Everyone did a great job with the Brainy the Octopus practicing challenge for this year! In total, students earned $76 for the foodbank with their practicing. Great job everyone! The food collected was dropped off at the Saskatoon Food Bank downtown. I’m looking forward to the next practicing challenge with students!
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New Practicing Challenge
We’ve started a new practicing challenge! Students are trying to play a piece 8 times this week, if they do so, the studio donates a dollar to the World Wildlife Foundation! Because the World Wildlife does symbolic adoptions for various animals! As such, we have chosen 4 animals. Students get one vote for every 8… Continue reading New Practicing Challenge
Brainy Challenge 2023
Everyone did really well this year during the Brainy Foodbank Practicing Challenge! Students were challenged to play a piece 8 times during a week. They had 3 weeks to complete these three challenges, and for each challenge completed earned one dollar for the foodbank from the studio. In total the students earned 58 dollars for… Continue reading Brainy Challenge 2023
June 2023
This has been a fun year in the studio! We had our first in-person recital since 2019, published our composition book, and had lots of fun learning great music this year! Our composition book was a fun project this year! All students had an opportunity to write their own music in the studio this year.… Continue reading June 2023
Brainy Challenge 2022
Thanks to all students who took part in this year’s Brainy Food Bank Practicing Challenge! Students this year earned over $55 dollars for the food bank! This challenge is named after studio mascot Brainy the Octopus. How did this work? Students recieved three practicing challenges over the course of three weeks. If they completed their… Continue reading Brainy Challenge 2022
Composition Book 2022
Students in the studio often work on compositions in lessons! Composing music is a great way for students to express themselves, to get a chance to utilize their creativity, and also to learn how to express their musical ideas. Some students write by ear, coming up with music in their heads or on their instruments… Continue reading Composition Book 2022
Brainy’s Food Bank Challenge 2021
This year for Brainy’s Foodbank Challenge, brainy built a castle in the studio to show the student’s fundraising progress! How does this challenge work? Students are given one challenge for the week. Inspired by our studio mascot, Brainy the Octopus, students must try to play a song eight times during the week! If they make… Continue reading Brainy’s Food Bank Challenge 2021
Brainy Challenge 2020
This year, Brainy did an entirely digital version of his yearly brainy challenge! This is a studio event where students are challenged to practice one piece 8 times during the week to earn the food bank $1. This challenge runs for 3 weeks, so students have the opportunity to earn $3 each for the food… Continue reading Brainy Challenge 2020
October 29th mini-recital
Our first mini-recital of the year was held last night! Students had the opportunity to play two pieces each. We also played a number of musical games. To start off our concert, we started with musical charades. Students had to act out a symbol, then the rest of us would try and guess what symbol… Continue reading October 29th mini-recital
How to Get the Most from Online Lessons
Online lessons are new to many of us, so before the teaching year starts, I have put together a list of tips for how to get the most out of your online lessons! Get set up early – Make sure you know how long it takes to set up for a lesson! Make sure to… Continue reading How to Get the Most from Online Lessons