For the health and safety of students and staff, please sanitize your hands when entering the studio and wear a mask or stay at home if you are under the weather. We can switch to Zoom or send a video lesson if you are sick. | |
With the wet, snowy weather upon us, please remember to remove soiled footwear and leave it at the front door. Thank you for helping to keep our studio as clean as possible during the mucky seasons! | |
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS
December
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Saturday, December 10 - Senior Center Christmas Concert. Students and teachers will be performing for the residents of Clover Bar Lodge from 3:00 - 4:00 pm.
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Sunday, December 11 - Station on Jasper. Enjoy brunch and live music performances by Crescendo students and staff in a Christmassy setting.
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Tuesday, December 20 to Monday, January 2 - Christmas break/studio closure.
January
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Tuesday, January 3 - Studio open and regular classes resume.
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Monday, January 16 - Saturday January 28 - During our Parent Week(s) we invite you to join your child for the last 10 minutes of their lesson so we can talk about the goals for the upcoming year.
February
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Saturday, February18 - Monday, February 20 - Crescendo will be closed for Family Day weekend. Regular classes resume on Tuesday, February 21.
Click here to see the full year calendar
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Crescendo students performing at RavenWood 2022! | |
RavenWood Music Festival 2023
The Festival is back to 2 days!
Friday, June 23 and Saturday, June 24, 2023
If you would like to volunteer, please email [email protected]
Check out RavenWood's website for more information.
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'TIS THE SEASON
'Tis the Season for Giving! We have some great Christmas gift ideas for the music lovers in your life!
HERE IS A PACKAGE FOR THE GUITARIST IN YOUR LIFE!
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Gifts perfect for new students and adults wanting to learn to play music again, and for more experienced musicians.
HERE IS A PACKAGE FOR THE DRUMMER IN YOUR LIFE!
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HERE IS A PACKAGE FOR ANY OF THE MUSICIANS IN YOUR LIFE!
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Christmas Contest!
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This month we have two activities to choose from - pick one or do both! You can pick up your contest page in the studio between December 1 - 16, or click below to print off the activity sheets. Bring your completed sheet(s) to the front desk, or submit by email, for your chance to win the Crescendo swag of your choice!
We’ll draw from all the correct entries on Wednesday, December 17.
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AND THE WINNERS ARE...
Congratulations to Sophia Nolan and Melissa Mills!
Their recital program cover designs were both so wonderful we decided to use them both. Half the programs for the week will feature Sophia's design, and half will feature Melissa's design! Thank you to everyone who submitted a design. Crescendo students are multi-talented!
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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
Tanisha Pettinger performs at the Crescendo Coffee House evening at The Break Room Cafe.
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SETTING GOALS IN MUSIC
English writer Aldous Huxley was quoted as saying:
“Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right.”
Huxley was talking about the process of setting goals, attaining them, then setting new goals on the strength of what was already achieved. This “stepped” approach to skill development works because it allows us to celebrate the achievement of smaller, attainable accomplishments as we work towards larger, long-term goals. Because of this, most music instruction series are “levelled,” allowing a student to “graduate” from one book to the next, celebrating the successful completion of this “medium-sized” milestone, while looking ahead to their longer-term goal of attaining mastery in their instrument.
Goal setting shouldn’t be as simplistic as just deciding to do something for the sake of having something to shoot for. For example, you could state your goal as, “by summer I want to be able to play Taylor Swift’s ‘Long Live’ on the piano.” In and of itself, this is an admirable thing to aspire to, but you have a much greater chance of achieving your objective if you have taken the time to figure out why you want to achieve it in the first place. Using the Taylor Swift “Long Live” example, do you desire to learn how to play this song because you are inspired by it’s empowering theme? Or is the song itself a “victory anthem” for you because you are facing a challenge in your life? By setting a goal that inspires you, you are increasing the odds that you will be willing to work through some of the more challenging, “hard work” aspects of learning the song.
So now you have your inspirational goal, what system do you use to help keep yourself on track? One method is to manage your goal by using the SMART acronym; which stands for: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-Bound. Let's break it down a bit further and talk about each specific word.
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The Encore Music Foundation is focused on providing collaborative music education and experiences for underprivileged youth, and we're excited to be partnering with the owners of Origin Road in this endeavour.
The name "Encore" comes from our vision to help youth in our community:
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ENgage with their passion for music!
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COllaborate together to create music and opportunities.
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REalize their artistic and personal potential through music.
Interested in learning more about Encore Music Foundation? Please click the button below to visit our website. We would love to hear from you!
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