PaRtY TiMe!

Celebrating hard work this year, watching the recital, playing games, sharing music, enjoying goodies- fun for all...
















A good friend of mine made this cute treats that I gave to my students. Inside was some candy for them. The great thing about these is they can reuse them as a little music themed box for whatever little trinkets that want to keep in them.

Piano Olympics Spring Recital and Awards Ceremony

Saturday, May 15th was the Piano Olympics Spring Recital and Awards Ceremony. What started out with a humorous incident at the beginning(the pedal fell of the piano!) turned into a morning of enjoyment listening to performances representing the Olympics and 16 different countries. Great job everyone!

Keyboard Festival 2010

Keyboard Festival was on Saturday, March 6th. The theme was "I Got the Music In Me!" 29 students performed pieces with a midi background accompaniment for family and friends. Afterwards a participants name was drawn for a gift bag prize that had some musical goodies inside. All the students recieved a certificate and music dog tag for their participation and hard work. Cookies and lemonade were enjoyed when it was all done. It was a fun day for all.

Our Performers...









Families, Friends and Fun...


















Gift Bag Drawing Winners...




Enjoying cookies and lemonade...

2010 PMTA Ensemble

On February 27th was the 58th Annual PMTA Ensemble event held at Camelback High School. 13 Grand Piano's were provided by Steinway of Phoenix. Five students from our studio participated in this awesome event. Caitlin, Katarina and Jason performed Heart and Soul and McKenna and Juan performed Lion Hunt. Congratulations on a great job!

Tuning the piano's before the big event...


Waiting to get in...



Almost time to start...




Going on a Lion Hunt...



Performing Heart and Soul...

Group Lessons- Piano Olympic Fun

This quarter for group lessons I wanted students to share their Keyboard Festival piece (or if they weren't participating, a piece of their choice). So we played Musical Truth, Dare or Perform. Everyone had a chance to perform in the end. If they got Truth they had to answer a question like, how many days did you practice this week or what's your favorite thing about lessons? Or a some dares might be play a piece kneeling down, play a piece while sticking out your tongue or you are a conductor, lead everyone in a March. If they chose Perform they played their prepared piece. It was a lot of fun!






Afterwards students played some Musical basketball, answering theory questions in their level before trying to make a basket for an extra point. Making a basket was a lot harder then they thought it would be, with the exception of McKenna who astounding everyone but making a basket every time!