Friday, 7 June 2013

Win Prizes for Sight-reading contest - part 1!

Dear students,

Our sight-reading contest begins on Monday 10 June! Prizes to be won include:

1. First to complete 5 levels - $10 music money
2. Second to complete - $5 music money
3. Those who complete before 30 June - $10 music money
4. Those who complete after 30 June but before 15 July - $5 music money

Instructions:
1. Go to tab under videos for grade 1
2. Scroll down to sight-reading section some where in the middle
3. There are 5 levels to complete
4. Each time you complete ONE level, post a comment like this- "Mary has completed level 1 (or2,3 4)" . Change Mary to your name.
5. During the next lesson, I will choose one from that level for you to play by sight. If you play well (fewer than 2 mistakes, you qualify for next level).

Have a go at it!

All the best from
Teacher Lena

Friday, 31 May 2013

New Rhythm Games for you to try!

Dear students (and interested parents),

I have prepared 2 rhythm games for you to try out. Just click on the videos to have fun! Send me a post if you have tried and let me know if you enjoy them!






Best Regards,
Lena

Saturday, 18 May 2013

Heavenly Voices

Heavenly voices accompanied by a fantastic pipe organ!

http://youtu.be/n5gZsPE7WEA








Rocking Chair

Posted several videos to help students enjoy their sight-reading! These can be found under the tab Videos Grade 1. Each video is a guide to better sight-reading skills. Here is one them.



For iPad and iPhone users, links to Youtube are provided below the titles.
For example, link for the above video is here :
http://youtu.be/9GWD1sTl-n8

Enjoy!
Lena

Thursday, 7 March 2013

Piano Videos

Videos to help my students learn better:

Russian Sailor's Dance



AB 2013/14 Grade 1 Sailor's Song by Swinstead
Here's a link to 


AB 2013/14 Grade 3 German Dance in A by Schubert