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2017 Kiwanis Music Festival
We are into the fifth and final week of the Ottawa Kiwanis Music Festival. For the month of April in locations across Ottawa, performers of many different musical disciplines – piano, voice, woodwinds, brass, strings, and more! – have been turning in great performances. The festival is a chance to gain performing experience and receive…
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Season Stats
I have been teaching piano for 20 years, and this past season was my biggest ever. Some highlights: the season launched with 37 students studying piano (beginner to grade 10), rudiments, keyboard harmony, and history my Intermediate Keyboard Harmony student won an ORMTA-Ottawa Scholarship for highest mark our secret partner duet project for group class…
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2013 Kiwanis Festival
Starting in 2013, the marking scheme for the Junior Graded Piano classes at the Kiwanis Festival will change. Students in Introductory to Grade 6 will receive certificates for Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Participation. The students will not receive a numerical mark. Students who want a more competitive environment may enter the age category classes. The…
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Just when you think you’ve seen it all
…something new comes along. One of the goals of entering the music festival is to gain performing confidence and experience. It’s about developing the ability that “the show must go on” no matter what. And performing live is unpredictable. Until yesterday I thought I’d seen it all: music falling off the piano, performers falling down…
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Opening Day
The 66th Annual Ottawa Kiwanis Music Festival opens today. It’s a month-long music festival held at ten locations across Ottawa with over 10,000 area music students competing. That’s a lot of music! Students gain performing confidence and benefit from hearing others’ performances and the adjudicator’s comments. There are trophies and scholarships for the top performers. Performances…
