Group Lessons

Group lessons have benefits for every level of playing.  These classes are for students only.  All group lessons will be 80 minutes in length.  All students will be assigned a group lesson time.  If you have any conflicts on group lessons, be sure Sandra knows about that now.

2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR

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Group lessons will be offered in place of 4 private lessons during the 2022-2023 school year.  Please mark the following dates as group lesson weeks:  October 10-12 , December 19-21, March 13-15 May 22-24.  As a reminder, there are no private lessons on group lesson days, However, there may be private lessons on other days during group lesson weeks.  Please refer to the studio calendar for lesson/no lesson dates.  Group lessons can not be made up.  If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.

Parents should drop off within 5 minutes before your assigned groups.  Parents should RETURN by the end of class to pick up their children.  As many lessons end in the dark, parents should come to the door for their kids...it's ok to wait outside (or inside) but I am not going to send kids out without seeing a parent.  If parents are sending someone else to pick up a child, please let know who that is.  Upon arrival students should wash their hands and enter the waiting room for their group lessons.  Masks are optional.  Please let me know of any food allergies as treats will be provided.  If you do not want your child having a treat, or have other instructions, let me know that too.  Only STUDENTS should attend their group lessons...no parents.

The following May group lesson days/times ARE Confirmed.

Please look for your name...find your ASSIGNED day/time AND...

put your assigned day/time on your calendar with a reminder. Thank you!

May '23 assignments:

All students will be assigned to practice an ensemble piece that will be played with the other students in their group.

Here's some examples of assignments for other group lessons:

Grades K-3: Prepare 3 facts to share about your composer.

Grades 4: Prepare 4-6 facts to share about your composer.

Grades 5-7: Prepare to share up to 1 minute of info about your composer.

Grades 8-12: Prepare to share 1-2 minutes of info about your composer.

Adults: Prepare to share 3-5 minutes of info about your composer.

THESE ARE THE COMPOSERS TO CHOOSE FROM:

Romantic Composers:  Hector Berlioz, Georges Bizet, Johannes Brahms, Anton Bruckner, Fryderyck Chopin, Antonin Dvorak, Benjamin Godard, Edvard Grieg, Ernesto Kohler (flautist), Franz Liszt, Modest Mussorgsky, Giacomo Puccini, Carl Reinecke, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Camille Saint-Saens, Franz Schubert, Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann, Bedrich Smetana, Johann Strauss II, Claude-Paul Taffenel (flautist), Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Guiseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner, Charles-Marie Widor

There are Countless Living Composers of many genres!  So, here is a very, very limited list:  Melody Bober, Nancy & Randall Faber, Joyce Grill, Sara Kreilein  Jennifer Linn, Carol Matz, Martha Mier, Kevin Olson, Catherine Rollin, Wynn-Anne Rossi, Wendy Stevens, Ethan Wickman

The following will be used during various group lessons:

Jazz/Ragtime Composers:  Leroy Anderson (J); Irving Berlin (JR); Eubie Blake (R); Louis Chauvin (R); Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (J); Bill Evans (J); George Gershwin (J); Dizzy Gillespie (J); Scott Hayden (R); Antonio Carlos Jobin (J); Charles L. Johnson (R); Scott Joplin (R); Joseph Lamb (R); John A. Lewis (J); Arthur Marshall (R); Artie Matthews (R); "Jelly Roll" Morton (J); Cole Porter (J); Tito Puente (J); Django Reinhardt (J); James Scott (R); Tom Turpin (R)

Classical Composers:  Thomas Attwood, CPE Bach, JC Bach, WF Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Muzio Clementi, Carl Czerny, Anton Diabelli, William Duncombe, Christoph Gluck, Franz Joseph Haydn, James Hook, Friedrich Kuhlau, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Leopold Mozart, Alexander Ruinable