All articles by: Will Hay

Christmas Charity Concert – 3rd December 2011

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Preparations have been underway in earnest for the Christmas Concert this term which will take place at All Saint’s Church, Hoole on Saturday 3rd December, 2011 starting at 11am. The programme will feature seasonal solos and duets and I hope to conclude with a bit of audience participation!
Tickets are £3/adult and £1/child and can be [...]

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Piano Exam Times – November 2011

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Exam times for the forthcoming sessions are below. All the times have now been posted. The venue is Stanley Palace, Watergate Street, Chester. Times are as follows:
(Saturday 10th December, 2011)
DANIEL 11:30am
SHEA 11:42am
RUTH 11:54am
MATTEA 12:06pm
AMELIA 12:26pm
BETH 12:46pm
(Thursday 15th December, 2011)
DOMINIC 9:30am
Please try to arrive at least 10 minutes before your allotted time.
Best of luck in your exams!

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Events Newsletter – Autumn 2011

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I used to produce a paper newsletter featuring the dates for forthcoming piano exams and concerts along with other important information however this has now been superseded by the e-newsletter facility on the blog to which all of my students should be subscribed . It also gives me the opportunity to draw your attention to other professional activities in [...]

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Flashcards – Create your own learning resources

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Since the start of term I have been using a variety of flashcards intensively with my students to improve note recognition in sight reading . It has proved to be popular with my students as they can compete to see who can accurately read and play the notes in a shortest space of time. Some [...]

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Autumn Leaves Composition Project

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Over the next half term I am running a composition project in which all my students are entitled to take part.
The composition entitled “Autumn Leaves” must fit with the video and could take the form of a backing track or a song. There is a score of the appropriate length already set up on my [...]

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