VOL. 71 - February 17th, 2019
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“The most exciting rhythms seem unexpected and complex, the most beautiful melodies simple and inevitable.”
― W.H. Auden
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The hit singles Woman In Love (Barbra Streisand), Chain Reaction (Diana Ross), Islands In The Stream (Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton), and Heartbreaker (Dionne Warwick) were all written by which pop group?
SCROLL DOWN FOR ANSWER
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WE ARE OPEN ON MONDAY, FEB 18 (PRESIDENT'S DAY)
A most LOVE-ly belated Valentine's Day Greetings to you.
Welcome to the
23
new families that joined us in in January to start up private music lessons! The beginning of the year is one of the more popular times for students to join our community of music-makers. So if you (or your child) is new here - please know you are by no means alone!
This newsletter has a some exciting announcements about THE BIG SHOW 3.0, Groove Lab pricing (
ONLY $10 per week
), and our first ever call for help in finding some lost friends. Yep, sad but true...do you have any info??
With peace, love & music,
Anna
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WE WANT YOUR SONG SUGGESTIONS FOR THE BIG SHOW!
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Let's start by marking your calendar for the next BIG SHOW!
SUNDAY, JUNE 2nd, 2019 @ The Bothwell Arts Center
This is our 3rd go-around at this crazy new format, and we're learning a little more each time. New for Big Show 3.0 -
YOUR SONG SUGGESTIONS!
Please give us your ideas for which songs should be in the show. Suggestion sheets are now posted in the hall for ANYONE (teachers, students, parents) to add to. We'll also accept suggestions via email or phone/text. Whatcha got?? Let's hear your ideas, please.
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NEW PRICING STRUCTURE FOR GROOVE LAB - JUST $10 PER WEEK!
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NEW PRICING STRUCTURE!
Add-on Groove Lab (30 min/wk) to Lesson Tuition for $40
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Only $10 per week!
Add-on Groove Lab (60 min/wk, can be split by siblings or parent/child) to Lesson Tuition for $70
- Only $17.50 per week!
The lab has been cooking for a month now! Have you tried it yet? Every week has a new and exciting approach to make "live" music together, with other humans. Your one-on-one lessons are a great way to learn instrument technique and to build a repertoire of songs. Groove Lab is another way to enjoy making music - no technique or repertoire required!
CHECK OUT A JAM FROM LAST WEEK'S SESSION!
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PUZZLED BY MISSING GAMES FROM WAITING AREA
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Listen up, gumshoes! It's the puzzling case of the missing games...
I was really excited to share some fun puzzles & games in the waiting room. Unfortunately, the games disappeared in a matter of days! Have you seen anything? If you know of the whereabouts of our lost items, simply return them to their sad, mourning home (i.e., our waiting area). No questions asked. Thanks, fam.
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Tip (Lucky) #7 from
10 Easy Ways To Optimize Your Music Practice
by NPR Classical's Deceptive Cadence:
Don't always start at the beginning every time!
It can feel really good to hear yourself playing the beginning of a piece beautifully, but you may wind up wasting the limited time and energy you have. (Also, it leads to performances that start strong and then, well, wilt.)
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THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC
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How music motivates the brain to learn
Healthline/Medical News Today | February 15, 2019
In a new study, the findings of which feature in the journal PNAS, researchers from McGill University in Montreal, Canada have now shown that we can use music to activate the brain's reward center and motivate learning in an error prediction model.
The team worked with 20 participants aged between 18 and 27 years, whom they asked to take part in a musical reward experiment. Each person had to choose a combination of colors and directions, and each combination had a different probability of the participant hearing either pleasant music or a dissonant, unpleasant audio track. After a few attempts, the participants learned which combinations they should choose to increase their chances of accessing the enjoyable music reward.
The team found that correct predictions correlated with heightened activity in a brain area called the nucleus accumbens, which previous research has tied to the experience of pleasure when listening to music.
This finding indicates that music is, in itself, a viable reward and one that can provide enough motivation to the brain to learn new information that will allow it to access this source of pleasure more easily.
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PROJECT STOP! COLLABORATE & LISTEN: INSPIRATIONAL VIDEO OF THE MONTH
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What would you Ed Sheeran crashed your performance?
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Luke Eddleman
INSTRUMENT:
Piano, Upright Bass
TEACHER:
Pete
AGE:
16
STARTED LESSONS: April 2016
SCHOOL:
Granada High School
GRADE:
10th
HOBBIES: Gaming, learning Japanese
Luke has shown both an affinity and a knack for music since a young age. His parents bought him a Melody Harp when he was a toddler and he "mastered" it within the same day. He later got an ocarina and learned a song or two, but it seemed to not be his thing. In middle school, Luke enrolled in Orchestra and very quickly took to the Upright Bass, which he has now been playing for 4 years.
After receiving an old 80's Casio keyboard from his grandmother, Luke immediately started learning to play songs he heard from his favorite video games. Although he didn't start piano lessons until about a year ago, he had already learned how to read the music and play several songs on his own.
"Luke takes the initiative to find challenging pieces to perform on piano. He puts in the effort to learn the scales and arpeggios of all the key signatures of these harder songs and continues to refine them by getting the tempo faster. He has also improved his theory skills and gained knowledge of jazz harmony in a short period of time." - Pete, Luke's Teacher
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6 YEARS:
Shiraz Nomani
Zoya Nomani
Darshini Binduraj
Mallory Rowe
5 YEARS:
Stephen Padgett
3 YEARS:
Will Coleman
Melissa Dooley
Ezequiel Enriques Jr.
Sanaya Marker
Leonel Ordaz
Arjan Singh
2 YEARS:
Lillian Domondom
Amanda Monroe
Aliyah Naward
Siya Shenoy
Jay Tseng
Jimmy Tseng
1 YEAR:
Vishnu Banda
Zakir Baxamusa
Loralei Gardner
Zoe Leonoudakis
Savannah Pugsley
Payton Ray
Pranay Shenoy
Kyree Ulander
Quinn Walker
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ALO Sing A-Long for Kids
All Ages, duh.
Saturday, Feb 23rd
Doors at 2:30, Show at 3
The Fillmore in San Francisco
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ALO’s Family Funtime Fillmore Sing A Long combines story telling, interactive puppets, surprise guests, classic sing alongs and ALO’s original music to create a fun and creative event for the whole family. Dancing, singing and laughing are all encouraged!
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Mikki Boyd
IN SERVICE OF THE MUSIC
"Music is a service. You are here in service to the music. You will never be greater than the music. Music was here before you got here on this Earth, and it will be here after you. You serve it. It does not serve you.”
"I don’t know why
you’re
on stage right now, but I’m trying to help people deal with emotion, and get whatever they need to get out, or to forget the **** in their life for a second."
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Thursday, February 21st
Timmy G at Tiki Toms in Walnut Creek
Friday, February 22nd
West Grand Brass Band (Adam) at Woods Bar and Brewery in Oakland
Saturday, February 23rd
Mama Foxxy (Anna & Judy) at Nu Ray’s in Martinez
Saturday, March 2nd
The UnOriginals (Tim & Xavier) at Maggie Mcgarry's in SF
Thursday, March 7th
Timmy G at Tiki Toms in Walnut Creek
Friday, March 8th
The UnOriginals (Tim & Xavier) at Meenar in Danville
Saturday, March 9th
Room For Dream (Nick LW & Luna), & Xavier Guerrero (solo) at Red Hat in Concord
Sunday, March 10th
WomenCrushBAY: March 2019 Showcase Women to the Front, featuring Gala (Luna) at The Uptown in Oakland
Saturday, March 16th
Fast and Vengefully (Tim & Belinda) at Johnny Foley's in SF
Sunday, March 17th
Fast and Vengefully (Tim & Belinda) at Maggie Mcgarry's in SF
Thursday, March 21st
Timmy G at Tiki Toms in Walnut Creek
Friday, March 22nd
Timmy G at The Fourth Bore in Orinda Theatre Square
Saturday, March 23rd
Mama Foxxy (Anna & Judy) at Vinnie’s in Concord
Friday, March 29th
The UnOriginals (Tim & Xavier) at Johnny Foley's in SF
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Thank you for reading, and for your continued support of music education in Livermore.
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