Happy New Year to you all and may 2013 be a great year for you and for your music making.
Many thanks for all the Christmas good wishes, cards and gifts; I appreciated them very much.
Don't forget to watch the New Year's Day Concert from Vienna tomorrow: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00glnh8
Monday 31 December 2012
Wednesday 19 December 2012
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas everybody!
I have enjoyed playing Christmas songs and carols with you, solos and duets, and hope that you will have fun with them during the Christmas break.
If you get bored during the holidays you might like to try one of the following:
1. Put on your own informal concert for your friends and relatives: sort out a programme of your favourite pieces, design and make a programme, practise introducing your music and bowing and get your parents to record it for you. Let me know how it goes.
2. Write your own Christmas song, either totally original or use existing words and add a new tune to something such as Away in a Manger or Deck the Halls.
3. Download the music for your favourite tune, Christmassy or not, from www.musicnotes.com or www.greatscores.com and learn it.
4. Work out your favourite melody by ear and then add an accompanying LH using chords 1, 1V or V.
5. Have a look at my Pinterest board for more music and piano-ish ideas: http://pinterest.com/fionalau/piano-teaching-ideas/
I have enjoyed playing Christmas songs and carols with you, solos and duets, and hope that you will have fun with them during the Christmas break.
If you get bored during the holidays you might like to try one of the following:
1. Put on your own informal concert for your friends and relatives: sort out a programme of your favourite pieces, design and make a programme, practise introducing your music and bowing and get your parents to record it for you. Let me know how it goes.
2. Write your own Christmas song, either totally original or use existing words and add a new tune to something such as Away in a Manger or Deck the Halls.
3. Download the music for your favourite tune, Christmassy or not, from www.musicnotes.com or www.greatscores.com and learn it.
4. Work out your favourite melody by ear and then add an accompanying LH using chords 1, 1V or V.
5. Have a look at my Pinterest board for more music and piano-ish ideas: http://pinterest.com/fionalau/piano-teaching-ideas/
Thursday 13 December 2012
Congratulations!
Congratulations to everyone who played at tonight's Christmas Piano Concert. It was lovely to hear you all play- well done!
Also congratulations to Jennifer Baker and Elena Deighton, who passed their grade 1 and 3 piano exams with Distinction, to Alexander Greenwood who took his Prep test, and to Jennifer Marshall who passed her grade 5 theory exam. Hooray all round!
Also congratulations to Jennifer Baker and Elena Deighton, who passed their grade 1 and 3 piano exams with Distinction, to Alexander Greenwood who took his Prep test, and to Jennifer Marshall who passed her grade 5 theory exam. Hooray all round!
Thursday 6 December 2012
Christmas Concert!
Hi everyone, the Christmas Concert is next Thursday so keep practising over the weekend! Details are below in a previous post. I'm looking forward to hearing you all!
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