Your student will be receiving assignment this week for piece (s) to be performed. Check the calendar and make sure you know when the performance is and please, please help your child be prepared so success is a given. Performing well is important to every child's self-esteem. Here is a good "Recital Preparation Formula":
**At least 6 weeks before the recital, choose a piece that you can have memorized soon. Make sure that you have notes, rhythm and fingering correct already. This performance is a gift to the audience. We want you to be able to share your talent with the people you have invited. Parents, friends, etc. will feel proud of your child's accomplishments.
Parents are in charge of making sure that the recording of the piece to be performed is played hundreds of times during these weeks, it will be heard so much that not only will it be memorized easily, it will be "internalized".
Week 1 and 2: skill building
Week 3 and 4: make it musical
Week 5 and 6: Five a Day
Week 6: Insurance Practice
Last Lesson Before Recital: The piece should be polished so shiny that the teacher can see her own reflection in it!
Concert Day: Team Power
**make sure that the child has had time to relax, eaten good meals, and has a happy attitude. Make sure you are early to the concert with a shiny, clean instrument. Give your child a short pep-talk on how proud you are that he/she has prepared so well. Sit back and enjoy your "gift".
Sunday, September 27, 2009
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