Notes for students/parents of students to read.
Well it has been a very long time since I was on this blog. I will attempt to give it more love this year. COVID-19, the "Novel Corona Virus" has progressivley taken over our lives but hopefully soon we will get back to a new or old normal. At Red level here in New Zealand, [...]
Well it's 2021 and I hope all's going well with you and yours. Teaching has recommenced with the school year here in New Zealand. I have slots available on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturday mornings and look forward to seeing new and old faces. Re COVID-19 - it's a very interesting time we live [...]
Hello Everybody! The school holidays [Winter break] have just begun here in New Zealand. As we are now at alert level 1 and things are returning to a new normal, I am pleased to announce that I will reopen my physical studio with the beginning of the new school term. Working with my current students [...]
While Italy is singing from the rooftops and others are behind the piano, New Zealand is preparing for lockdown as of midnight tonight, Wednesday. I am pasting below the email i sent to all of you re continuing piano lessons. Hello all- I am writing this as a group email as things are happening way [...]
I am very much looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow but wanted to put this in writing so we’re all on the same page. The Novel Corona Virus, COVID19, is here. I want to keep seeing you all for lessons face-to-face for as long as possible to keep things normal. If we have to [...]
Shinichi Suzuki (1898-1998) came to the conclusion by the end of his life that listening was more important than practising. He had many things wrong about technique on the violin but this he did have right - listening to high quality recordings is important. That's why you are given the foundation recordings as part of [...]
I was inspired to write this post because I saw this video of a Suzuki parent. There are some very good points in this video. Maybe the title shouldn't be confessions of a parent but rather how I helped my son on his musical journey. (yes, I think that's a much better title).) The idea [...]
Well folks, the time has come! tomorrow on Facebook I will broadcast live an introductory to the Play A story programme from InnerMusician. Thanks to Lyndel who has allowed me to use the powerpoint in addition to me going on about it. I just hope it works. Register your interest and then keep an eye [...]
The point of this post is to talk about the fact that, though we would all very much like to be, we are not musical savants or have savant-like abilities. Find out about a musical savant in this video. But don't let this discourage you from taking up the piano. In lessons, I will show [...]
Come with your questions! I will be periscoping at 8pm NZ time. I will be talking about the Inner Musician improvisation programme. This is how we star piano for life. Come and check it out in this virtual introduction! You can clik this link to find me on periscope and hopefully catch the live broadcast. [...]