 2009 by Adele Merritt
Hi Guys! It was great to have everyone in class today, and …Wow! What a great class it was to finish off this session! I’m so proud of the progress you have made in MusIQ Club this term. You have all worked hard and it was lovely to be able to award you your certificates today! Congratulations all [...]
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Posted on December 13, 2009 by Chris Churchill
Today we had our 4th Piano Suite class. It is a small class of 4 and only 3 were there. Laura, Marcedes and Ben. They are incredible! Such quick studies. We learned the C major scale today with right and left hands ascending and descending Right hand is 1,2,3,1,2,3,4,5 Left hand is 5,4,3,2,1,3,2,1 We reviwed [...]
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Posted on December 12, 2009 by Adele Merritt
Hi Everyone! Well done for a focussed lesson today. Everyone worked hard, and I was able to assess some people’s playing and technique work too! Hope the soccer match went well Arman and Farshad! Level 1 & 2 - Alec, Ali, Aalyiah, Carson, Jake You spent some time practising hard this week. You worked on your [...]
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Posted on December 12, 2009 by Adele Merritt
Hi Everyone! We had a lovely lesson and it was great to have everyone here today! Level 1A, Lessons 9 & 10 – Brooke In Lesson 9, Mr Bach explained all about circle notes which go higher and higher, and lower and lower. Then, in Lesson 10 he taught you all about circle notes moving [...]
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Posted on December 12, 2009 by Melisa Szeto
In today’s class: CMJ1A: Conrad and Tyrelle worked on Lesson 8 where they learned how to play double notes. When you play double notes, it’s playing a high note (with your right hand) and a low note (with your left) at the same time. We practiced holding down double notes for different time intervals. As [...]
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Posted on December 11, 2009 by Rémi Lefebvre
Everyone Together: We spent the first half of today’s class by reviewing a bunch of topics that we have covered over the past little while. All of the things we touched on will be on your assessments next week! After, you had time to warm up and then I went around and listened to each [...]
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Posted on December 11, 2009 by Rémi Lefebvre
Lesson 11: Today we met with our new teacher. His name was Mr. Scott Joplin, and he was alive about 100 years ago. Isn’t it great that even though his parents had no money, his mother was able to get jobs cleaning houses for the rich so her son could play on their pianos to [...]
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Posted on December 10, 2009 by jennifervangennip
Hello! This week was our last class before our recital. Next week the students should still arrive at the regular time as we will do a little dress rehearsal, and the last half hour of the class will be our recital. Very exciting! So, Jolly Old Saint Nicholas is the number one thing to be [...]
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Posted on December 10, 2009 by jennifervangennip
Congratulations to both of these classes on great first recitals! I was very pleased with how you played, and very proud of you all for showing your families the results of your hard work! The classes are posted now online for registration for January, and I hope to see you all back! Thanks!
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Posted on December 10, 2009 by Adele Merritt
Hi Everyone! Another great lesson today! Well done everyone! (We missed you Jasmine and Taylor! Hope to see you next week for our final lesson before Christmas!) Level 1A, Lessons 6, 7 & 8 – David and Christian Wow! Three lessons today boys! Brilliant work! In Lesson 6 you met a new teacher, Mr Bach. He was a great [...]
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Posted on December 10, 2009 by Chris Churchill
Everyone was present today and I did some basic assessments and found that all the students are progressing well. Today we spent the whole hour on our computers whereas last week we played some a lot of musical games away from our computers. We practiced reading notes on the grand staff and playing songs appropriate [...]
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Posted on December 10, 2009 by Chris Churchill
Hello musiqclub people how are you? Today we worked on reading rhythms as a group before we started on our lessons. We had seven out of our usually 10 students present. Sarah got 2 lesson done today and everyone else finished one lesson. I would like to include this rhythm matching exercise that will be [...]
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Posted on December 10, 2009 by Rémi Lefebvre
Today you all started off by writing an assessment. It was a bit of a rough time, but you all gave it your best effort! We will tackle the things you didn’t understand in January. After this, you each played a few songs for me. Good work everyone. To finish off the class, you had [...]
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Posted on December 10, 2009 by Rémi Lefebvre
Lesson 50: Today, our teacher was named Mr. Satie. He helped us learn how we play with a steady beat. He had a woodpecker friend that helped us count by tapping a steady beat while we played the notes. Playing with a steady beat is a very important part of learning any musical instrument. It [...]
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Posted on December 10, 2009 by Adele Merritt
Hi Everybody! We had a lovely lesson today. Well done all of you! Thanks to all of you who brought in your homework today! I loved looking at your circle note compositions! Lesson 9 – Ethan, Bailey, Carter, Brenna, Brianna, Kalea, Austin and Bryce This week, we began by reminding ourselves all about the Musical Alphabet. [...]
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Posted on December 9, 2009 by Rémi Lefebvre
Levels 3 & 4: We spent the first part of today’s class filling out assessments. Good work everyone. You will have your corrected tests next week! This took a good portion of the class, so we spent the last part practising the pieces you will be playing next week. You also got some time to [...]
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Posted on December 9, 2009 by Rémi Lefebvre
Lesson 11: Today we met with our new teacher. His name was Mr. Scott Joplin, and he was alive about 100 years ago. Isn’t it great that even though his parents had no money, his mother was able to get jobs cleaning houses for the rich so her son could play on their pianos to [...]
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Posted on December 9, 2009 by Rémi Lefebvre
Lesson 12: What an exciting class we had today! We met Mr. Joplin again in the Lesson Room and he taught us how to form a 5 finger ant tunnel with our Left Hand! He also showed us the finger numbers on this hand! Afterwards, we spent some time in the practice room with Miss [...]
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