No lessons on Good Friday (March 30) and Easter Monday (April 2). See you after that!
Here’s this post’s musical treat, one of my favourite dancers, B-girl Ayumi. The second video is a short interview with her.
March Break No Lessons Week of March 12 to 16
It’s time for another lesson break next week. Lessons resume the week of March 19. If you’re ever curious about our lesson calendar, go to https://myrtlesmusicroom.com/lessons/calendar/.
Hope you like this post’s musical highlight! I heard it on the CBC last night and remembered how much I enjoyed it when I first heard it almost a year ago.
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Reading Week Break Next Week
As in previous years, there won’t be lessons over my Reading Week “break” (February 19 to 23). Enjoy practice and listening time. Maybe explore a new genre of music you’ve never paid attention to before!
Peep this one, for example, featuring Han Han, DATU, and HATAW, with their fusion of sound and dance influences, highlighting Philippine traditional instruments and attire:
See you the week of February 26!
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2018 Lessons Begin Next Week
Happy New Year to all!
Music lessons will begin next week for all my students. It will be great to see you. The full lesson calendar is available at https://myrtlesmusicroom.com/lessons/calendar/.
Raw Classical
We were moved today by the unexpected rawness of Ezra Azmon’s viola-playing on the corner of Walmer and Bloor, just outside the gray brick of the Shopper’s Drug Mart. I had read about him in a Star article and I’m glad to have finally heard him live.
Something about the sound of the bow urgently clinging to the strings with each gesture made every phrase more palpable. Azmon’s music was a salve for the heavy tiredness of the last few weeks.
More on Azmon here: //www.cbc.ca/i/caffeine/syndicate/?mediaId=1074472003654
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New Year, Old Tracks
I meant to post some Student Salon highlights before the new school year, but time does seem to fly…
Here’s the playlist featuring my students’ commitment, work, and musicality:
Don’t forget, lessons begin September 11, 2017. Looking forward to seeing my students again!
If you haven’t already done so, do check out the Student Compositions page.
Last week of lessons!
Lessons end this Friday, June 23!
It has been another fulfilling year teaching my small group of students. They just keep on growing both in height and musical expression. I look forward to seeing you all in September. I’ll be posting highlights from the Student Salon over the summer, so stay tuned!
In the meantime, enjoy this classic tune:
March Break!
There will be no regularly scheduled lessons this week, but if I have arranged a make-up lesson with you, I’ll see you then!
Have a wonderful week.
Lessons Resume
I’m looking forward to the new year!
A quick reminder that piano lessons resume the week of January 9th. In the meantime, here’s a tune I’ve been feelin’ since I heard it on The Get Down, that textured dramatization of hip-hop’s early days (available on Netflix, if you’re interested.) See you soon!
The year’s almost over…
It’s time to celebrate with music.
Our annual Student Salon will take place this Saturday, June 18 at 4:00 p.m. I’m looking forward to sitting back and enjoying the sounds.
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