Greetings
Piano Families!
Please take
a quick a moment to read this blogpost so you will be up to date on the
events for Christina’s Piano Program.
October 31st is Halloween! This year Halloween is on a Wednesday
evening. You are more than welcome to
attend your lesson at the regular time, but if your child would prefer to go
trick or treating, I understand. Please
let me know what you decide as soon as possible and I will try to find a
make-up lesson time that will work best for your family.
November 2nd and 3rd is the South Dakota Music Teachers
Association Conference and Student Competitions in Spearfish, SD. I will attend professional development
workshops, recitals, and competitions at the conference. This year we are sending two high school
students to compete in the duet competition!
If your lesson is normally on Saturday, you will find that I have
subtracted a lesson from your bill so that I may attend the conference. There will be no lessons on Saturday November
3rd.
December 15th is our Fall Semester Piano recital
in the Chapel at Dow Rummel. The recital
was originally planned for 3:30, but I was asked to change the time because the
chapel was double booked for a wedding. The new recital time is 1:00pm on Saturday
December 15th.
Christmas Music: Some of you may have noticed that I
have begun assigning Christmas Music. Is
it too early for Christmas Music? In my
opinion, it is not. There are
approximately 7 lessons left in the Fall Semester and when I count the number
of Christmas pieces in a book, there are approximately 7 or 8. This will allow us to learn almost all the
pieces in a Christmas book just in time for a mini Christmas recital for
friends and family!
Piano Festival: The upcoming Piano Festival through
the local Music Teachers’ Association will be held on a Saturday in
mid-March. Students who have taken at
least a full year of piano are encouraged to participate. Students memorize two pieces of contrasting
time period and style to play for a judge and they receive a rating and
critique. The non-refundable
registration fee is $15. Students who
have participated in the festival 3, 5, 7, and 9 years will receive a
trophy. When a student has participated
in the piano festival for 10 years, they will receive a special engraved
plaque. Please consider participating in
the piano festival and let me know before the end of the semester so that I may
include the fee in the Spring Tuition.
