It can be a challenge for new musicians to decide how much to spend on their first instrument—should they go higher-end to get a quality instrument and sound better right away? Or spend less since they are just getting started? There isn’t
Hello KCRB music community! I hope this newsletter finds you well. Now that we’ve switched all of our lessons online, I’ve only seen our students and other teachers via video chat for the last six weeks. I’m thankful we have the technology
The following is adapted from the book, Practice Less, Play More, by Steve Mastroianni. I loved his ideas and wanted to pass them on to all our students–definitely check out the book for more specifics. Programming new habits means developing automated
A few years ago, we started awarding a Student of the Year at our fall recital. The award has gone to a student that has been with us a long time, takes their music seriously, works hard, has a great
Happy Fall KCRB students and families! This month, I want to talk about MEMORIZING MUSIC. For some musicians, having to memorize music can cause a panic attack! For others is seems to come easily. How I go about it has evolved
This month, I get to brag on our own Karren Schiele–in May, Karren completed her Masters of Music and Worship degree! We are SO proud of her! I interviewed Karren to hear more about her experience while getting the
KC Rock Band & Guitar hosts two recitals are year, and our spring ones are just around the corner! Recitals are free and open to the public, so come check out what our amazing students have been up to this
Stand Up, Take a Deep Breath, and….. Royals TV Commentator Rex Hudler tells an interesting story in a radio ad that recently aired. Hudler spoke about being a high school jock that did not care a whole lot about academics,
Setting Musical Goals for 2019 I used to be a HUGE goal setter—as in, yearly goal setting meetings, checklists, flow charts, five-year plans, ten-year plans, anything and everything related to goals and progress. I loved it all! But between 6
Hello KCRB students and families! I can’t tell you how proud we are of all the musicians who performed at the recitals last month. They were amazing! One of the great perks of our job as music teachers is getting