June Notes

Annica, 8, and Barbra, 10 both started lessons in June. They both love music and are off to a great start!

Philip, 13, has started working through a book of classical music on his own in addition to his lesson book and always surprises me with what he's learning each week.

John, 7, is busy mastering the chromatic scale and half steps.

Its summertime, so right now there's a lot of coming and going. I'm enjoying hearing about everyone's vacations--it just makes mine in August seem very far away! Don't forget to let me know if you're going to be out of town so I can put it on my calendar.

When it's too hot to be outdoors take advantage of the time spent inside to get some extra practice in :)

Spring Recital Info

The Spring Recital is almost here! Here are a few details you need to know:

When: March 21st
Where: Hillcrest Baptist Church
Time: 6:30pm

This is your last week to choose recital songs...if you haven't picked them by your next lesson I'll choose for you! (And I know you would much rather choose your own songs.) A few of you already have all your songs picked out and they're sounding excellent Just make sure you practice your recital songs every day between now and the recital.

Reagan's Here!

My sweet, angel boy

Now there are five of us!

Reagan's big brothers ADORE him :)

Reagan Scott Reed

This post is about a week overdue because --drum roll, please -- Reagan is here! And it's been c-r-a-z-y ever since! I was induced on Monday, August 6th at 7:30 in the morning and after only four and half hours of labor Reagan arrived--fast! Even the delivery room nurses said it was so fast it was surreal. He weighed in at 8lbs. 4 oz., and was 20 1/2" long. Unlike his blonde brothers, he has a bunch of dark hair (just like I did). He was born with a cleft lip and palate, so we had to stay in the hospital until Friday while we learned how to feed him properly. We're finally home and VERY happy to be here and together again as a family. I hope everyone had a great back-to-school and look forward to seeing you in September. Enjoy the pictures of my handsome little man!

July Notes

While I've had students traveling from Alaska, Rhode Island, Michigan, Disney World, and everywhere in between, I've stayed close to home this summer and done my best to keep track of everyone's crazy schedules. I want to give a shout out to Lily, 7, and Ariana, 9, who both started lessons in June. Ariana has been whizzing through her first book and just started reading notes on the staff. Lily started lessons two weeks later and always comes with songs ready and sometimes memorized!
Will, Emma, Natalie, and Samantha all worked hard on duets in June and the improvement in their timing has been incredible.
There are only a few weeks left in July to take advantage of the summer special: one free lesson your first month of lessons. If you've been thinking about starting piano, why not give it a try?

Summer Special!

As promised, here's a summer special from LaGrange Piano Lessons! All new students starting lessons in the months of June or July will receive one FREE lesson. Contact me through the contact button, set up a lesson time, and you'll receive one free lesson your first month of lessons.

Ahhhh....could summer get any better?

April/May Notes

Wow! It seems like just a couple weeks ago all of my students were telling me about spring break everywhere from Mexico, Florida, Disney World, and Mall of America to camping trips. This week I've been hearing about Memorial Day plans! In spite of all the fun travel, Kindergarten and middle school graduations (John and Paisley), and summer plans, a lot of practice has been put in. Over the last two months Paisley finished level 5 and has begun to concentrate on classical music and theory to prepare for a possible music major in college. Leah finished level 3A, Nicholas completed level 3A, and Samantha completed level 2B. I would also like to welcome Jazzmine, 14, to piano lessons. She's had her first lesson and is already figuring things out pretty quickly.
As we move into summer here a few things to remember:
-If you're going to be out of town, please let me know!
-If you would like to change your lesson time to earlier in the day, please let me know!
-If there's anything fun or special you want to work on during summer, please let me know!
Summertime is busy and crazy, and I've given out some duet books this week to change up the pace a little (and to encourage good timing!) for a few of my students. I'm going to start looking for some patriotic melodies so you can wow friends and family by the Fourth of July, and who knows? Maybe I'll even hand out a few Beach Boys pieces, too.
I'll be posting about a Summer Special in the next few days, so if you have any friends or family interested in lessons, let them know!

March Notes

Okay, the month of March has flown by, but in spite of how busy both I, and all my students have been, several students managed to squeeze in some great accomplishments. Here's a quick rundown:
Paisley, 13, is finishing level 5 of Faber Piano Adventures. Since she's interested in majoring in music in college we're about to get very serious with classical music and theory. A big job, but something she'll not only be able to tackle, but master.
Nicholas, 10, finished level 2B and has moved into 3A...but since he's let me know how much he loves the Beatles we've also been spending a lot of time working on songs from the stack of Beatles' music he's been bringing to his lessons.
Will, 10, not only completed level 3B and moved onto level 4, but he also played all of Fur Elise with both hands this month! We still have some rough patches to work out, but overall, its sounding good!
Samantha, 9, started level 2B and is getting ready to catch up with her sister.
James, 12, has mastered the second page of Fur Elise, hands together, and it was pretty close to being the best I've ever heard that page.
I've been wanting to spend a lot of time outside in this gorgeous weather, but if your allergies have been driving you inside try spending some of that extra indoors time practicing. Also, we will be not be having lessons the week of April 1st due to spring break. Enjoy your time off and I'll see everyone again the week of April 8th.