tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82084169158953091582024-03-13T11:52:52.403-07:00FaithSlaker Music BlogAubreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17260409403063526196noreply@blogger.comBlogger143125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8208416915895309158.post-16068598587628388652021-06-25T13:20:00.003-07:002021-06-25T13:20:37.177-07:00We're back to In-Person Lessons! Let's celebrate by making music!<p> </p><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-3164385260938300239templateContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; max-width: 600px !important; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-3164385260938300239bodyContainer" style="background-image: none; background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-3164385260938300239mcnBoxedTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 9px 18px;"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-3164385260938300239mcnTextContentContainer" style="background-color: #e0629a; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-3164385260938300239mcnTextContent" style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 18px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><p align="right" style="line-height: 21px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><strong><em>"In summer, the song sings itself."<br /> </em></strong></span></span>– <em>William Carlos Williams</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-3164385260938300239mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-3164385260938300239mcnTextContent" style="color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;">June 25, 2021</span></div><span style="font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;">Dear Students and Parents of Students,<br /><br />Welcome to Summer! I've seen some beautiful late nights around the solstice, and I can't say I really mind all the rain we're having right now since we need it so much!<br /><br />The summer schedule is finalized and I'm working on a new swap-list. However, keep in mind that over the summer, my schedule changes weekly, so it is best to confer with me before arranging a swap. Summer is also a great time to have the occasional extra lesson during the week. I have the flexibility, and you or your children have the goals! Let's make something of it!<br /><br />In this <span class="il">newsletter</span> you will find information on returning to in person lessons, recital news, a cool survey opportunity to help research on music and language, and important dates.<br /><br />Additionally, I do have some families who have been impacted financially by the pandemic. While it feels like we're returning to "normal" out in the world, we are still very much feeling the impact. If you are interested in contributing, I am offering scholarship aid for dedicated students who are having difficulty continuing in lessons during this time. Contact me for more information if you're able to donate!<br /><br />- Aubrey</span><br /> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-3164385260938300239mcnBoxedTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 9px 18px;"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-3164385260938300239mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-3164385260938300239mcnTextContent" style="color: #222222; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 18px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><h1 style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 40px; line-height: 60px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 30px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="color: violet;">Back to In-Person Lessons!</span></span></span></h1><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Because of the way things have been going in Illinois, CDC guidelines, and the number of families that have received the vaccination, we will be returning to in-person lessons June 29th!</span></span><br /> </div><ol><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">One pianist and one parent may enter for in-person lessons. Parents will once again be in charge of note taking.</span></span><br /> </li><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">If you are feeling under the weather or are coughing or sneezing, please just stay comfy at home and we'll do a virtual lesson that week. We've all gotten the hang of it, and there is no need to spread germs of any kind!</span></span><br /> </li><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Lessons will end promptly to allow for 5 minutes between students. This way nobody will be gathering in the hallway or congregating on the stoop! If you have anything you need to discuss with me, please bring it up at the beginning of lesson so we can make sure to address it and still respect the time of the next student.</span></span></li></ol><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">For those that do not feel comfortable with the above procedures, please let me know so I can do what I can to address your concerns!</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-3164385260938300239mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed !important; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; min-width: 100%; padding: 18px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 2px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><img align="center" alt="" class="m_-3164385260938300239mcnImage CToWUd a6T" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEg9tnDn8BxVhMVmsHtw7PLw5fROHsOEwMe-rvIno9hIMrN33X2BTFyFG7yE_DI_Ly-1w_yWyAlOMRvVfk83WE4PDT1rK5jA6JrKuf8KKueUOC9Uxbb6oNAbwex9vWUhRqdxUjg4DRcyhRrRCOraFTKaXafC2dUG_2bl9QspO-VYbFLGHv_vfSRs6B_PDyZOEz5J-6Q5xKFt7njK36dzRRR01nMTCw=s0-d-e1-ft" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; height: auto; max-width: 1174px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" tabindex="0" width="564" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-3164385260938300239mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed !important; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; min-width: 100%; padding: 18px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 2px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-3164385260938300239mcnCaptionBottomContent" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 9px 9px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="m_-3164385260938300239mcnImage CToWUd a6T" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEjKTlWyx3MLO7bnZA_pc66985oqXHlkoETq7YZTT4p5D15dBGhsRAM6K0oMdSDwaPAYAbb3_UMHHeJggjouA-iL_CQOJZA2VFyE_dWmDXBxCwPKldcq03jO4G8t8ngdCMvhOW_7jbiB0-vlKGWsWqGG2KJA8w9cthGQFo6i0Sl21hoQxBqW1CGEknVyq89UkL_XbjdeeBPjP-7Uv4P-EuWiU2en=s0-d-e1-ft" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; height: auto; max-width: 1496px; outline: none; vertical-align: bottom;" tabindex="0" width="564" /></td></tr><tr><td class="m_-3164385260938300239mcnTextContent" style="color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top" width="564">A friend of mine is running a very interesting study on music and language. I thought some of you with toddlers at home might be able to participate and contribute to educational and brain development science!</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-3164385260938300239mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed !important; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; min-width: 100%; padding: 18px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 2px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-3164385260938300239mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-3164385260938300239mcnTextContent" style="color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: violet;"><span style="font-size: 24px;">IMPORTANT ITEMS OF NOTE</span></span></div><br />Our<strong> Studio and Movie Music Recital</strong> is going to be held on Friday, July 16th at 6:30pm. This event will be on Facebook Live. The movies that students have prepared are a surprise, so please stay tuned for clues. Prizes to those who are able to guess them all correctly! And remember, the fun is in the comments, so please be sure to comment on Facebook during the recital or pass your thoughts on to me via text so I can share them with the audience.<br /><br />Speaking of recitals, please stay tuned for a couple of <strong>Book 1 recitals</strong> coming up! Vincent, Siri and Colin have been working hard and I can't wait for them to be able to show you! And Declan is graduated (congratulations!) and is heading off to Illinois Weslyan this fall. Please keep an eye out for the announcement of his Senior Recital!<br /><br />And lastly, do you have any items to donate? Adjustable benches, Suzuki Piano CDs, sheet music, parenting/pedagogical books, etc? Let me know and I'll get them passed on to someone (students and/or new teachers) who needs them!<br /> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-3164385260938300239mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed !important; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; min-width: 100%; padding: 18px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 2px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-3164385260938300239mcnBoxedTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 9px 18px;"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-3164385260938300239mcnTextContentContainer" style="background-color: #404040; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-3164385260938300239mcnTextContent" style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 18px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;"><span style="color: violet;"><span style="font-size: 24px;">Upcoming Dates</span><br /><span style="font-size: 20px;">(see website for regularly updated information)</span></span></span></div> <ul><li style="margin-left: 15px;">Jun 29. Return to In-Person Lessons</li><li style="margin-left: 15px;">Jul 10. Twinklers Group Class 4-4:30pm</li><li style="margin-left: 15px;">Jul 16 Summer Studio and Movie Music Recital, 6:30pm</li><li style="margin-left: 15px;">Jul 17 Book 1 Group Class, 4-4:30pm</li><li style="margin-left: 15px;">Jul 24 No Lessons <span style="font-size: 10px;">(National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy)</span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;">Aug 15 Scheduling Requests for Fall Lessons Due</li><li style="margin-left: 15px;">Aug 21 Last Day of Summer Term</li><li style="margin-left: 15px;">Sept 7 Back to School!!</li></ul><br /><span style="color: violet;">Don't forget to be listening! If you have a favorite piece for piano or orchestra, send it my way. I'd love to create a playlist for all my students of their favorite piano/classical music to listen to. I'd like to have the playlist out to everyone for listening over the last two weeks before we return to lessons in the fall. Thanks for your enthusiasm and your support!</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Aubreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17260409403063526196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8208416915895309158.post-85023811249045345062020-11-23T11:45:00.001-08:002020-11-23T11:45:30.251-08:00Winter Quarter, 2020/2021<p> </p><center><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="bodyTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 100%px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" id="bodyCell" style="height: 4061px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 1343px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" data-template-container="" id="templateHeader" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f7f7f7; background-origin: initial; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; background: url("https://gallery.mailchimp.com/25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058/images/febbedb2-6399-499d-a910-1ff8c2ab5d31.jpg") center center / cover no-repeat rgb(247, 247, 247); border-bottom: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="templateContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 600px; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="headerContainer" style="background: none 50% 50% / cover no-repeat transparent; border-bottom: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" data-template-container="" id="templateBody" style="background: none 50% 50% / cover no-repeat rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 149px; padding-top: 149px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="templateContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 600px; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="bodyContainer" style="background-image: none; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnBoxedTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnBoxedTextBlockInner" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnBoxedTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 9px 18px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="background-color: #e0629a; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; padding: 18px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><p align="right" style="line-height: 21px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><strong><em>"The true beauty of music is that it connects people."<br /> </em></strong></span></span>– <em>Roy Ayers</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: right;"><span face="tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif">November 23, 2020</span></div><span face="tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif">Dear Students and Parents of Students,<br /><br />Can you believe it is Thanksgiving week?! It is definitely going to be a different season this year, but there is so much that we can still accomplish and so much music that we can still enjoy!<br /><br />If you are interested in contributing, I am offering scholarship aid for dedicated students who are having difficulty continuing in lessons due to the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic. Contact me for more information if you're able to donate!<br /><br />- Aubrey</span><br /> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnBoxedTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnBoxedTextBlockInner" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnBoxedTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 9px 18px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #222222; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; padding: 18px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><h1 style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 40px; line-height: 60px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: violet;"><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif">Winter Lesson Procedures:</span></span></h1><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Since the Coronavirus developments in Chicago are constantly changing, I'm going to be closely monitoring what the Mayor and Governor advise and following <a href="https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/sites/covid-19/home.html" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">their guidelines</a>. </span></span></div><ol><li style="text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 16px;">For now, all lessons are ONLINE.</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 16px;">I use Skype, Facetime or Zoom for lessons. Each family has a different preference and let's use what works best! Please make sure you're near your router, there is no other streaming happening at the same time, and if possible, that you're plugged into the ethernet! (This is not possible with Facetime.)</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Please make sure you have all necessary materials ready, that your ipad or computer is placed far enough away from the piano that there is no feedback, that your surrounding environment is as quiet as possible, and that I can see both the student and the parent (if applicable) on screen!</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif">Group Classes will continue on Marco Polo weekly, with an online check-in once a month. Don't miss those--they're fun!</span></span></li></ol><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 16px;">If you plan on leaving Chicago during this time with a keyboard, please remember your accessories so that lessons can continue easily!</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width: 100%; padding: 18px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 2px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: violet;"><span style="font-size: 28px;">RECENT PICTURES</span></span></div><ul><li style="text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%;">Congratulations to Amy and Viviene on graduating from Suzuki Piano Book 1!</li><li style="text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%;">Also, Halloween was a blast this year--here are some amazing characters playing the piano!</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;">(Click through for performances from Amy, Viviene, and Anthony!)</div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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Videos are due by the 1st of December. Details about streaming or our Zoom meeting are forthcoming. Please make this a special occasion by having a tasty snack of some sort while watching! I think my tasty treat is going to be a margarita. ;)<br /><br />I will be subscribing to the acapella app through the winter quarter, so if you're interested in doing some distance-ensemble work, let me know so we can make it happen!<br /><br />We're planning a movie-music recital for early March. Music from the movies should be a fun winter project!<br /><br />You will get a separate email with the group class schedule for the winter quarter. The Twinklers have been working on beat, rhythm and melody! The Book 1 kids are learning how to read music! And the Book 2 kids are mastering the Baroque period!<br /><br />Stay tuned for a couple of Book 1 recitals coming up!<br /><br />And lastly, do you have any items to donate? Adjustable benches, Suzuki Piano CDs, parenting/pedagogical books, etc? 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2020<p> </p><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="templateContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; max-width: 600px !important; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="bodyContainer" style="background-image: none; background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnBoxedTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnBoxedTextBlockInner" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnBoxedTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 9px 18px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="background-color: #e0629a; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; padding: 18px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><h3 class="null" style="color: #444444; font-size: 22px; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: white;"><em><span style="font-size: 19px;"><strong>"</strong></span>If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.<span style="font-size: 19px;"><strong>"</strong></span></em></span></h3><p align="right" style="line-height: 21px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">–<em>Colin Powell</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;">August 7, 2020</span></div><span style="font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;">Dear Students and Parents of Students,<br /><br />I'm so glad to have you as a part of my studio and I'm proud of you for the work you've done during these odd and difficult times! I'm seeing some wonderful progress and I hope you're feeling and enjoying that progress at home!<br /><br />In this newsletter is information on fall scheduling, COVID procedures and important upcoming dates.<br /><br />Please note: Fall Schedule requests and deposits are due August 15! For details, see below.<br /><br />Also, I am working on opening up scholarship aid for dedicated students who are having difficulty continuing in lessons due to the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic. Contact me for more information if you're able to donate!<br /><br />- Aubrey</span><br /> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageCardBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnImageCardBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageCardBlockInner" style="padding: 9px 18px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageCardBottomContent" style="background-color: #404040; border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="mcnImageCardBottomImageContent" style="padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><a class="" href="https://youtu.be/O8KCebVjwrI" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="" title=""><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058/video_thumbnails_new/a5bd4033a9b3533aa971a0dfd1a3adb4.png" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 480px; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: bottom;" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; padding: 9px 18px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top" width="546">Congratulations Everyone!!!!</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnBoxedTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnBoxedTextBlockInner" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnBoxedTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 9px 18px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #222222; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; padding: 18px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><h1 style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 40px; line-height: 60px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #e0629a;"><span style="font-size: 30px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;">Fall Schedule Information:</span></span></span></h1><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;">Since the Coronavirus developments in Chicago are constantly changing, I'm going to be closely monitoring what the Mayor and Governor advise and following <a href="https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/sites/covid-19/home.html" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">their guidelines</a>. See below for policies and procedures.</span></div><ol><li style="text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;">I am currently offering <strong>Fall Lessons</strong> Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday to start. I do not know what my college teaching load will look like yet, but once I do I might be adding Fridays as well. Please register here: <a href="https://faithslakermusic.com/policies-and-procedures-1" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">Fall Registration and Scheduling Form</a> (MIC students indicate your scheduling preferences <a href="https://faithslakermusic.com/fall-scheduling-form-mic" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">here</a> instead.)</span></li><li style="text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;">We will all need to have a bit of flexibility going forward with lessons. I think it is going to be some time before we're ALL back in person. Depending on the schedule and interest, we may do in-person lessons alternating weeks, so that families are not coming into close contact with each other in my home.</span></li><li style="text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;">For now, there are <strong>no lessons at the Fine Arts</strong> <strong>Building</strong>. All lessons are in my home studio.</span></li><li style="text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;">Lesson/holiday/event dates are all updated on my website!</span></li></ol><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;">I appreciate how we've all been working together to make sure to reduce any possibilities of exposure as we navigate through this pandemic. Let's please continue to be upfront about the contact we have for the safety of everyone in the studio!</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed !important; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width: 100%; padding: 18px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 2px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">REVIEW OF STUDIO PROCEDURES DURING PANDEMIC</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageBlockInner" style="padding: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageContent" style="padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><img align="center" alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058/images/71cba6aa-60f3-442e-9850-1b4e19e58b72.jpeg" style="border: 0px; display: inline !important; height: auto; max-width: 1200px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="564" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed !important; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width: 100%; padding: 18px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 2px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 24px;">ITEMS OF NOTE</span></div><br />Zoom Mini Recitals will continue! Dates to follow on the website. Please follow FaithSlaker Music on Facebook, or join our private <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/FSMPianists/" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">studio page</a> here to see performances.<br /><br />Graduation Recitals will continue at PianoForte with a limited audience and online streaming.<br /><br />Group Classes will begin in September (see website) and will be held via Marco Polo. These classes will cover all reading/theory/history/musicianship aspects of music study.<br /><br />Has everyone received their magnetic staff board? Anybody in Suzuki Book 1A, 1B or 2 Group classes should<a href="https://e-znotes.com/product/e-z-notes-magnetic-music-board-kit/" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"> purchase one</a> (the red one) so we can do some great note reading activities with them! Let me know if you have any questions!<br /><br />Stay tuned for Viviene's Book 1 Graduation Recital!<br /> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed !important; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width: 100%; padding: 18px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 2px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnBoxedTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnBoxedTextBlockInner" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnBoxedTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 9px 18px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="background-color: #404040; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; padding: 18px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 24px;">Upcoming Dates (see website for more)</span><br /><br />Sept 8. Fall Lessons Begin!<br />Oct 13. Royal Conservatory Assessment Registration Deadline<br />Nov 25. Thanksgiving Holiday (Lessons Resume Dec 1)<br />Nov/Dec. Royal Conservatory Assessments<br />Dec 15. Sonatina Fest Registration Deadline<br />Dec ?? Studio Recital TBD<br />Feb 7. Sonatina Festival - Video recorded performances</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Aubreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17260409403063526196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8208416915895309158.post-50104294058918891012020-05-27T09:33:00.003-07:002020-05-27T09:33:31.760-07:00Reopening Procedures!<center style="background-color: #fafafa;">
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While I'm continually monitoring the virus situation in Chicago, I think it should be safe, based on best practices being recommended by scientific experts, to consider coming back to in-person lessons in a limited way. I'm announcing a tentative opening of Tuesday, May 26th to those who are interested.<br />
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Please read the following policy announcement carefully regarding keeping safe distances, enhanced sanitizing protocols, lesson procedures, and online options! Let's stay in touch, respect everyone's concern for safety, and work together to keep music nourishing us!<br />
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Please respond to me with how you'd like to proceed for next week!<br />
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<span style="font-size: 22px;">ENSURING SAFE DISTANCES</span></div>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">One student will be permitted in the studio at a time. </span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">At this time, I will refrain from hands-on adjustments and will rely on verbal instruction to address technique and coordination.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Plan to arrive on time and wait outside. I will accompany each student in so there is no needless touching of lockboxes, doorknobs, etc.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Lessons will end five minutes early to allow for thorough cleaning between students as well as social distancing in the hallway.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Masks must be worn in the hallway and upon entering the studio. If we are able to keep proper distancing during lessons, masks may be removed.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 22px;">ENHANCED SANITIZING PROTOCOLS</span></div>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">An air purifier will be running and windows will be open during lessons.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Students will wash hands before each lesson, using paper towels (not cloth towels).</span></li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">The front door will be locked, and the lockbox will not be available for use. This is to protect everyone taking lessons and maintain safe distances.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">Parents, siblings, and other observers will not be permitted during lessons. Older students will take their own notes, and I will e-mail you the notes for younger students. If you're available, we can set up FaceTime or Skype during the lesson so you may observe.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">Students will bring their materials, notebook, and a pencil and eraser. We will not be sharing objects.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">All families will need to sign a new waiver. I will send a separate email with the new waiver, which you must return before lesson.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 22px;">ONLINE LEARNING CONTINUES!</span></div>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">I understand and respect that not everyone feels comfortable coming to lessons yet.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">Additionally, I appreciate those that haven't been able to maintain quarantine, have traveled outside the state, or have been exposed staying home to keep the rest of us safe.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">The good news is that I will continue offering distance learning to those who prefer to continue that way for the time being. This is flexible and we will go with everyone's comfort level for lessons.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">Group classes will continue to operate over Marco Polo through June. </span></li>
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<tr><td style="color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top">Dear Students and Parents of Students,<br /><br />I'm so proud of you for the work you've done in the past seven weeks of online lessons! I'm seeing some wonderful progress and I can't wait for you to all show it off in person!<br /><br />In this newsletter, I want to talk to you a bit about how we'll reintroduce in-person lessons and when that may happen. I also want to discuss options that make online learning a bit easier, some mental health ideas, and announce some exciting events!<br /><br />Please note that I'm currently considering opening my studio up for in-person lessons on May 26th (see below) as long as everyone feels safe. I will be teaching eleven weeks during the summer session (10 weeks for MIC students), which begins June 1st. Please let me know if you have any travel planned (assuming the world reopens sometime soon!).<br />
<br />I hope everyone is doing well this week. Summer MUST be right around the corner! Right???<br /><br />- Aubrey<br /><br /> </td></tr>
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<span style="color: violet;">Studio Opening Policies:</span></h1>
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Since live-school is canceled for the rest of the year, I'm going to be closely monitoring what the Mayor and Governor advise. However, I'm proposing going back to in-person lessons starting May 26th with the following conditions:</div>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">Lessons will be drop-off only for all students that are capable of taking a lesson without a parent. </li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">Only one child and one parent will be admitted at a time.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">Lessons will end a few minutes early to provide time for cleaning of: piano keys, doorknobs, faucets and handles, stair banisters, piano bench and observer chair.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">I might have to do my Saturday lessons at home until the Fine Arts Building is open again to the general public.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">I will provide hand sanitizer at the door and at the piano. I will provide paper towels instead of cloth towels in the bathroom. Masks must be worn and/or available for use for everyone's comfort.</li>
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In order for everyone to feel comfortable, since many of us have high-risk family members we are trying to protect, this is only an option if the following conditions are met:</div>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">Families have been observing the "stay at home" order.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">There has been no travel outside the state.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">Nobody is sick in the household.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">Nobody in the household has been in contact with the general public.</li>
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Virtual lessons will remain an option for those that want them. And if anyone is showing any signs of sickness, please take advantage of this option! We have to work together to keep everyone safe and I welcome your input to the above ideas as we move forward to being able to work together in person again!</div>
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<tr><td align="left" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" valign="top"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.facebook.com/christine.flaherty.790256/videos/122387772774268/UzpfSTEyMTA3MzAzNzkyMjc3MjozMzM3MjE5MTM5NjQxNDYz/&source=gmail&ust=1589064637948000&usg=AFQjCNH3d4bxgTLaEpsHl8knJWt5iO55rw" href="https://www.facebook.com/christine.flaherty.790256/videos/122387772774268/UzpfSTEyMTA3MzAzNzkyMjc3MjozMzM3MjE5MTM5NjQxNDYz/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" title=""><img alt="" class="CToWUd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEiEF5dH7WUMdoNSOdNqOw10tOPABVnbbAe3z5eWEJu-v9GhQfXAU9Vf2l6oKmVGMvOgte2RaBjdW5uIxjw2npO8G3W5RWLt1NWRzJeVL_14Mdg6-CnPtqGKw5P8-5S6l-3WCo1L2WhAv75y86TvwqEbGA4-RFUn-EhOmXULfcwv285IiScW9BxLTP5f4JXnGiOCpOvGo8JFBNTj31_rV3CDJ2gD=s0-d-e1-ft" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 1200px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: bottom;" width="564" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 9px 18px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top" width="546">Click the image to be taken to Facebook to see Declan's Suzuki Book 4 Graduation recital! We streamed it live on Monday, May 4th at 7pm!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 24px;">ITEMS OF NOTE</span></div>
<br />All Zoom Mini-Recitals and Full-Length graduation recitals will be streamed live on Facebook. Please follow FaithSlaker Music on Facebook, or join our private <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.facebook.com/groups/FSMPianists/&source=gmail&ust=1589064637949000&usg=AFQjCNE4rH0F6Qbet_a2ekbCyUCyotaldg" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/FSMPianists/" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank">studio page</a> here.<div style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">
Has anyone received their magnetic staff board yet? Anybody in Suzuki Book 1A, 1B or 2 Group classes should<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://e-znotes.com/product/e-z-notes-magnetic-music-board-kit/&source=gmail&ust=1589064637949000&usg=AFQjCNHJsSLiTkuo8vKE-xfQ754mXEgcig" href="https://e-znotes.com/product/e-z-notes-magnetic-music-board-kit/" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank"> purchase one</a> (the red one) so we can do some great note reading activities with them! Let me know if you have any questions!<br /><br />Anyone participating in the Royal Conservatory Assessments might want to try out their <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.rcmusic.com/learning/digital-learning/ear-training&source=gmail&ust=1589064637949000&usg=AFQjCNFj9hvbiOIsoiLCs7pExDv5t940Tg" href="https://www.rcmusic.com/learning/digital-learning/ear-training" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank">ear-training online</a>! It is $5 for a month, which is really all you need as we approach the exams. I strongly recommend this!<br /><br />Stay tuned for Anthony's Book 1 Graduation Recital and Diego's Book 3 Graduation Recital!<br /><br />Next Mini-Recitals will be the week of May 18th. Let's choose recital pieces next week!</div>
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For anyone who wants to participate in the quarantine challenge, the following are links to play along with. If you can listen on one device and play with me, you can record on another and send me the video! (That's why it's called a <em>challenge</em>!)</div>
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Black Note Improv: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/mFNFj2vdC2I&source=gmail&ust=1589064637949000&usg=AFQjCNGK8OaBTbmDZw70a7Bjq1a_3sxf_w" href="https://youtu.be/mFNFj2vdC2I" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/<wbr></wbr>mFNFj2vdC2I</a><br />White Note Improv: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/a0l3trkHkGQ&source=gmail&ust=1589064637949000&usg=AFQjCNHHa9uK67SSVWZMRA-H_tFEfbFTWA" href="https://youtu.be/a0l3trkHkGQ" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/<wbr></wbr>a0l3trkHkGQ</a><br /><br />Honeybee Duet: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/gg3clkkekdQ&source=gmail&ust=1589064637949000&usg=AFQjCNHCtnGd5W530FScC5v8DczCWHFFdg" href="https://youtu.be/gg3clkkekdQ" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/<wbr></wbr>gg3clkkekdQ</a><br />Go Tell Aunt Rhody Duet: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/izzWses7zRs&source=gmail&ust=1589064637949000&usg=AFQjCNHbUlwg4KFfTSohNn0SjD9OguPURA" href="https://youtu.be/izzWses7zRs" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/<wbr></wbr>izzWses7zRs</a><br />Little Playmates Duet: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/jtBIk5oyUgo&source=gmail&ust=1589064637949000&usg=AFQjCNHyiJpiaeBJem-vO8T-Pg7VmsHtlw" href="https://youtu.be/jtBIk5oyUgo" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/<wbr></wbr>jtBIk5oyUgo</a><br />Goodbye to Winter Duet: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/a4z2oZRUbiU&source=gmail&ust=1589064637949000&usg=AFQjCNEaqMOIIlyFruhLcyFX2HjlMwXZ1Q" href="https://youtu.be/a4z2oZRUbiU" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/<wbr></wbr>a4z2oZRUbiU</a><br /><br />Clementi Op. 36, No. 1, Movement 3 <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/EahbyDbjjRc&source=gmail&ust=1589064637949000&usg=AFQjCNH8IbkqedAW5EY90OVRZiANCVqFmg" href="https://youtu.be/EahbyDbjjRc" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank">Duet: https://youtu.be/<wbr></wbr>EahbyDbjjRc</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><em>"If a child hears fine music from the day of his birth, and learns to play it himself, he develops sensitivity, discipline and endurance. He gets a beautiful heart."</em></strong></span></div>
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February Music Notes</h1>
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<li style="text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="color: purple;">CONGRATULATIONS to the winners in the Sonata Sonatina Festival this past month! Adara won a gold medal! Declan, Diego and Vivian all received bronze medals. I'm so proud of everyone.</span><br /> </li>
<li style="text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%;">A Few Notable Dates:<div style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">
<strong>February 21</strong>: All-Student Studio Recital! PianoForte, 6:30pm. Performers--please be there at 6:10pm!<br /><strong>February 22:</strong> Intermediate Level Group Class. 5:30pm, Fine Arts Building.<br /><strong>March 1:</strong> Tuition Due<br /><strong>March 17:</strong> No Lessons. Election Day.<br /><strong>April 6-11:</strong> Spring Break. No lessons.<br /><br />(For a more complete list of calendar dates, please see faithslakermusic.com.)</div>
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<li style="text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%;">For those of you who study with me in my home studio, please do not knock or ring the doorbell before your lesson time!</li>
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<tr><td align="left" class="mcnImageCardBottomImageContent" style="padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><a class="" href="https://youtu.be/tDB0eYb6dWA" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank" title="Dayton Suzuki Book 1, 2020"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058/video_thumbnails_new/babefd4b05924dcaedc7f3ae3fc304d7.png" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 480px; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: bottom;" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, verdana, sans-serif;">MY DECEMBER RECOMMENDATIONS</span></span></div>
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<li style="text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>ARTICLE/BOOK: </strong><br /><span style="color: violet;">Teaching Growth Mindset in Suzuki Education</span>. If you happen across the most recent Suzuki Journal (48.1), I recomend my article!!! :)<br /> </li>
<li style="text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>PRACTICE HELP:</strong><br /><a href="https://suzukiassociation.org/parents-as-partners/" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><span style="color: violet;">Parents as Partners </span></a><span style="color: black;">, </span><span style="color: white;">a collection of short videos by Suzuki parents, teachers, and musicians. I think these clips are great and range across all topics, so I'm sure there is something there for you! I've been enjoying it immensely. Ask me about how you can access them in you next lesson!</span><br /> </li>
<li style="text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>CONCERTS:</strong><br /><a href="https://order.cso.org/10130/10146" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><span style="color: violet;">Jack and the Beanstalk:</span></a><span style="color: white;"> Saturday, March 7, CSO</span><br /><a href="https://order.cso.org/10182/10434" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><span style="color: violet;">Casablanca in Concert:</span><span style="color: white;"> </span></a><span style="color: white;">Friday, March 13th. Music played by the symphony orchestra in front of the projected movie.</span></li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">A Few Notable Dates:<div style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">
<strong>December 22</strong>: Sonata/Sonatina Festival Registration Deadline<br /><strong>December 23</strong>: Makeup or Extra Lessons by appointment only!<br /><strong>December 23 - January 3</strong>: No regularly scheduled lessons. Winter break!<br /><strong>January 11</strong>: Intermediate Group Class, 5:30pm Fine Arts Building<br /><strong>January 12-20</strong>: No lessons. (Exact dates to be determined. I'll be teaching in Peru.)<br /><strong>February 7/8</strong>: Dayton Book 1 Graduation Recital (check the website for exact date)<br /><strong>February 21</strong>: All-Student Studio Recital! PianoForte, 6:30pm. Details via evite to follow!</div>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">For those of you who study with me at the Fine Arts Building. Please continue to bring your water bottles! The water cooler in the studio is not ours. Sorry for the inconvenience!</li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;"><strong>ARTICLE/BOOK: </strong><br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058%26id%3Dee900f4b41%26e%3D4e00f65883&source=gmail&ust=1575751850482000&usg=AFQjCNE6rc_QSEc42UQf3Xy8fm0Q5PkfJA" href="https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058&id=ee900f4b41&e=4e00f65883" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank"><span style="color: violet;">What Parents Need to Know about Piano Practice</span></a>. An article that I find helps support the Suzuki method that you might enjoy!<br /> </li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;"><strong>PRACTICE HELP:</strong><br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058%26id%3De066ac2ae3%26e%3D4e00f65883&source=gmail&ust=1575751850482000&usg=AFQjCNFSJlq_SVmL0aVOKJoYu_fy_MplfA" href="https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058&id=e066ac2ae3&e=4e00f65883" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank"><span style="color: violet;">Marco Polo app</span></a> for your phone. This is a very quick and easy way of sharing videos. I'd like to start using it with any families that share videos back and forth. I can more easily comment, make a response video, and it doesn't take time to upload or room on your phone. You can keep all lesson videos in one place! If you sign up, find me in your contacts and send me a quick video of your child at the piano!<br /> </li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;"><strong>CONCERTS:</strong><br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058%26id%3D9fb017a7f0%26e%3D4e00f65883&source=gmail&ust=1575751850482000&usg=AFQjCNH6JD0qckS2taGW_dftAGNtgzP-fA" href="https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058&id=9fb017a7f0&e=4e00f65883" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank"><span style="color: violet;"><strong>Bugs Bunny </strong>in Concert at the CSO</span></a><span style="color: violet;"> </span>- January 18th. See Looney Tunes cartoons on the big screen with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra playing the music!<br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058%26id%3D13ecb576a4%26e%3D4e00f65883&source=gmail&ust=1575751850482000&usg=AFQjCNGHbNTKf18K5d5exLvX0PxEgJlFEw" href="https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058&id=13ecb576a4&e=4e00f65883" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank"><span style="color: violet;">Charlie Brown Christmas</span></a> - December 14th (other dates available) at the Rosemont Theater. Excellent jazz piano music!</li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">Intermediate Group Classes begin next week! 5:30pm Fine Arts Building. Class will be every sixth week or so for the rest of the school year. The full schedule for the year will be posted the following week.<br /> </li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">A Few Notable Dates:<div style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">
November 23: Orson’s Suzuki Book 1 Recital, 6:30pm.</div>
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November 26-30: No Regularly Schedule Lessons—Thanksgiving Holiday</div>
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November 26: Makeup Lessons—by appointment only.</div>
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November 30-December 12: RCM Examinations<br /> </div>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;"><strong>PRACTICE HELP:</strong><br />A Suzuki Practicing Notebook prepared for you! For those of you who would love a system set up for your success in lessons, check out <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058%26id%3Da89f5b53bb%26e%3D4e00f65883&source=gmail&ust=1575751851422000&usg=AFQjCNGAv912LiCumCWZBv4xbL8DT-jq2A" href="https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058&id=a89f5b53bb&e=4e00f65883" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank">Lesson Compass</a>!<br /><br />Here is a <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058%26id%3Dc586c292cb%26e%3D4e00f65883&source=gmail&ust=1575751851422000&usg=AFQjCNEc0DGXZTRsxDssSc-G9qeoTivvNw" href="https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058&id=c586c292cb&e=4e00f65883" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank">practice chart </a>too that your child might find motivational!<br /><br /> </li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;"><strong>CONCERTS:</strong><br /><strong>Harry Potter Goblet of Fire</strong>--<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058%26id%3D076b07258e%26e%3D4e00f65883&source=gmail&ust=1575751851422000&usg=AFQjCNFdaVuyT4z0W--R4vK_4H_xAsIiKg" href="https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058&id=076b07258e&e=4e00f65883" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank">CSO concert</a>, Friday, November 29, 7:30pm<br /> </li>
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MINDFULLY MUSICAL: HOW MUSIC LESSONS CAN HELP CURE OUR MODERN-DAY ANXIETIES, DISTRACTIONS, AND OTHER FIRST-WORLD MALADIES.</h3>
In today’s age of social media and cell phone addiction, when community is shaped by your Facebook feed, and a time when kids and adults alike are experiencing an inability to be alone brought about by technology, how could you expect someone to tolerate sitting down at an instrument every day? To tolerate spending time alone every day? To feel proud having devoted an entire hour to a passage of music when there are texts to answer, instagrams to post, and your teachers and bosses expect to be able to reach you at all times?<br />
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So many chronic mental health issues in today’s society can be addressed in music lessons. We all know that music study improves self-esteem, teaches overcoming obstacles and setting goals, and brings respect and a loosening of ego into daily life. Here is how you can focus that power to make a more lasting impact.<br />
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To have your students participate in the research, please have them fill out the following survey. Survey: <a href="https://faithslakermusic.com/survey-the-perks-of-studying-music">The Perks of Studying Music</a>.</div>
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SUGGESTED READING<br />
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Barron, Carrie & Alton. <u>The Creativity Cure</u>. Scribner:NY, 2012.<br />
Burkeman, Oliver. <u>The Antidote</u>. Faber & Faber: NY, 2012.<br />
Cognitive Neuroscience of Music, The. Peretz, I & Zatorre, R (ed), Oxford U Press, Y, 2003.<br />
Coyle, Daniel. <u>The Talent Code</u>. Bantam Books: New York, 2009.<br />
Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly. <u>Flow</u>. HarperCollins: New York, 1990.<br />
Davis, et al. <u>An Introduction to Music Therapy</u>. McGraw Hill, 1999.<br />
Davis, Tchiki. <u>Outsmart Your Smartphone.</u> New Harbinger Publications, 2019.<br />
Duke, Robert. <u>Intelligent Music Teaching</u>. Learning and Behavior Resources: TX, 2005.<br />
Dweck, Carol S, PhD. <u>Mindset: The New Psychology of Success</u>. Ballantine Books: NY 2006.<br />
Goleman, Daniel. <u>Focus</u>. Harper Collins, NY, 2013.<br />
Gunatillake, Rohan. <u>Modern Mindfulness</u>. St. Martin's Griffin: New York, 2017.<br />
<u>How to Memorize Music</u>. James Francis Cooke. Theodore Presser Co.: Philadelphia, 1948.<br />
Levitin, Daniel. <u>The Organized Mind</u>. Dutton: NY, 2014.<br />
Levitin, Daniel. <u>This is your brain on music</u>. Dutton: NY, 2006.<br />
Miles, Elizabeth. <u>Tune Your Brain: Using Music to Manage Your Mind, Body and Mind</u>. Berkley Books: NY, 1997.<br />
<u>Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology, The</u>. Hallam, Cross & Thaut, eds. Oxford U. Press: Oxford, 2009.<br />
Suzuki, S. <u>Ability Development from Age Zero</u>. Alfred Publishing, New York: 1981.<br />
Suzuki, S. <u>Nurtured By Love</u>. Alfred Pub., USA, 1983.<br />
<u>The Child as Musician; A Handbook of Musical Development</u>. Gary McPherson. Oxford U. Press, NY, 2003.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.375px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Benefits of Music Education </span><a href="https://www.slps.org/site/default.aspx?DomainID=2046" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(197, 43, 168, 0.3); color: #c52ba8; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.375px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0.05em; text-decoration-line: none; transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out 0s, color 0.15s ease-out 0s; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">https://www.slps.org/site/default.aspx?DomainID=2046</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.375px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Benefits of Playing the Piano: </span><a href="https://ogdenpianogallery.com/the-benefits-of-learning-to-play-the-piano/" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(197, 43, 168, 0.3); color: #c52ba8; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.375px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0.05em; text-decoration-line: none; transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out 0s, color 0.15s ease-out 0s; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">https://ogdenpianogallery.com/the-benefits-of-learning-to-play-the-piano/</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.375px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Could Playing Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker improve kids’ brains? </span><a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141223132546.htm" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(197, 43, 168, 0.3); color: #c52ba8; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.375px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0.05em; text-decoration-line: none; transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out 0s, color 0.15s ease-out 0s; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141223132546.htm</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.375px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Creativity, happiness, and your own two hands </span><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-creativity-cure/201205/creativity-happiness-and-your-own-two-hands" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(197, 43, 168, 0.3); color: #c52ba8; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.375px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0.05em; text-decoration-line: none; transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out 0s, color 0.15s ease-out 0s; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-creativity-cure/201205/creativity-happiness-and-your-own-two-hands</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.375px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Decline of Play and the Rise of Children’s Mental Disorders </span><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/freedom-learn/201001/the-decline-play-and-rise-in-childrens-mental-disorders" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(197, 43, 168, 0.3); color: #c52ba8; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.375px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0.05em; text-decoration-line: none; transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out 0s, color 0.15s ease-out 0s; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/freedom-learn/201001/the-decline-play-and-rise-in-childrens-mental-disorders</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.375px; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Develop Grit" Esther Fellows. American Music Teacher. Feb/Mar 2019.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.375px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Handiwork: How busy hands can alter our brain chemistry </span><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/handiwork-how-busy-hands-can-alter-our-brain-chemistry/" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(197, 43, 168, 0.3); color: #c52ba8; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.375px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0.05em; text-decoration-line: none; transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out 0s, color 0.15s ease-out 0s; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/handiwork-how-busy-hands-can-alter-our-brain-chemistry/</a><br />
<a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/03/14/703170892/a-rise-in-depression-among-teens-and-young-adults-could-be-linked-to-social-medi?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20190314" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(197, 43, 168, 0.3); color: #c52ba8; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.375px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0.05em; text-decoration-line: none; transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out 0s, color 0.15s ease-out 0s; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/03/14/703170892/a-rise-in-depression-among-teens-and-young-adults-could-be-linked-to-social-medi?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20190314</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.375px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Happiness Games: </span><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/click-here-happiness/201711/ten-plus-happiness-games-and-activities" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(197, 43, 168, 0.3); color: #c52ba8; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.375px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0.05em; text-decoration-line: none; transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out 0s, color 0.15s ease-out 0s; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/click-here-happiness/201711/ten-plus-happiness-games-and-activities</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.375px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Happiness Skills Workbook: </span><a href="https://www.berkeleywellbeing.com/store/p13/Happiness-Skills-eWorkbook.html" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(197, 43, 168, 0.3); color: #c52ba8; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.375px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0.05em; text-decoration-line: none; transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out 0s, color 0.15s ease-out 0s; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.berkeleywellbeing.com/store/p13/Happiness-Skills-eWorkbook.html</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.375px; white-space: pre-wrap;">How Music Could Improve Language Skills </span><a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141223132546.htm" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(197, 43, 168, 0.3); color: #c52ba8; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.375px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0.05em; text-decoration-line: none; transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out 0s, color 0.15s ease-out 0s; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141223132546.htm</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.375px; white-space: pre-wrap;">How negative is your mental chatter? </span><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sapient-nature/201310/how-negative-is-your-mental-chatter" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(197, 43, 168, 0.3); color: #c52ba8; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.375px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0.05em; text-decoration-line: none; transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out 0s, color 0.15s ease-out 0s; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sapient-nature/201310/how-negative-is-your-mental-chatter</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.375px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Music Lessons Improve Children’s Cognitive Skills and Academic Performance </span><a href="https://neurosciencenews.com/music-cognition-academics-8689/" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(197, 43, 168, 0.3); color: #c52ba8; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.375px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0.05em; text-decoration-line: none; transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out 0s, color 0.15s ease-out 0s; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">https://neurosciencenews.com/music-cognition-academics-8689/</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.375px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Smartphones causing kids to experience altered childhood </span><a href="https://www.healthline.com/health-news/smart-phones-causing-kids-to-experience-altered-childhoods#2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(197, 43, 168, 0.3); color: #c52ba8; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.375px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0.05em; text-decoration-line: none; transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out 0s, color 0.15s ease-out 0s; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">https://www.healthline.com/health-news/smart-phones-causing-kids-to-experience-altered-childhoods#2</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.375px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Teaching Lessons for Children with Special Needs: </span><a href="https://nafme.org/teaching-lessons-children-special-needs/" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(197, 43, 168, 0.3); color: #c52ba8; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.375px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0.05em; text-decoration-line: none; transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out 0s, color 0.15s ease-out 0s; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">https://nafme.org/teaching-lessons-children-special-needs/</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.375px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Working with your hands—the secret to happiness? </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/may/08/working-hands-happiness-burkeman" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(197, 43, 168, 0.3); color: #c52ba8; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.375px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0.05em; text-decoration-line: none; transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out 0s, color 0.15s ease-out 0s; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/may/08/working-hands-happiness-burkeman</a>Aubreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17260409403063526196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8208416915895309158.post-30603127196731274082019-09-16T13:15:00.000-07:002019-09-16T13:15:17.956-07:00It's Back to School!<br />
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<li style="text-align: left;">For All Saturday Students: Starting THIS WEEK (Saturday, September 21) we will be in the Fine Arts Building at 410 South Michigan Avenue, Studio 727. I have arranged to be there for the rest of September. We are trying it out, so please let me know what you think!<br /></li>
<li style="text-align: left;">For those of you who need an <a data-cke-saved-href="https://shop.pianoworks.com/hidrau-model-hidrau-model-26-hydraulic-adjustable.html" href="https://shop.pianoworks.com/hidrau-model-hidrau-model-26-hydraulic-adjustable.html" target="_blank">adjustable piano bench</a> at home, there is a large order being placed through the Music Institute of Chicago which drastically decreases the cost of these benches ($315 instead of $599). All order forms need to be in by the end of the month. Please let me know if you're interested!<br /></li>
<li style="text-align: left;">The <a data-cke-saved-href="https://1drv.ms/b/s!ArpAmcGGgFvs_Q24le3fLoZhTdKs" href="https://1drv.ms/b/s!ArpAmcGGgFvs_Q24le3fLoZhTdKs" target="_blank">swap list for FaithSlaker Music</a> students has been posted on my website. Ask me in lesson for the password!<br /></li>
<li style="text-align: left;">The Grand Avenue Bridge is going to be closed until the 27th of September. If you rely on that route to my studio, please make other plans!</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><strong>PRACTICE HELP: </strong><br />A Suzuki Practicing Notebook prepared for you! For those of you who would love a system set up for your success in lessons, check out <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.lessoncompass.com/shop-books/" href="https://www.lessoncompass.com/shop-books/" target="_blank">Lesson Compass</a>!</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><strong>FREE CONCERTS:</strong><br /><strong>Harry Potter Goblet of Fire</strong>--<a data-cke-saved-href="https://cso.org/ticketsandevents/production-details-2019-20/cso-movies/harry-potter-goblet-of-fire/" href="https://cso.org/ticketsandevents/production-details-2019-20/cso-movies/harry-potter-goblet-of-fire/">CSO concert</a>, Friday, November 29, 7:30pm<br /><strong>Casablanca</strong>--<a data-cke-saved-href="https://cso.org/ticketsandevents/production-details-2019-20/cso-movies/casablanca/" href="https://cso.org/ticketsandevents/production-details-2019-20/cso-movies/casablanca/">CSO concert</a>, Friday, March, 13, 7:30pm.<br /><strong>Jurassic Park</strong>--<a data-cke-saved-href="https://cso.org/ticketsandevents/production-details-2019-20/cso-movies/jurassic-park/" href="https://cso.org/ticketsandevents/production-details-2019-20/cso-movies/jurassic-park/">CSO concert</a>, Friday, May 15, 7:30pm.</li>
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Aubreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17260409403063526196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8208416915895309158.post-81986243543068129022019-09-16T12:47:00.001-07:002019-09-16T12:47:37.281-07:00July Notes and Updates as we get set for the fall term!<span style="font-size: 17px;"><em><strong cwidth="0" eza="cwidth:0px;;cheight:0px;;wcalc_source:child;wcalc:97px;wocalc:97px;hcalc:760px;rend_px_area:0;">"Education in music is most sovereign because more than anything else rhythm and harmony find their way to the innermost soul and take strongest hold upon it." ~ Plato </strong></em></span><br />
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<li style="text-align: left;">Fall Scheduling is upon us! If you have participated in two public events and have taken summer lessons, you may register for lessons starting July 15th!<br /><br />Please fill out the following form if you study with me at home: <a data-cke-saved-href="https://faithslakermusic.com/policies-and-procedures-1" href="https://faithslakermusic.com/policies-and-procedures-1" target="_blank">FSM Registration Form</a>.<br />Please fill out the following form if you study with me at Sherwood: <a data-cke-saved-href="https://faithslakermusic.com/fall-scheduling-form-sherwood" href="https://faithslakermusic.com/fall-scheduling-form-sherwood" target="_blank">Fall Scheduling Form.</a></li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Everyone has been invited to choose a movie or a song from a movie to start working on in lessons. We're going to do a Music in the Movies Recital this fall, projecting images from your child's favorite movie on a screen behind the piano to accompany each performance. Fun! Make sure you know what your child is planning on playing and keep an ear out for it during home practice!</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;">If you're on Facebook, please follow <a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.facebook.com/Faithslakermusic" href="http://www.facebook.com/Faithslakermusic" target="_blank">FaithSlakerMusic</a> for weekly updates as well as articles on parenting, music education, and events around Chicago!</li>
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<strong>Ms. Aubrey Book 2 Graduation Performance, 1986!</strong><br />
Some of you might find this fun. This is me at age seven graduating from Suzuki Book 2. I was not required to play the entire book, so you'll hear two Bach Minuets and the Beethoven Sonatina.</div>
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<strong>Rosie's First Piano Lesson!</strong><br />Orson's little sister was so well behaved during Orson's time with me that she finally got her very own piano lesson! They're rarely too young!</div>
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It's official! I'm a Suzuki Piano Teacher Trainer! The Chicago Suzuki Institute was my last step. I studied with Annette Lee, Caroline Fraser and Fay Adams and celebrated with the newest Suzuki Cello Teacher Trainer, Andrea Espinzo from Argentina. Here is also my first class of new Suzuki teachers that I helped train! If you know of anyone looking for Suzuki training, send them my way! I'm so eager to get started!</div>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><strong>PRACTICE HELP: </strong><br />A Suzuki Practicing Notebook prepared for you! For those of you who would love a system set up for your success in lessons, check out <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.lessoncompass.com/shop-books/" href="https://www.lessoncompass.com/shop-books/" target="_blank">Lesson Compass</a>!</li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><strong>LISTENING: </strong><br />For those of you who enjoyed the Gershwin at Millennium Park last week, here is a Spotify playlist of more of Gershwin's music: <a data-cke-saved-href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0SECslca9Ld3Rn1islyvha" href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0SECslca9Ld3Rn1islyvha" target="_blank">Gershwin Playlist</a></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><strong>FREE CONCERTS:</strong><br /><strong>Ravel's Mother Goose Suite</strong>--Millennium Park, Wed, 7/17, 6:30pm<br /><strong>Beethoven 3rd Piano Concerto</strong>--Millennium Park, Fri 7/19 6:30/Sat 7/20 7:30pm<br /><strong>Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake</strong>--Millennium Park, Wed, 7/24, 6:30pm<br /><strong>Copeland Rodeo-</strong>-Millennium Park, Wed July 31, 6:30pm</li>
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Aubreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17260409403063526196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8208416915895309158.post-18720022704862822922019-06-13T11:31:00.000-07:002019-06-13T11:31:00.295-07:00June is Finally Spring and other Exciting Updates!<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-4736671407379084898mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="m_-4736671407379084898mcnTextBlockOuter">
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<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">I hope everyone is having a great summer so far! School is just about over, the sun is JUST about to come out, and we have some fun stuff to work on together! Please at least skim this e-mail as many of the questions I get every day in lessons and via text are answered here and on my website: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.faithslakermusic.com&source=gmail&ust=1560536902751000&usg=AFQjCNFaw_-D_rR8jlMQIWxHYfc0Xfh4LQ" href="http://www.faithslakermusic.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.faithslakermusic.com</a>.<br /> </li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">First of all--a BIG congratulations to Adara, Vivian, and Carrie for their recent high scores in the Royal Conservatory Assessment Program! Congratulations also to Vivian for her Third Place in the Illinois Music Association Competition. Well done, Pianists!!!!<br /> </li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">My altered summer schedule begins Monday, June 24th. That's coming up! Let's talk if you have travel plans you haven't let me know about or conflicts coming up!<br /> </li>
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With summer just around the corner, and many of you having fun summer travel plans, I'd LOVE to see pictures of pianos around the world that you've been able to play! You can find them in hotels, in malls, in restaurants, and even on the streets! Keep your eyes open and make it a habit to play every piano you see! Send me pictures, or post them to the <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058%26id%3Dd952153170%26e%3D4e00f65883&source=gmail&ust=1560536902752000&usg=AFQjCNFQ76ysxwH6t81__e4XP5kTEyV9rQ" href="https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058&id=d952153170&e=4e00f65883" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank">FaithSlaker Music Facebook page</a>!<br /> </div>
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During the summer I am available for <strong>lessons more than once a week</strong> if you are interested in taking advantage of the time your child will have not being in school. Let me know and I'll put you guys on my list of students to contact when I have an opening!</div>
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Also, for those of you who haven't been regularly attending lessons, we're all working on a <strong>"Music in the Movies" recital for the fall term.</strong> Every student is looking to the movies to find inspiration. We're choosing pieces in the next week or so and we'll be working diligently all summer on these! This fall, everyone will play their movie music with images from their movie projected on screen behind the piano. I'm super exited!</div>
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ISMTA Competition:<br /> This one happens in October, so it is something to think on over the summer.<br /> For more information: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058%26id%3Df0cba3a76c%26e%3D4e00f65883&source=gmail&ust=1560536902752000&usg=AFQjCNGtkb4I2rqc9xSD0DrpTNWMVkkhrg" href="https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058&id=f0cba3a76c&e=4e00f65883" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank">https://ismta.<wbr></wbr>org/ismtacompetitions</a><br /> I'd love to have my students participate. This is a newer one for me.<br /> It is open to all intermediate and above level students.</div>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">June 24th: Summer Schedule begins</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">June 29-July 7: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058%26id%3Dd8e74d33ea%26e%3D4e00f65883&source=gmail&ust=1560536902752000&usg=AFQjCNEkOs38JnybZrDl0QEfSdEaeTvvPg" href="https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058&id=d8e74d33ea&e=4e00f65883" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank">Chicago Suzuki Institute</a>: No Lessons</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">July 15: Fall Deposits and Fall Schedule Requests Due</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">August 19-September 2: No Lessons. Summer Break!</li>
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For more Calendar Dates, please see my website: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058%26id%3D9ecfce4400%26e%3D4e00f65883&source=gmail&ust=1560536902752000&usg=AFQjCNGPsF8nuuuXHn0dARhwLqwn7F1TXQ" href="https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058&id=9ecfce4400&e=4e00f65883" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank">www.faithslakermusic.com</a></div>
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In today’s age of social media and cell phone addiction, when community is shaped by your Facebook feed, and a time when kids and adults alike are experiencing an inability to be alone brought about by technology, how could you expect someone to tolerate sitting down at an instrument every day? To tolerate spending time alone every day? To feel proud having devoted an entire hour to a passage of music when there are texts to answer, instagrams to post, and your teachers and bosses expect to be able to reach you at all times?</div>
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So many chronic mental health issues in today’s society can be addressed in music lessons. We all know that music study improves self-esteem, it teaches overcoming obstacles and setting goals, and it brings respect and a loosening of ego into daily life. This is how you can focus that power to make a more lasting impact.</div>
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To have your students participate in the research, please have them fill out the following survey. Survey: <a href="https://faithslakermusic.com/survey-the-perks-of-studying-music" target="_blank">The Perks of Studying Music</a>.</div>
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To participate in an online and ongoing happiness survey yourself, go to <a href="https://www.trackyourhappiness.org/">https://www.trackyourhappiness.org/</a></div>
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Barron, Carrie & Alton. The Creativity Cure. Scribner:NY, 2012.</div>
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Burkeman, Oliver. The Antidote. Faber & Faber: NY, 2012.</div>
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Cognitive Neuroscience of Music, The. Peretz, I & Zatorre, R (ed), Oxford U Press, Y, 2003.</div>
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Coyle, Daniel. The Talent Code. Bantam Books: New York, 2009.</div>
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Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly. Flow. HarperCollins: New York, 1990.</div>
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Davis, et al. An Introduction to Music Therapy. McGraw Hill, 1999.</div>
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Duke, Robert. Intelligent Music Teaching. Learning and Behavior Resources: TX, 2005.</div>
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Dweck, Carol S, PhD. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. Ballantine Books: NY 2006.</div>
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Goleman, Daniel. Focus. Harper Collins, NY, 2013.</div>
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Gunatillake, Rohan. Modern Mindfulness. St. Martin's Griffin: New York, 2017.</div>
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How to Memorize Music. James Francis Cooke. Theodore Presser Co.: Philadelphia, 1948.</div>
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Levitin, Daniel. The Organized Mind. Dutton: NY, 2014.</div>
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Levitin, Daniel. This is your brain on music. Dutton: NY, 2006.</div>
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Miles, Elizabeth. Tune Your Brain: Using Music to Manage Your Mind, Body and Mind. Berkley Books: NY, 1997.</div>
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Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology, The. Hallam, Cross & Thaut, eds. Oxford U. Press: Oxford, 2009.</div>
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Suzuki, S. Ability Development from Age Zero. Alfred Publishing, New York: 1981.</div>
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Suzuki, S. Nurtured By Love. Alfred Pub., USA, 1983.</div>
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The Child as Musician; A Handbook of Musical Development. Gary McPherson. Oxford U. Press, NY, 2003.<br />
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Teaching Lessons for Children with Special Needs <br />
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The Benefits of Playing the Piano<br />
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<br />Aubreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17260409403063526196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8208416915895309158.post-45990014037024505692019-02-21T10:04:00.003-08:002019-02-21T10:04:14.375-08:00MTNA-PTG Scholarship Award, 2019 (Scroll Down! It's Me!)<div align="center">
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Congratulations to Frances Larimer, who has been named MTNA Teacher of the Year, and to Aubrey Faith-Slaker, who has been awarded the MTNA-Piano Technicians Guild Scholarship.</div>
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Frances Larimer, NCTM, Piano Professor Emerita, created the master's and doctoral degree programs in Piano Performance and Pedagogy at the Northwestern University School of Music and served as director of these programs for over 25 years. Prior to this, she established the group piano programs for music and non-music majors. Since her retirement in August 1998, Larimer has served as consultant in piano pedagogy for Yamaha.</div>
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Larimer has been active in MTNA for many years. From 1975 to 1979 she served as national group piano chair for MTNA. She has served two, four-year terms on the editorial board of The American Music Teacher and for five years was a music reviewer for Clavier. She was honored as ISMTA Teacher of the Year in 2018.</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">For today, please enjoy this article on </span><a href="https://practicehabits.co/parent-engagement-success-music-lessons/" style="text-align: start;" target="_blank">Parents as Engaged Partners in Music</a><span style="text-align: start;">.</span></div>
Aubreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17260409403063526196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8208416915895309158.post-67900270107069637282018-12-21T10:34:00.002-08:002018-12-21T10:34:51.425-08:00Winter Studio Recital Video, 2018Congratulations to all my talented and hard-working students on this year's Winter Studio Recital! What a beautiful way to spend an evening!<br />
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Practice, rest, and enjoy the holiday break!Aubreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17260409403063526196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8208416915895309158.post-13190802494163741142018-09-11T17:36:00.004-07:002018-09-11T17:36:57.048-07:00Allegretto 2 EndingsA group class activity helps students recognize the differences in the endings in Allegretto 2 and is a good introduction to form.<br />
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<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;"><strong>Reminder - No Lessons August 20 through September 3</strong>. Summer break! Lessons resume after Labor Day. </li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">Sherwood Registration: Please register for 15 of the 16 fall term lessons. Lesson Time Details to follow.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">I do have openings at FaithSlaker Music in Noble Square and at the Music Institute of Chicago in Evanston. I like to give preference to current families and friends, so let me know if you have anyone in mind that is looking for lessons!</li>
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<span style="color: violet;">SUMMER CONTEST!<br />Hello all PianoKids! You've worked hard all year and I'm so proud of all of you! I'd like to propose a contest for the remainder of the summer: send me a video by 8pm on Labor Day (Monday, September 3) of you playing your instrument in a creative, unusual, or impressive way. You may learn something entirely new, show us a new way of playing something old, incorporate technology or other instruments or even other skills that you have! Judges will determine the winner based on everyone's current level. The winner gets one free lesson to work on WHATEVER they want at the piano, plus their choice of where they fall in the order of the next recital. Have fun with it! I look forward to seeing everyone's submissions!</span></td></tr>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">September 3: Summer Contest Videos Due!</li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">September 7: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058%26id%3D787aab5e33%26e%3D4e00f65883&source=gmail&ust=1536076754088000&usg=AFQjCNFKWNRiKVwpWiPQ2bn6x7NMn7Yo6Q" href="https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058&id=787aab5e33&e=4e00f65883" style="color: #00add8;" target="_blank">Lyric Opera at Millennium Park</a></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">September 12: B<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058%26id%3D91f7ac5477%26e%3D4e00f65883&source=gmail&ust=1536076754088000&usg=AFQjCNGaZPTXxPhwzUoy76kOHU9dXR4pJg" href="https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058&id=91f7ac5477&e=4e00f65883" style="color: #00add8;" target="_blank">aroque in the Park</a></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">September 20: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058%26id%3D7edc70ee22%26e%3D4e00f65883&source=gmail&ust=1536076754088000&usg=AFQjCNFKZncgrU9OgQEsezM_8jRw8Q8TDA" href="https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058&id=7edc70ee22&e=4e00f65883" style="color: #00add8;" target="_blank">Popular Classical Music by the CSO</a></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">November 22 - 25: No Lessons, Thanksgiving Break!</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">December 1: Britten's <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058%26id%3D1ea3865f1a%26e%3D4e00f65883&source=gmail&ust=1536076754088000&usg=AFQjCNH6_lcQJNRh-uSKduI4nUQI8Ea9bQ" href="https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058&id=1ea3865f1a&e=4e00f65883" style="color: #00add8;" target="_blank">Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra</a> (I'm super excited about this one!) at Symphony Center</li>
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Aubreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17260409403063526196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8208416915895309158.post-65289615508684932862018-09-03T09:03:00.002-07:002018-09-03T09:03:28.447-07:00Summer Updates 2018! ET with a Live Orchestra!<table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-6907644542576310109templateContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; max-width: 600px !important; width: 100%px;"><tbody>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">Fall Registration and Scheduling: Please fill out a form (below) by August 1st to share what your fall plans are so I can put together the fall schedule.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">SHERWOOD: I will be cutting back in my teaching hours at Sherwood starting September 1st. I will only be available two days a week. </li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">There will be a slight increase in tuition fees at FaithSlaker Music this year. See <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058%26id%3D1bc19217fc%26e%3D4e00f65883&source=gmail&ust=1536076754140000&usg=AFQjCNEXRfTLGrGm3cgUskdQPVE5JbaRRw" href="https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058&id=1bc19217fc&e=4e00f65883" style="color: #00add8;" target="_blank">my website</a> for further details.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">I will be adding a day of teaching in Evanston through the Music Institute of Chicago starting September 7th.</li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">July 23: Gershwin's <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058%26id%3D28b9839be7%26e%3D4e00f65883&source=gmail&ust=1536076754141000&usg=AFQjCNHEA7vo7tvSuGnskiGvBQ8uWl42oQ" href="https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058&id=28b9839be7&e=4e00f65883" style="color: #00add8;" target="_blank">Rhapsody in Blue at Ravinia</a>, CSO</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">August 1: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058%26id%3D1fa7af02cb%26e%3D4e00f65883&source=gmail&ust=1536076754141000&usg=AFQjCNECsAJ90yjafTOn_8lfj3oqayhCag" href="https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058&id=1fa7af02cb&e=4e00f65883" style="color: #00add8;" target="_blank">E.T., live with full orchestra</a> at Ravinia</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">August 2: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058%26id%3D10ab7e7168%26e%3D4e00f65883&source=gmail&ust=1536076754141000&usg=AFQjCNHMo6unNsjwN4h9YzEk3uCAT3gJug" href="https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058&id=10ab7e7168&e=4e00f65883" style="color: #00add8;" target="_blank">R</a><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058%26id%3D8c900ee7e5%26e%3D4e00f65883&source=gmail&ust=1536076754141000&usg=AFQjCNHnx_DhjUVUUHw-oALUoR7FUVwGjg" href="https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058&id=8c900ee7e5&e=4e00f65883" style="color: #00add8;" target="_blank">aiders of the Lost Arc</a> with full orchestra at Ravinia</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">September 7: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058%26id%3Ddfa5f3aabf%26e%3D4e00f65883&source=gmail&ust=1536076754141000&usg=AFQjCNEvx9PctD--u95UYjGZp8T7vmIpgA" href="https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058&id=dfa5f3aabf&e=4e00f65883" style="color: #00add8;" target="_blank">Lyric Opera at Millennium Park</a></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">FaithSlaker Music Fall Registration Form <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058%26id%3Da734be1575%26e%3D4e00f65883&source=gmail&ust=1536076754141000&usg=AFQjCNE97O1duS8PywbGJEv_9aHrL1OtRg" href="https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058&id=a734be1575&e=4e00f65883" style="color: #00add8;" target="_blank">HERE</a></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;">Sherwood Fall Scheduling Request Form <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058%26id%3D9c2a19071b%26e%3D4e00f65883&source=gmail&ust=1536076754141000&usg=AFQjCNG6pcD5gGApcboKVw-_G0HUJ3CyLQ" href="https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058&id=9c2a19071b&e=4e00f65883" style="color: #00add8;" target="_blank">HERE</a></li>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Spring<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>Tuition</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is Due at FaithSlaker Music March 1: Invoices to follow.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">An updated<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>swap list</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>has been posted for the spring term. Please always let me know if you are arranging a swap.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><strong>No Lessons April 27 - May 4</strong>. I'll be teaching in Mexico that week!</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Please let me know ASAP what your travel plans may be for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>spring break</strong>, if you are going to miss lessons. I try to accommodate spring break whenever I can. Reminder - one makeup lessons is offered per term.</li>
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Congratulations to Diego Carrasco, Declan Flaherty, Martina Bianchi, and Whitney Thomas on silver medals in the recent Chicago Area Sonata Festival! Congratulations to Anna Shao on a gold medal in the same event! Good work!</div>
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<li style="text-align: left;">April 8: Deadline to Register for Roberta Savler, advanced level competition in Chicago.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">April 29: Roberta Savler Competition.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">April 27 - May 4: No lessons, I'll be teaching in Mexico!</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">May 20/21:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://faithslakermusic.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25a5d3c509d95a2a3413d5058&id=d9d8dc78d7&e=ebb3c83bcc" style="color: #00add8;" target="_blank">IMA Contest </a></li>
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Aubreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17260409403063526196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8208416915895309158.post-77661697983473982692016-08-25T13:56:00.002-07:002016-08-25T13:56:47.341-07:00Summer Contest 2016<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's my favorite time again! Time for the summer contest!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. The first contest is to <b>accompany yourself</b> in some way. You may play something for me using the piano AND another instrument. You may use technology to perform a duet with yourself! Use your imagination! This may be repertoire we have already been working on ornamented with the sounds from another instrument or it may be something I've never heard you play before!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. The second contest is to listen to the following song, <b>"Saturday Sun" by Nick Drake, and put together a performance of it to your playing level</b>. This may be a part of the song, the whole thing, the melody, or the piano part. </span><br />
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