Fall Term Private Piano Lesson Openings, Updated 08/10/2013

They're flying like hotcakes!

These are my remaining openings for Fall Term:

Tuesday:  3:30 and 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 4:30 p.m.
Saturday:  4:00 and 4:30 p.m.

Teacher Zita :)

Harpsichord Fever!

I'm pretty psyched! I practised on the harpsichord at CMC today. I'm going to be playing JS Bach's Harpsichord Concerto in f minor with CMC's little orchestra at the end of this month. Never played a harpsichord concerto before! And, I actually wrote my own cadenza for the third movement! 

 I'll put up a video of me playing the harpsichord next week. It's a funky little instrument. For those of you that don't know, it's like a small piano, but instead of hammers hitting the strings, they are plucked. I am adjusting to the fact that I can't produce any dynamics (Louds and softs), but with my small hands and the smaller keys on a harpsichord, we are a nice fit! I may have to get one of my very own! 

I'll post details about the performance, if anyone would like to come. It will be free! :)

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/music/harpsi.html#c1

Fall Term Private Piano Lesson Openings (Update)

I refuse to put back to school pictures up just yet! I was shopping in early July at one of my favorite stores, and they already had big back to school display up!

I prefer to live in the present, thank you! :)

However, I am planning my fall schedule, so that when fall terms arrives, it will flow smoooothly! :) 

Here are my current, updated openings:

Monday:  3:30 p.m.
Tuesday:  3:30, 4:30 and 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 4:00, 4:30, 5:00, 5:30, 6:00 and 6:30 p.m.
Thursday: Community Music Center (No Private Lessons. Call CMC 503.823.3177 to inquire about group classes)
Friday: Community Music Center (No Private Lessons)
Saturday: 4:00, 4:30, 6:00 and 6:30 p.m.
Sunday: Day Off! :)

Enjoy the rest of the lazy days of Summer! :)

Teacher Zita :)
(Wish I had a hammock!)

For All of the Future Planners! :)

Well, I actually have all my recitals scheduled in the CMC auditorium for the school year 2013-14. I am woman, hear me roar!!


Here they are!

Students of Zita Piano Recitals 2013-14 at CMC

Sunday, December 15, 2013

5:00 p.m.

6:30 p.m. (for intermediate and advanced students only)

Sunday, June 15, 2014

5:00 p.m.

6:30 p.m. (for intermediate and advanced students only)

Making Friends with a Cat

Hello Piano People!

I just had a teaching experience I want to share with you while it's fresh in my mind!

I have a student who has returned to me after an absence. He is a bit reluctant. I believe he was being coerced slightly by his mom. :) But he is nice and respectful. In middle school. I told him that in the summer, I like to be relaxed and ask my students if there is a special piece they would like to learn. He grinned and said, "Heart and Soul!". Arrggg! Well, at least he didn't say "Choptsticks!"

Heart and Soul is one of those pieces that anyone with fingers tries to plunk out on the piano at any family gathering, USA. It's easy to learn and more fun when one person plays the chord progression and the other the melody. And it is one of those songs that never ends! It can really get tiresome for the listener! And once a student learns this piece, they seem to want to play it over and over and over for hours and hours and hours....aaack! lol

 But I do like my students to be happy. Happy students practice! I teach a blues class in the summer.

One thing I discovered years ago is that you can jam on a blues scale over the chord progression of Heart and Soul! This comes in mighty handy for a teacher!! :)

So I told my middle school boy that I would love to teach him how to play Heart and Soul, IF he learned a blues scale in C. Then I demonstrated how you could play the melody one time through, straight. The next time break into a blues jam. I was pleased to see him smile and say, "Wow, cool!" Well the next week he not only knew his blues scale and both parts of Heart and Soul, he was also reviewing note reading in his lesson book!

 Happy teacher here! :)

His mom told me he is excited about piano class and he is practising! BUT, she said, "Can you teach him something other than Heart and Soul?!!!" lol! I told her I am so glad he is practising and enthusiastic. And I am especially glad he is reviewing note reading on his own! I told her I want him to feel he has a choice. If he is interested in a new piece, I will gladly get it for him. But I feel like I am making friends with a cat. I don't want to pounce on him with a new piece - he might run away! :) Good lesson here today. :)

 Have a great day! Teacher Zita

End of Fall Term Recital - Save the Date! :)

I know, I know. It's still July! But I have been bitten by the planning bug! So for those of you that like to have a plan, put this on your calendar: End of Fall Term Piano Recital: Sunday, December 15, 2013. 5:00 pm or 6:30 pm (this section is for intermediate- advanced students). Stay tuned for End of Spring Term 2014 Recital date! TZ

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