Tuesday, July 31, 2012

It's still summer, but we're back in the swing of things with weekly lessons! It's been great to hear about  everyone's exciting summer adventures! For some students, summer is a really busy time with camps and activities. Remember you can still fit in your practice as long as you find a good way to readjust your normal routine to the new summer fun! For others, summer drags on slooowly. Make your practice FUN with games and strategies! Before you know it, the school year will be here with auditions and homework and recitals! Make this more unstructured time count BIGTIME!

Saturday, July 14, 2012

During the month of June, we held our own version of the summer Olympics, focused on practice. It was amazing to see the hard work and time that so many of you put into your instruments! I certainly enjoyed hearing the results those four weeks. I hope you did too! Thank you!

Final Results - Top Ten Overall

No. 1 - Amanda A with 1,417 minutes or 23 1/2 hours or 50 minutes for each day of the 28 days!
2 - Emanuela
3 - Natasha M 
4 - Annapurna
5 - Shreya
6 - Amanda M
7 - Alex
8 - Steven
9 - Alyssa
10 - Claire

Category Winners

Most Weekend Practice - Alex (305 minutes)
Fewest Days under 10 minutes - Annapurna (only 2 days!)
Most Practice on the Double Day - Natasha M (470 minutes)
Most Days with 60+ Minutes - Emanuela (an amazing 13 days!)
Most Consecutive Days of 30+ minutes - Alyssa (blowing the competition away with 26 days!)
Most Practice in Grade 1 Students - Amanda M (1,027 minutes)
Most Practice in Grade 2 Students - Shreya (1,040 minutes)

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Practice Olympics final results coming soon!!!

Music to Inspire