Goodbye Jack

Jack and I were making silly faces as we said goodbye. Jack gave me some big hydrangea flowers to say goodbye.

Goodbye, Ida

Saying goodbye to students. Ida was excited because she won the Emoji bank. She gave me some soap and coasters with a handwritten note to remember her and Emma by.

Emoji Coin Purse

Congratulations to Ida for being the first piano student to win her Emoji coin purse.  She practiced 50 times since we started.  Most weeks she practice two times a day but this week she practiced three times a day!  She now can carry her pennies 4 practice in her emoji coin purse to lessons instead of a plastic bag.  Yea! Ida.

Lillian's Accomplishment

Congratulations to Lillian on finishing her first CD!  She picked 10 pieces from her lesson book, practiced them well, and then we recorded them at my Lakewood piano studio.

The artwork on the CD cover is her original art.

The pieces on the CD are:

Track 1 - Scales My Way
Track 2 - Quiet Thoughts
Track 3 - Pirates at Sea
Track 4 - Medieval Fair
Track 5 - Science Fair
Track 6 - Rhythm Mania
Track 7 - Floating Down the River
Track 8 - Premier Boogie
Track 9 - Inspector Beauregard
Track 10 - Fiesta de Espana

What was favorite part of making the CD? Making the artwork was my favorite.
What was your favorite piece on the CD? Inspector Beauregard because I like the melody.
She enjoyed the process of making the CD and look forward to sharing the CD with her family.  She may email the CD to them.
How long did it take you perfect these piece to be CD ready?  Some I had to relearn and some I had to just brush up on so it was different times for piece.
Do you recommend that other students make a CD of their favorite piano pieces?  She said "yes"!

The CD is eight minutes in length.

Lillian studies piano at Cindy's Piano Studio in Bemus Point. Great job, Lillian!

Welcome Quinn!

Cindy's Piano Studio welcomes Quinn to the Bemus Point studio this year.  Quinn is nine years old.  She said she wants to take piano lessons because it seems really, really fun!  I hope that it remains really, really fun for her during her whole life.  Quinn has a Yamaha 88-key, touch sensitive keyboard at home with a metronome even!

Quinn likes to play soccer, tennis, and do horseback riding also.  She is in the fourth grade.

Welcome, Quinn!

APT Festival Participants

Congratulations to 

Eliza Dawes, Mallory Lohnes, Gloria and Lillian Marsh.

They all participated in the Association of Piano Teachers Festival this year and received excellent marks and comments.  They all played in the recital that followed and played very well.

Practice Chains

What are these paper circles? Practice chains! Last week students taped a chain of 7 links to their piano. Each day they practiced they tore off a link and brought the remaining links to their lesson this week. There were a few who practiced all 7 days and so no links from them. One more week to see who gets ice cream after the recital. Several are already qualified! Yum yum