Today in MusIQ Club!

Hey Everyone! I hope that you are all enjoying the beautiful weather on this Victoria Day long weekend! This Saturday, everyone did an awesome job! Beth and Mya – Level 2A, Lesson 38 Today you spent some time working with Mrs Beach playing even more songs for both hands! You showed me how well you can [...]

Filed under: MusIQ Studio | Leave a Comment »

Hi Everyone! It was great to see everyone on Saturday! I hope you are all enjoying the sunshine on this long Victoria Day weekend! Craig – Piano Suite 8, week 6  This week, you tried to play some of your scales with both hands together, and over 2 octaves. This isn’t easy, because both hands follow different [...]

Filed under: MusIQ Studio | Leave a Comment »

Hey Everyone! This week was our 5th lesson of this 10 week term, and you are all doing a great job! Beth and Mya – Level 2A, Lesson 36 and 37 This week in lesson 37,  you began reading and playing Grand Staff songs for both hands with Mrs Beach. This helped you to practice [...]

Filed under: MusIQ Studio | Leave a Comment »

Hi Everyone! This was our 5th lesson of this 10 week term, and I could see some great progress from all of you! Good job! Craig – Piano Suite 8, week 5 This week we concentrated on feeling the finger pattern when playing scales over 2 octaves. It’s sometimes tricky to remember when to bring over finger [...]

Filed under: MusIQ Studio | Leave a Comment »

Hi Everyone, This week, we got straight to work on the computers! Sara – Level 1B, Lesson 24 and 25 Andrew – Level 1B, Lesson 26 Good job, both of you did a great job in your Recital for all your level 1 teachers! You played through lots of songs using grown up notes. Your [...]

Filed under: MusIQ Studio | 2 Comments »

Hi Everyone, This week we began with some musical math! You did some great adding and subtracting with grown up notes! You are getting so confident at recognizing whole notes, half notes, dotted half notes and quarter notes! Good job! Then we used my tambourine to make some 4 and 8 beat rhythm patterns in [...]

Filed under: MusIQ Studio | Leave a Comment »

Hi everyone, and welcome Ryan to the Saturday class of MusIQ Club! This week, we got straight to work on the computers! Craig – Piano Suite 8, week 3 You began with some scale work. We talked about the Major key signatures, and how to work out their relative minors. Remember, to find the relative minor [...]

Filed under: MusIQ Studio | Leave a Comment »

Hi Everyone, This Saturday, we began with an amazing rhythm circle. I brought my froggy guiro with me, and you all did a great job at clapping back 8 beat rhythm patterns. You then invented some of your own rhythms to challenge the group! You were very creative and thought of many different ways to play the instrument, aswell [...]

Filed under: MusIQ Studio | Leave a Comment »

Hi everyone! This week was a very small class, with just Madeline and Parker! To use Parker’s term – it was INTENSE! Parker and Madeline – Piano Suite 3, week 2 We began by reviewing the scales from Level 2. Then we learned a new scale called A minor. This had a sadder, almost Egyptian [...]

Filed under: MusIQ Studio | Leave a Comment »

Hi Everyone, and welcome back to a new fun filled term at MusIQ Club! Welcome back, Sara! This Saturday, we began with a rhythm circle. You are doing so well with clapping back my 4 beat rhythms, that I began to challenge you with 8 beat rhythms! You did so well! Good job! Sara – [...]

Filed under: MusIQ Studio | Leave a Comment »

Hi everyone! It was lovely to welcome you all back to a new fun filled term with MusIQ! This Saturday was our first lesson, and it was great to welcome two guests to our class – Bardia and his sister, Arianna. Craig – Piano Suite 8, week 1 We began by reviewing your scales, including [...]

Filed under: MusIQ Studio | Leave a Comment »

Hi Everybody! CONGRATULATIONS! This was the last lesson for this term, and I enjoyed awarding you all your certificates! It was lovely to see your moms, dads and grandparents in class! Beth, Andrew, Mya and Abigail – All awarded Children’s Music Journey, Level 1B Now, Volume One is all complete and this week some of [...]

Filed under: MusIQ Studio | Leave a Comment »

Hey Everyone! CONGRATULATIONS! This week was the last lesson for this term, and it was lovely to be able to award your certificates to you with your parents there to watch! Well done to everybody! Craig – awarded Piano Suite Level 7 Luc, Madeline and Parker – awarded Piano Suite Level 2 Devon – awarded Children’s Music Journey [...]

Filed under: MusIQ Studio | Leave a Comment »

Hey Everyone! Reminder – our next lesson will be on March 31st. We had a great lesson this Saturday! We decided to get straight on the computers and keyboards. Andrew – Level 1B, Lesson 20 This week, Miss Mendelssohn reminded you all about grown up notes! Remember, if the notes have a stem that goes up, [...]

Filed under: MusIQ Studio | Leave a Comment »

Hey Everyone! We began this week with a rhythm circle. You took turns to play on the tambourine, or the Froggy Guiro to play a 4 beat rhythm pattern and echo it back. We made fast, slow, loud and soft patterns. It was fun to try and recreate the scrapping sound on the guiro by [...]

Filed under: MusIQ Studio | Leave a Comment »

Hello Everyone! This was our 7th lesson of the term. Good job this week! Everyone worked hard on their repertoire pieces and they’re sounding lovely! Devon – Level 2B, Lesson 47 This week, you began by finishing off last week’s practice session with Miss Melody. Then, in lesson 47, Mr Satie reminded you how to play [...]

Filed under: MusIQ Studio | Leave a Comment »

Hey Everyone! It was great to see everyone this week for our 6th lesson of the term. We began by learning a little about our new teacher, Mr. Villa Lobos. Then we reviewed the grown up quarter note (1 beat), half note (2 beats) and whole note (4 beats). You drew some great examples on [...]

Filed under: MusIQ Studio | Leave a Comment »

Hello Everyone! It was great to see everyone and to have a full class this Saturday for our 6th lesson of the term! Devon – Level 2B, Lesson 45 and 46 This week, you met a new teacher called Mr. Satie. He lived from 1866-1925 and lived most of his life in Paris, France. He even [...]

Filed under: MusIQ Studio | Leave a Comment »