Friday, March 1, 2024 by Chrissy Misso | Summer

• Musical Theatre
  • June dates TBD
  • likely all day (8:30-4 or 4:30) with showcase at the end on Friday!
• Toddler & Preschool
  • August 5-9, 9-11:30a
  • Early Bird Registration ends 4/30!
  • Find the details HERE
• Musical STEM
  • July, dates TBD
  • likely half-days, M-F
• Camps are open to everyone; current studio families will receive a discount
• If you’d like more info on any of these, let us know!

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Wednesday, June 16, 2021 by Chrissy Misso | Summer

Summer can be tough for our musical practice endeavours, but if we don't keep those muscles going, we have a LOT of ground to make up for later!

Some of the summer tricks are similar to the rest of the year:

1. Make it a habit -- pick a time that works almost every day for your student to practice. Set an alarm, tie it to another activity ... get it done!
2. Make it accessible -- put your piano in a popular room in the house, keep the music stand out in the open!
3. Make it fun . . . do something silly!! (Talk to Chrissy about getting a list of silly yet helpful things!)
4. If there's room, take it with you -- some instruments are portable, so bring them along!  Make sure you talk to your teacher on travel tips or, if it's too big, ask about printables or "subs" to take with you!

Did you know you can "practice" without your instrument?  Here are some ideas to keep them going at camp or non-instrument vacation:

1. Download a note naming app to keep your reading sharp! (haha! see what I did there?)
2. Listen to your pieces and air play along!
3. Sing your music -- it's easier to play when you can sing it anyway!
4. Learn about a composer you've seen in your books
5. Write a song without trying it out on your instrument -- use your theory knowledge!

So know you know how to keep your music muscles strong over the summer!  Keep playing! 

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Wednesday, May 19, 2021 by Chrissy Misso | Summer

The music keeps going!!  We have lessons and "camps" to enjoy this summer and keep your fingers playing!

 Did you know that for each day you don't play it takes 2 consecutive days to get it back?  That means if you miss ONE week, you need to practice for TWO weeks to get it back ... now you're almost a month behind in your progress! *scream*  We need to keep the muscle memory, flexibility, and endurance up to play and sing well!

 To help you keep up over the busy summer, we still have a weekly schedule but also have FLEX PACKAGES (8 and 10 lesson options) that you can schedule throughout the summer when they work for you!

 For camps, we are exploring how science can meet music and introducing preschoolers to music!  If you would like to sign up for a camp, please visit this page for more details!

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Monday, July 20, 2020 by Chrissy Misso | Summer

Hi There!

We hope summer with distancing is going well for you!! We want to invite you to join us for our musical “camps” in August!!  Camps are capped at 4 participants (to help with distancing), masks are required, and we only have a few spots left!

August 10-14 you can join us ALL DAY!  We will have Musical STEM in the morning (8:15-12:15) and a more laid back program in the afternoon (1-5).  Those staying all day should pack a lunch.

August 17-21 we will do Musical STEM again in the mornings.  All the details are at bit.ly/SummeratChrissys.

If you know someone who would enjoy “camp”, please forward them this link: bit.ly/SummeratChrissysl! We’d love to see them too!

See you soon!

~Chrissy

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