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Thursday, December 16, 2010

Contest Winners!



A big thanks to all my students who performed in the November
and/or December recital.

I love to hear the progress in each student!

Here are the 1st place winners in the following categories:
(Each winner received a $10 bill)


Beginner level: Katherine Thorpe


Elementary level: Alina Bejenari


Intermediate/Advanced: Letha Snodgrass

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Fall - Winter Winners!

I have already calculated points and have the list of winners for the fall & winter sememster.

There are three first place winners from the following categories:

Beginner Level (Book One)

Elementary Level (Book 2 A through Book 2B)

Intermediate & Advanced (Book 3A through Book 5)

The first place from each of these levels wins a $1o bill!

The winners will be notified and awarded this coming week at their last lesson for this year.

The following students are attending a group lesson this coming week. If you are not on this list....you will attend your regular lesson day and time.

Monday December 13th (3:15 - 4pm)

Chesney
David
Letha
Noah
Stephen

Tuesday, December 14th (4:00-4:40pm)

Alina
Clowee
Shelley

To all who played or sang at the Christmas concert this past Friday night: Great Job! Your parents and the residents of the Lutheran Home really enjoyed it! Thanks for sharing your musical gift; making many people very happy :)

I hope to post video clips from the November and December recitals on my new youtube channel for my piano and voice students. I'm having trouble with the registration and hope to have the channel working soon. I'll notify you all if I get it working.



Monday, November 29, 2010

My New Student!

Let me introduce you to my new student, Haydin.
She is eager to learn to play the piano!
This is one of her first solos.


Thursday, November 18, 2010

Free Piano Christmas Music!



gmajormusictheory.org has a nice selection of free printable Christmas music for beginners through level four.

Check out the nice selection of free Christmas piano arrangements (beginners through level 4) to learn over the holidays.

Friday, November 12, 2010

A Big Thank You to My Wonderful Students!

You all played and sang great tonight! Wow! You all are progressing so fast!

I'm so---oooo thankful for each and every one of you. Thanks for putting all
those minutes/hours of practice :)

And...thanks to all you parents who made tonight possible!

Sincerely,

Your fortunate Teacher.....Jenifer





Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Piano Duet: Katherine Thorpe and Jenifer Cook

This song is one of Katherine's favorites and we wanted to share it with you.
Periodically, I will share videos of my students playing one of their favorite songs.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Music Riddle


I'm very important to a piece of music. Without me...all time would be lost :(

Who am I?
*Be the first to answer correctly to receive an extra piece of candy at your next lesson.
(Please leave comment below for your answer)
*For students of Jenifer Cook only
Congratulations to Hannah Richards for the correct answer: Time Signature

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Welcome to Jen's Music Corner


I've created this blog specifically for my piano and voice students.
What will you see here in the future?

*Interesting; motivating videos

*Music trivia

*Recital information

*Contest winners

*Various student achievements

*Other pertinent information