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,
Confidence: A Musician’s Mindset
This month’s article is by Sara Jenkins, one of our incredible piano teachers! Enjoy! Confidence: A Musician’s Mindset “I can’t!” “That’s too hard!” “I’ll never be able to play as well as_____.” I’ve heard a few of those sentences from
Battle of the High School Bands!
Are you as excited about Spring as I am?! This season change is my favorite. I become a new person when the sun starts shiing and I can go outside without a coat! Spring also means a student concert
April 2015 – New Guitar Teacher!
Hello! I hope your April is starting out beautifully. We are excited that our Spring Concert is right around the corner! Drummers, pianists, vocalists, guitarists, ukuleles and Rock Band will be performing! We’d love to have you join us. Here
The Body Language Twilight Zone: Between the Stage and the Floor
Let’s say you’ve been taking guitar lessons or music lessons of some sort and are ready for your first concert! You want to look confident and engaging, but not embarrass yourself…so how should you act on stage? Think about this–when
Practicing the Performance
I have made amazing, huge, horrifying mistakes under the influence of performance anxiety (a.k.a. stage fright). I vividly remember an All-State Band audition I took my senior year of high school: I was auditioning on trumpet, an instrument I had