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Until We Meet Again
My last post was about the ordinary pencil. Today’s post is about modern technology. There are many ways I use technology in my studio. It is easy to make a recording of a performance. My students and I use YouTube and Google to travel the planet. Score writing software makes it easy to print out…
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“Oh, I always have trouble there.”
At last week’s lessons I heard that comment at least once every day. The solution: a pencil. The problems have been little things like the name of a note with several ledger lines or the fingering needed to get through a tricky passage. It only took a few moments at the lesson to figure things out.…
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Pssst…have I got a deal for you
Did you know that the National Arts Centre has a program called Live Rush™ that allows students to buy last-minute tickets to most NAC Dance, Theatre and Music performances for only $12. Students can purchase up to two tickets online or in person from 10 am the day before right up until 6 pm on the day of…
