Tuesday, June 2, 2020 by Lisa Flood | Student Achievements

End-of-Year Wrap-Up

June 2020

This year has been full of fun and success! It ended rather strangely as we transitioned online due to the pandemic, but everyone adjusted well and continued to make great strides forward in their progress.

Here are a couple of fun end-of-year stats; our students in K5-4th grades practiced a combined total of 831 days and our students in 5th-11th grades completed 433 pieces and donated $43.30 to help Friday Musicale provide scholarships to music students. I'm so proud of our kids!

I’m so proud of our two seniors who performed their senior recitals via livestream during the month of May. Best wishes to both of them as they begin the next stage of their journey!

Congratulations to this student for earning all 6 composer cards this year! Students in K5-4th earn a card for every practice chart that they complete. Each card represents 25 days practiced. Students in 5th grade earn a card for every 10 pieces they learn.

Quite a few students moved up to new books this year! It's always excited to see this visual mark of their progress.

Several students earned Gold Cups from Federation Festival this year. I’m so excited to give them out later this summer! Certificates will also be handed out to all festival participants throughout the summer.

Have an awesome summer!

Wednesday, June 12, 2019 by Lisa Flood | Student Achievements

End-of-Year Wrap-Up

May/June 2019

Wow! What a great year this has been. There were moments periodically that I wondered, in the midst of the busyness, if it would ever come, but here it is! Students showed wonderful creativity throughout the year in our various projects and were successful in their many performance opportunities. Here’s a glimpse into some of their achievements:

Our 7 students in K5-4th grades practiced a combined total of 753 days and our 13 students in 5th-12th grades completed 511 pieces and donated $51.10 to help The MusicLink Foundation assist students in affording a music education.

Two students collected all six composer cards this year! Students in K5-4th earn a card for every practice chart that they complete. Each card represents 25 days practiced. Students in 5th grade earn a card for every 10 pieces they learn. These girls put in a lot of practice!

Several students moved up a level in their books over the course of the year. Awesome!

Here’s to a great year behind us and even more wonderful things ahead! Happy summer, everyone!

Monday, April 1, 2019 by Lisa Flood | Composing

Creative Composing for Piano

Spring 2019

Students have been continuing to compose ( check out our previous blog about this here ). They are progressing through their quests to help Sage and Kip; we're eagerly waiting to see the next part of each story! See our latest videos below and read a summary of the story-lines for each book.

Students are always excited to follow Sage on her quest to rescue her father in 'Brave Sage and the Magical Motives.' Sage's father, the king, has been kidnapped and Sage has to rescue him! She encounters obstacles along the way that she overcomes by composing motives (short melodies) to complete each piece. Enjoy watching:

After completing the 'Brave Sage' book, students move up to the next level in the series, "Castaway Kip and the Magical Motives." Kip has been shipwrecked on an island and has to gather the parts of his ship in order to put it back together again. He meets several interesting creatures along the way. Enjoy watching:

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