Just Wing It

The pressure of performing can certainly be a daunting experience for players, especially on your first few performances.
Our woodwind students have been invited to play at Strathfield Moon Festival in a few weeks, so one of our woodwind teachers asked a saxophone student to come along and play. She was very reluctant about it, and [...]

Routine

As we reach the middle of the term, students, parents and teachers come in and out for their lessons each week – a weekly routine embedded in their lives. The atmosphere is busy, yet progress is continually made as students continue to learn and be encouraged with each lesson.
Today one of our adult students, who [...]

Guaranteed Satisfaction

Having experienced playing the piano myself, I know, perhaps a bit too well, the feeling of lack of motivation to learn anything new; of coming to that “slump” in your learning when you feel like you just can’t go on.
A few weeks back, I saw a student with this attitude, and understood his discouragement. But [...]

Tuesdays at Shine

Today, was a great start of the week. We had an adult student who started out her very first lesson at the school. She looked quite nervous; however she was telling me how she had always wanted to take it up but never really got around to it until now. At the end of the [...]