Spring Recital Preparations

We have just a few more days until our 2015 Spring Recital. It will be at the Laird Hall on Sunday, May 31st, at 6:00 PM. Students, keep practicing and reviewing those pieces. Here are a few more reminders:

1) Dress your best and arrive ahead of time with your music, so you can be calm and ready to play.
2) Remember your stage manners. Take your time with your performance...set up the bench comfortably, sit with good posture, and bow after your piece.
3) Be a good audience for the other students. Listen attentively and applaud after each performance. Tell someone else they did a good job (after the recital).
4) Have fun! This is our celebration of a year of hard work and enjoyment of creating music. Remember that everyone is there to support and celebrate with you.

Congratulations on another great year with us at Lessons in the Loft! See you on Sunday.

Spring Music Festival

Sydney Withers-Cott with Michel Fournier

This week five of our piano students participated in the 2015 Sault Ste Marie Music Festival at the new Algoma Conservatory of Music location on Huron St. This year's participants were Sydney Withers-Cott, James Schuster, Alyssa Stevens, Kaija Karhi and Katja Karhi. All five young pianists performed well and since the classes were small this year, each of them got to spend a significant amount of time with the adjudicator at the piano for some constructive tips. Concert pianist Michel Fournier of Montreal was the adjudicator this year, and he interacted exceptionally well with the students. It was a positive and productive experience for the students and the teachers who attended.

Katja Karhi performing Barcarole by David Duke

Fourteen Performance Awards of Distinction were awarded in the junior division this year, and two of our very own Lessons in the Loft students were listed as recipients! Congratulations to Alyssa Stevens and James Schuster for being named on the list for their "exceptional performances". We are very proud of you for receiving this honour!