Logo

January & February Group Classes

Wednesday, March 30, 2022 by Lisa Barwell | Group Classes

January & February Group Classes

2022

Our winter group classes continued the theme of learning about the Medieval Era as well as giving students the opportunity to perform for each other and play games together.

Playing games together helps students get to know each other and builds the studio community!

Students got to give their festival and recital solos a trial run in front of an audience while their peers listened and gave them positive encouragement and suggestions for improvement.

The last part of the class gave students time to compose a Medieval sounding 'plainchant.' I loved how the older students helped the younger ones!

After writing the music, we aged the manuscripts by crumpling the paper and dying it with tea!

The finished Medieval Manuscripts turned out beautifully!

Teachers can find the Medieval composition paper at my Teachers Pay Teachers shop!

It's a new year!

Thursday, September 30, 2021 by Lisa Barwell | Group Classes

An exciting start to 2021-2022!

Fall 2021

Wow! What an eventful beginning to a fun, new year! We're still brimming with anticipation and excited for all the fun things ahead!

The theme for this new year of flute and piano lessons is "Bringing Color to the World With Our Music."

Students were excited to receive new music for the year!

September group classes taught students about the origin of the music staff and a little about the Medieval Era of music.









Games, as always, are a regular part of our studio curriculum and students are always interested to see what we'll play next!

Here's to a COLORFUL year ahead!

2016-2017: “A Musical Year”

Saturday, March 4, 2017 by Lisa Barwell | Group Classes

Week Twenty-Four

                               

It’s group class week again! Group classes are so much fun and give us a needed break from routine. There were five classes scheduled this week and, because some students were attending Festival and others weren’t, I varied the lesson plans for each class.  This ensured that the Festival participants received the theory review they needed for their upcoming theory test and non-Festival participants focused on reinforcing some concepts they’ve been working on in private lessons.

 

Last month, students focused on rhythms and note values. This time, students focused on note naming by playing games including “Zoo Food,” “Sugar High,” and “Note Nabber.”

 

 

Non-Festival participants enjoyed “Trash to Treasure Composing.” They chose items from a paper bag and used them to create motives (short melodies) to turn into a full composition. Students were creative with using rubber bands, rings, ribbon, and plastic bugs!

 

After the games, Festival participants performed their prepared pieces for the class. Classmates wrote encouraging, specific comments for the performers. We’re learning to build each other up while constructively listening to music!


 

 

Festival participants also had the opportunity to participate in a theory review of music terms and symbols and duet partners were able to use part of the class time to rehearse. Our preparation paid off as everyone made a Superior or Excellent rating for their Festival events! Congratulations, students!