St. Joseph Arts Academy The Write Notes – October 2017 Newsletter from the SJAA Welcome to the “Write Notes”, the monthly newsletter from the St. Joseph Arts Academy! We are fully into the swing of the school year in October. Teachers are working hard for their students and we know our students are giving all…
How to Practice One definition of practice is… “a repeated exercise or performance of an activity or skill so as to acquire or maintain proficiency in it” As in it must have taken a lot of PRACTICE to be such a good guitar player. Doctors and lawyers are said to have a practice when carrying…
It was wonderful to be able to talk about the business side of teaching music, where we came from and where we are going with the local entrepreneurship group, Cup of Joe. Grateful to the good people there who took time to ask questions and give important feedback towards the growth of our academy and…
One of the great joys of my life is playing music. I consider it a great blessing in the ways that I am allowed to make fun music with fun people. My fellow musicians and band mates are seldom just co-workers. These folks are my friends. We have played 100’s (in some cases 1000’s) of…
Big, BIG congratulations to our May “Student of the Month”, Ashlyn F. Ashlyn earned a spot on the SJAMTA’s Honor Recital last month receiving “1s” all around for her evaluative adjudication. Besides being a fine young guitarist, Ashlyn plays piano, she sings and has been in many stage musicals as an actress! As “Student of…
St. Joseph Arts Academy The Write Notes – May 2017 Newsletter from the SJAA Welcome to the “Write Notes”, the monthly newsletter from the St. Joseph Arts Academy! Our students a finishing semester end recitals, exams and projects. As everyone gets a little break from school this summer, it’s a great time to rededicate, set…
Benedictine College Guitar Students finished up the Spring 2017 Semester with a noon time recital performance, Friday Apr. 28. Students study and practice hard all semester long to perfect one solo guitar piece to perform for their peers as part of their final assignment. They also study scales, chord progressions, sight-reading and music theory as…
We’ve been getting more and more calls from Grandparents who want to get the little ones in their life started in music lessons. Grandmas, Grandpas, Granny’s, Papa’s, Nonnie’s and Pop’s seem to really understand the value of music and want to impart that gift to their grandchildren. They inquire on behalf of parents, sign kiddos…
I am humbled in nearly every lesson. I have learned more from my students than I could ever return and I am so grateful for the opportunity to learn WITH them, coach music students and mentor musicians of all ages. This letter (written for a school project) just made my whole life. I’d like to…
