May Newsletter

May 2011   

NOTE:  We will be closed May 30th for Memorial Day and lessons will be rescheduled
Thank you
A huge "Thank You" to everyone who helped and participated in our Western Festival parade entry this year.  We are proud to show our community the passion and energy our students have for learning music.  It demonstrates your ongoing commitment to helping you students learn and grow with us, and our entire staff here at Newsongs is grateful to have the chance to work with you and your family.

Here are some cool new things going on in the piano Dept.:

Piano students:  we're going to "Disneyland"

This article about our music school ran in the local paper last week!
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Story:
They’re going to ‘Disneyland’
Local music school launches themed program
NewSongs School of Music in Elk Grove is taking their piano students on a trip to Disneyland - minus the overpriced tickets and the one-hour wait in line at Space Mountain.
No, the students are not attempting to raise funds for an actual trip to the fantasyland of zip-a-dee-do-dah's. But, they will be embarking on a special adventure of Disney-themed music activities all year long.
For more of this story, click on or type the URL below:
http://www.egcitizen.com/articles/2011/04/19/lifestyle/doc4dae2832ec62c453805947.txt

"It's a Small World"
As a supplement to their learning, students can learn music from around the world right on their computer.  Our "Small World" YouTube videos features clips from the ride, mixed with easy-to-follow piano versions of folk songs.  Strong auditory ("play-be-ear") learners will do especially well, and then you can show off to your teacher and we can focus on non-reading aspects of piano playing, such as rhythm, posture, and technique.  Find the videos here:

http://youtu.be/0J13nQKjshU

http://youtu.be/O0NDJiE6toE


"Wonderland Warmups"

Speaking of technique, many of our students have already started the "Alice In Wonderland" piano technique exercises.  Find more help with them in these videos, featuring Alice and the Mad Hatter in person at the piano

http://youtu.be/LLF6-6WNFEs

http://youtu.be/OsfFR5AKluw


Watch your email for more information about our summer programs running all summer long!

NewSongs School of Music
10471 Grant Line Rd #100
916-714-4544
elkgrovemusiclessons.com