This was the second year for Brainy the Octopus’s practicing challenge. This ran for three weeks. Each week, students were challenged to play one of their pieces eight times. If they met the challenge, brainy collected a penny. At the end of the three weeks, all pennies were tallied and the total number of pennies… Continue reading Brainy’s Practicing Challenge 2016
Month: December 2016
Winter Recital 2016
This afternoon the studio had it’s winter recital for 2016. Students worked hard and did a lot of practicing – thanks to everyone for sharing their music! A lot of preparation is involved in learning recital music. Practicing pieces to learn notes, rhythm, and dynamics (and all the rest) is the first step, but as… Continue reading Winter Recital 2016