One of my favorite sights to behold is friendships that develop with my older students.  Middle Schoolers and High schoolers tend to look for acceptance among their peers, which can be challenging at times.  As kids grow, I think it is especially important for students to find other like-minded students who share their hobbies.  For the music studio, this is always fun to see kids develop friendships as they continue their journey in music lessons and self-expression in music.  I find this incredibly valuable for myself and the young people I serve in the studio!  Over the years, it has been a  joy to watch my students grow up together in music lessons!  They love getting together and playing music for each other!  This gives them a way to connect to other people in a significant way!  So many blessings with this! I am grateful for these young people and their love for music!

Our spring music recital was incredibly special, because we were able to highlight the hard work of all our students and three teachers!  We had amazing performances by both pianists and violinists!  What a wonderful day it was!  and playing a Steinway grand is ALWAYS a treat!

We had 7 students participate in Piano Guild this May, and it was a great success!  All students came back with Superior and Superior Plus ratings!  Super proud Music Mama here!  These kids worked so hard to prepare programs as short as 5 memorized pieces and as many as 15 memorized pieces plus accompanying scales, chords, progressions, and arpeggios.  I am always amazed at what all these kids can attain!  Great job,     
​A-LISZTERS!

Students are working xtra hard around here preparing for Piano Guild performances 2024. We have 7 students who have prepared programs from district level (4 memorized pieces, state level (7 memorized pieces), National level (10 memorized pieces), and International level (15 memorized pieces).  These kids have worked on some of these pieces all school year and are ready to rock this out!  Way to go!!  Even the "Little Maestro" has enjoyed hearing them practice in their lessons!

Dr. TLee-Kazz is working with 5th graders on the development of blues music.  Her 5th graders are currently creating their own blues song thru lyrics writing and using computer software known as BandLab.  It has been great fun watching them work with their partners and have great fun in the creating process.  

A great way to celebrate after awesome Federation festival performances is by having a fun group lesson.  Our club is called the A-LISZT Junior Music Club, and all students are members.  We had a St. Patty's day theme groups lesson with fun glasses, yummy treats, and lots of fun games and performances.  It was a great time, and awesome to get the students together!

We had 6 ids participate in the NAtional Federation of Music Clubs (GO A-LISZTERS!) music festival, and all 6 brought back superior ratings.  We received a total of 6 gold cup trophies!!  # for piano performance superiors, and 3 for music theory superiors!!  Way to go, A-LISZTers!  You rock! One way to remember your order of sharps and flats...write it on your arm...!!!!