Colleen accompanied for the 4th & 5th Grade Chorus at Belvedere Elementary for their school assembly in the afternoon.
Colleen played yesterday for the Chorus at Belvedere Elementary for their Spring Chorus Concert- Way to go, Colleen!
Congratulations, Colleen on your first professional accompanying job!
May this be the first of many requests!
Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres are first on our menu!
Name-that-Rogers & Hammerstein-Musical is next.
The winners received a “Bach’s” Wine!
Duet-a-thons are a blast!
Especially when you don’t know if you are Primo or Secundo.
…and you don’t know who your partner will be!
One thing we can count on are some fantastic performances at the end of our evening!
Colleen watches the conductor
Colleen is preparing for her first professional accompanying job at Belvedere Elementary in Arnold, MD. She will be the accompanist for the Spring Chorus Concert on Monday May 20th at 6pm. She is playing 4 pieces for the afternoon school assembly and later that evening for school chorus concert.
April 2013 Student of the Month
Congratulations to Claire for being my April student of the month!
Claire has been a great practicer for months! She is always working to become a better player by practicing both before school and after school everyday! Its no wonder she has earned a lesson rating of 5 each and every week since the beginning of the school year and she always follows her assignment exactly. She really set a beautiful example for all other students in my studio at the Double Scoop Recital and always has a positive attitude in lessons. She is a pleasure to teach and has earned this award. Claire is in the 3rd grade and when she isn’t practicing piano she likes to read, ski, bike, swim and play violin at school. Her favorite subject is math.
Claire will have her photo on the wall of fame for the rest of the year and she will also receive a $10 Music & Arts gift card to spend on fun music or anything else she wants.
Want to be student of the Month? Here is what you have to do-
The members of the 2012-2013 Competition Team celebrate as their Monthly Rep Classes come to an end. Kelly, Vangi, and Annabelle worked very hard this year perfecting their pieces for the Maryland State Piano Competition coming up on Saturday May 4th, 2012 at the University of Maryland in College Park. All 3 young ladies will be performing 2 pieces from memory and will receive the judges critique. I could not be more proud of the extremely talented, motivated, and dedicated students. They are a credit and an example for piano students everywhere!
Rep Classes give the students an opportunity to perform for each other and to be critiqued by their peers which prepares them for the actual competition event. They learn to conduct themselves professionally at the piano and to learn the fine points of performance practices. Students in monthly Rep Class learn to perfect the following important principles of performance:
Kelly (age 11) will perform the Sonata in E Major L.23 by Scarlatti and “Valse Allemande” from Carnaval Op. 9 by Schumann.
Vangi (age 13) will perform the Gigue from the French Suite IV BWV 815 by Bach and the Mazurka in G minor Op. 67 No. 2 by Chopin.
Annabelle (age 10) will perform the 2-part Invention in B-flat BWV 785 by Bach and the Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor WoO 59 (Fur Elise) By Beethoven.
I wish them the best of luck in the competition!
My students have been preparing for this all-time favorite recital for months. Each student performed two very specially picked pieces. Here are the “rules” for our annual Double Scoop Recital:
Maddy pactices her pieces for the Double Scoop Recital
Markerboard art
