Today in MusIQ Club!

It was great to see so many familiar faces returning to MusIQ class today!  We would also like to welcome our new students, James, Madelyn, Laura-Jade and Amanda.  Everyone was very enthusiastic and it was a wonderful first class. What a great bunch of kids!  Thanks so much for registering, and for recognizing the important role that music education plays [...]

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Level 1A Today, Joshua did a great job this week on Lesson 11, where we learned more about your finger numbers for your RH, and playing with a nice ant tunnel (rounded fingers) with fingers 1 2 3 4 5 on C D E F G. We also spent some time in the game room and [...]

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Level 1A Josh was a total superstar this week and completed Lesson 9 AND 10, learning all about notes that get higher and higher and notes that get lower and lower. On the floor all my kindergarten boys practiced listening to 2 notes, singing them back to me, and telling me if they got higher [...]

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We had a great class today!  Harry and Josh were away and we look forward to seeing them next week.  I was impressed with the students who handed in completed Easter Compositions from the 2A class.  Great work Evan, Zack and Carl!  Level 1B Today, we completed Lesson 16, expanding our notes out even more from Middle [...]

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Level 1A Today, our 1A student, Josh, completed Lesson 6 where he learned about “holding notes” he practiced reading and holding notes for 2, 3, and 4 counts and played the new “train game” in the library. If you have CMJ1 at home, review Lesson 6 with Miss Melody and then head to the games room. [...]

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Beginner Level 1A What a great class, we had lots of fun!  We enjoyed repeating short rhythmic patterns at the start of class, and Josh did very well with his rhythm tapping! Then we learned to replace the birds and whales in our notation with circle notes, and just a line for Middle C notes – no more sky and [...]

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Hello! What a great class today at Algonquin Ridge. It is wonderful that most ofyou have access to a keyboard or piano and I hope that you consider getting the software to practice with at home. Let me know if you need any help with this! Don’t forget to complete your worksheets for next class. Next week, many of you [...]

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It was great to see so many kids back for the Spring Session of MusIQ club, and to meet some new students!  They were very enthusiastic and it was a wonderful first class. What a great bunch of kids! Thanks so much for registering, and for recognizing the important role that music education plays in your child’s development.  [...]

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Jennifer and I were impressed with how much progress everyone made today on our song in Concertmaster.  We look forward to having the students perform for their parents during out last class for the Semester, next Wednesday, Feb. 23rd at 1 pm.  Please sign in at the office first before joining us in the School [...]

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Beginner Level 1A Today in Class Today we completed Lessons 9 & 10, where we learned about notes that move from high and low AWAY FROM and TOWARDS Middle C. The further away from the Middle C line the notes are on the screen, the further away they are on the piano! I noticed that you were doing much [...]

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What a day!  There was quite a bit of snow on Groundhog Day but in spite of that we had a pretty full class.  For anyone who was missing, keep practicing your songs and we look forward to seeing you next class! Beginner Level 1A Today in Class Today we completed Lesson 8, where we [...]

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Today, we had a very exciting and fun class!  Jennifer introduced most of the students to Concertmaster where they did some ear training and they all got to learn to play a song together.  I introduced the 1A’s to my djembe (pronouced “Zhem-Bay”) which is an African drum made out of a hollowed out log and some goat skin.  After that, the 1A’s clapped [...]

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Jennifer and I were impressed with how many students brought in completed worksheets today.  Well done! Beginner Level 1A What a great class, we had lots of fun!  Today we learned to replace the birds and whales in our notation with circle notes, and just a line for Middle C notes – no more sky and ocean.  We have noticed a [...]

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What a great class today!  We changed rooms and are now upstairs in the “Milk” room.  Everyone did a super job today and I was very impressed with their listening skills when we clapped back rhythms on the floor.  After reviewing “Finger Numbers” and “Middle C”, everyone started on their lessons.  Due to technical problems [...]

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It was great to meet your children today! They were very enthusiastic and it was a wonderful first class. What a great bunch of kids! Thanks so much for registering, and for recognizing the important role that music education plays in your child’s development. It is a real pleasure for me to introduce your children [...]

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