Saturday, March 10, 2012

Home Materials for Piano Students 4-to 7-Year-Olds

The Play-a-Story Student Home Materials ($28) consist of a cinematographic virtual story book, improv demonstrations and step by step tutorial videos showing how your child can improvise along to the story.  There is also printable materials including play lists, motif summaries, key theoretical concepts and more!

Home Materials for Piano Students 6 Years Old to Adults

The initial purchase is the Simply Music Level 1 Foundation Program (digital- $35).

It consists of different genres of music that builds up the student's foundation, with pieces that include classical, blues, contemporary and the accompaniment.

Alongside the foundation levels, other special programs to enhance the foundational journey will also be introduced, such as composing, improvising, arranging, playing accompaniment, jazz, and reading music.

Some are free, some are minimal outlay, but they are all spread over the entire learning path, and are specifically designed towards creating a well-rounded musician.

All materials come with either an eBook, audio and/ or video clips.

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

How to Find the Right Piano Teacher For You or Your Child

Most adults and parents have no idea where to start when it comes to trying to find the right piano teacher. What do you look for? Where do you start? What do you expect? As an educator, parent, and author of A World Where Everyone Plays, Bernadette Ashby, will shed some insights on how to find the right piano teacher for your family.

02/29 by simply music | Blog Talk Radio

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Spring Group Piano for 7- 14 Years Old at

Arcadia Recreation

Simply Music is a revolutionary piano learning method that has students of all ages playing great-sounding contemporary, classical, blues and accompaniment pieces from the very first lessons! Please bring a black and red pen to class and a parent needs to be present. A $15 materials fee is due and payable to the instructor at the first class meeting. Materials include a DVD, Keypad (printed keyboard) and Reference Book. For more information please email: KindermusikWithMsEmily@gmail.com

Instructor: Emily Chang

Place: Arcadia Recreation Community Center

Days/Dates: Thursday, 5/3- 6/7

Time: 5: 10- 5: 55pm
Class: #6399
Fee: $45/6 weeks

Registration starts Mon. 3/5 for Arcadia residents and Mon. 3/12 for all.

Spring Group Piano for Children 4- 6 Years Old at

Arcadia Recreation

"Play-a-Story" is a musical journey in which students travel through a storybook world. It uses the piano as its mode of travel, creating sounds, melodies, harmonies and rhythms to express the story... literally, students create their own musical soundtrack. Using the piano, students learn to interpret mood, color and nuance as the story unfolds. Play-a-Story teaches this by providing a foundational, systematic and creative experience that harnesses children’s intuitive, musical appreciation and interpretation.

A $21 materials fee is due and payable to the instructor at the first class meeting. Materials include a book and a CD. Students need an adult to be present in class, and for playing at home, a piano or a keyboard with pedal. For more information, please email: kindermusikwithmsemily@gmail.com

Instructor: Emily Chang

Place: Arcadia Community Center Activity Room

Days/Dates: Thursday, 5/3- 6/7

Time: 4-4:30pm
Age: 4-5 years
Class: #6398
Fee: $42/6 weeks

Time: 4:35-5:05pm
Age: 5-6 years
Class: #6400
Fee: $42/6 weeks

Registration starts Mon. 3/5 for Arcadia residents and Mon. 3/12 for all.