Guitar Lesson – Three Little Birds, Bob Marley

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…

Dear Students and Families, Another month behind us in these ‘novel’ times.  The school year is all wrapped up.  Folks are starting to cautiously emerge from quarantine and locally businesses are slowly opening back up to customers. Thankfully to you, our SJAA families and staff, we’ve been able to stay on mission and have weathered this…

WASHINGTON – Do dogs have a favorite kind of music? A new study suggests they do. Researchers from the Scottish SPCA and the University of Glasgow played a variety of genres of music — soft rock, Motown, pop, reggae and classical — for dogs at a shelter in Dumbarton, Scotland, and tracked their heart rates…

How Does The Summer Work? In February, the Academy grew to near capacity. If you’ve tried to make a schedule change or been in the parking lot recently you’ve seen first hand how full things are at the Academy. Each Spring I often get asked these questions: Q. “How do lessons work in the summer?”…

Last week, I attended the FAI conference in Kansas City. Music, music, music! And it’s all very high quality. Artists from all over the world descend on KC to present their music in over 2000 showcases, take part in panel discussions, meet, greet and jam late into the evening. 10am-4am everyday. 4am! This post will…