Spring Recital

I am so super excited to let you know that my good friend and fellow pianist Anne Robinson and I are teaming up again to put on a recital of our students to show off all the hard work they've been doing throughout this past semester. We have finally nailed down a date!

Thursday, 13 May 2010 at 7 pm in Room 145 of the Fine Arts Building on the campus of the University of Missouri

Feel free to come a little early if you would like your pianist to have a chance to play parts of their pieces beforehand... probably no earlier than 6:30 or so. If we have not discussed recital rep in their lessons, we will be doing so in the next week.

Please have your pianist dressed nicely and at the Fine Arts Building no later than 6:50 the night of. If for some reason, there is a schedule conflict and your pianist is unable to participate, please contact me as soon as possible. I look forward to fantastic performances from each of your wonderful kids!

Teaching Schedule Winter Semester 2010

As it stands right now, the following is my current teaching schedule for next semester, running January 11 - mid May 2010:

Mondays:
- 3:30-4:15 pm Madeline
- 4:30-6 pm Amy, Justin, and Elizabeth

Tuesdays:
- 3:30-6 pm Lauren, Parker, Perry, and Christian

Wednesdays:
- 4:30-5:15 pm Will
- 5:30-6 pm Emma

Thursdays:
- 4:30-5:30 Kaitlyn and Connor

I am not currently taking any more students for next semester. Please notify me as soon as possible if your lesson day and time need to change.

Studio Policy

• The minimum practice requirement for continued lessons and studio participation is at LEAST 30 mins a day, 6 days a week. This is the absolute bare minimum. Anything less is a waste of everyone's time and an indication of lost interest on the part of the student.
• Rates are $40 per hour, adjusted accordingly depending on the length of the lesson ($20 for half hour lessons; $30 for 45 minute lessons). Please make checks payable to me at the first lesson of every month for the entire month's worth of lessons.
  
• Please give at least a 24-hour notice when able if the need for a cancellation arises. I will hold myself to the same standard.
• Make-up lessons will be scheduled at the mutual convenience of both the family and myself. Otherwise the lesson remains missed and will be deducted off the following month's payment.
• If the need to switch the student's lesson day arises, please contact me within the first two to three weeks of teaching.
• If you need to contact me immediately for some reason, the quickest way to reach me is by text or email. I'm not always at liberty to take phone calls but am usually able to respond to a text fairly quickly.
• All students must have a 3-ring binder in decent condition to hold practice charts, sheet music, and their Thumb Chart.
• All students must have a working metronome.
• The quickest and easiest way to check your pianist's weekly progress is to check the Thumb Chart in the binder. Each student will receive a weekly evaluation of each lesson: 2 Thumbs Up, 1 Thumb Up, or No Thumbs Up. The Thumb grade is holistic mark of the student's weekly progress and overall attitude during the lesson.
• All students are expected to participate in studio performances, to be scheduled by the teacher and given sufficient advance notification. Performance expectations for each student will be outlined by the teacher during lesson, according to the student's abilities and the date of the performance.
  

Pilot

This blog is for myself, my students, and my students' parents. It is intended as a forum for me to post important information about the studio, make announcements, and keep everyone (including myself) updated with what's going on. With the studio expanding this semester, it's just another way to make sure everything is copacetic and we're all on the same page. Please feel free to follow the blog if you're a google user and make comments where necessary.