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-- Lessons for the month of March will largely be uninterrupted. Due to my various performance commitments in the latter part of March, I will be teaching a shorter schedule on 3/19, 3/21, and 3/28. Also, for the fourth week of March I need to see my regular Sunday students on Saturday instead.  I will communicate with each affected student individually regarding lesson time changes.   -- As a companion to our traditional Song of the Month project, I am inaugurating a Composer of the Month series. Frederic Chopin is the composer for March. Watch this space for details. -- Rather than a traditional Theta Music assignment for March, students will be invited to participate in the first annual Theta Music Challenge . I will outline the details of the T.M.C. with students in person.  (I've decided to save this for April and May) -- The Theta Music assignment for March is to work on the following exercises: Scales  -- Tonal Recall Intervals -- Flash Inte...

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-- Lessons for the month of February will be uninterrupted. I am planning to teach a shorter schedule on Monday, 2/18 (President's Day). I will communicate with each Monday student individually as to whether we will be meeting that day. -- As a reminder to CM students, here are the CM dates for this month: * Performance  evaluations will be held on the weekends of  February 16-17 and February 23-24.  ** Theory  testing will be conducted on the weekend of  February 16-17. -- The Theta Music assignment for February is the following exercises: Scales  --  Three Tones (Major) Chord Progressions --  Speaker Chords Theory & Notation --  Chord Spells Sound --  Band Match -- There will be no Song of the Month for February. We'll resume this monthly program in March. Have a happy day, Jesse

-- My regular teaching schedule resumes on Sunday, January 6th. The month of January will be uninterrupted. (I am aware that Monday, Jan. 21 is the M.L.K. Jr. holiday... I will be teaching that day.) -- As a reminder to CM students, here are the CM dates for spring 2013: * Performance  evaluations will be held on the weekends of  February 16-17 and February 23-24.  ** Theory  testing will be conducted on the weekend of  February 16-17. -- The Theta Music assignment for January is the following exercises: Intervals  -- Harmonic Drops Chords -- Tone Trees Chords -- Speed Chords Rhythm -- Flash Rhythms -- There will be no Song of the Month for January or February. Have a happy day, Jesse

Quizzes and games: Theta Music Trainer Music quizzes N.Y. Philharmonic Game Room Isle of Tune Music-making: Tonematrix Incredibox Music knowledge: Music History 102 Composers Gallery Listening List and Composer Resource LSO education pages Music theory: Teoria.com Musictheory.net Music theory flash cards Online metronomes: BestMetronome.com Seventh String metronome Blank manuscript paper: Blanksheetmusic.net Free Notation software: NoteFlight MuseScore Play-along tracks: iRealb Songsterr Recording and Sequencing: Audacity GarageBand  (Mac only) Soundation

-- I will be teaching my regular schedule through Thursday, December 20th. For most students this means we will meet for three lessons in December. However, I will not be seeing students on Sunday, 12/16 due to a conflict. I will communicate with Sunday students directly regarding this change. December lesson payments should be made out for the number of lessons plus the $15 per student recital fee . There will be a two week winter break running from 12/21 to 1/5. Normal service resumes on Sunday, January 6. -- The next student recital will be held  Saturday, December 15  from noon to 4pm in the recital hall at CSUEB. All the pertinent details (i.e. directions, start times) can be found on this blog -- As a reminder to CM students, here are the CM dates for spring 2013: * Performance  evaluations will be held on the weekends of  February 16-17 and February 23-24.  ** Theory  testing will be conducted on the weekend of  Febr...

-- There will be three holidays observed in November where I will not be teaching: Monday, 11/12 (Veteran's Day), 11/22 & 11/25 (Thanksgiving weekend). The rest of the month will be as normal. -- The next student recital will be held  Saturday, December 15  from noon to 4pm in the recital hall at CSUEB. Save the date! -- Fees for  Certificate of Merit  students are due with November lesson payments. As a reminder, here are the CM dates for this spring: * Performance   evaluations will be held on the weekends of February 16-17 and February 23-24.  ** Theory  testing will be conducted on the weekend of February 16-17. -- The  Theta Music Trainer  assignment for the month of November is these 4 exercises: Intervals  --  Melodic Drops Melody  --  Three Tones (Major) Rhythm  --  Rhythm Puzzles Sound  --  Channel Scramble -- The song of the month for Nove...