RECITAL INFO!!!!

Monday June 3, 2013

7:00 PM

First Christian Church - Main Sanctuary

201 SE13th Street - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33316

Dear Families: You may invite friends and family to attend the recital. You may video. Please arrive in plenty of time to set up. Be sure your battery is fully charged as I (or whoever is videoing for me) will be using the outlet to record the recital.

No flash photography will be permitted during performances. It can be detrimental for your child to have distracting flashes going off while they are trying to focus on their performance.

Dear Students: Please wear formal recital attire. Long dresses or skirts for young ladies and suits or dress pants, and dress shirts with a tie for young gentlemen. Absolutely no jeans, shorts, tee shirts, short skirts, sneakers, flip flops, clunky jewelry, long fingernails etc. Please plan to arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the recital and check in for seating with the other students.

Dear Parents: Please bring a tray of food for the reception table. Please bring a little more if you have a large group attending. Please bring it to the table in the choir room before the recital. I will provide the paper goods, coffee, cake and punch.

Also, please allow one and a half to two hours for the recital. Remember that many people will spend hours at a sporting event, yet have a hard time sitting through a shorter cultural event like a piano recital. I promise that we will move as quickly as possible through the evening and, hopefully, you will enjoy every minute. This is a celebration of all that your child has accomplished musically through out the year.

May News - CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

Dear Parents,

Congratulations to all who participated in last week's Guild Auditions. All students performed very well and represented our studio beautifully!

Congratulations to Meghan Hanley who completed her Social Diploma as a high school junior. This is quite an accomplishment and we are so proud of you!

Congratulations to Alyssa Forman who completed ten years of National Guild Auditions, performing a 10 piece program for each of the past 10 years, earning the highly coveted Paderewski Medal. Well done, Alyssa!!!!!

Please read through this message and then click on the RECITALS tab to the right of this page

Also, please remember there are no regular lessons this week..

 

• 1. The week of May 27- June 1, we will have Group Master Classes in lieu of regular lessons. The classes will be Wednesday, May 29 from 4-5:30 and 6-7:30 pm. We will also be having classes on Thursday, May 30th from 4-5:30 and 6-7:30 pm. Students may come to either day and choose either the early or later class. Duet, trio and Quartet members may want to coordinate attending together so as to perform for the class.
• 2. The summer schedule is filling up. Summer lessons will be on Tuesdays beginning on July 2.
• 3. The deadline for registration for the fall is July 1. Please see the tuition and fees page on the website. Tuition increased last year for new students and will apply to all students this year.

Take care and have a blessed week!

Love,

Mrs. Purchase

Happy April!

Just a few reminders for the month of April:

The recital fee of $30 is due with your April tuition. The annual recital is not mandatory, but it is a wonderful way to end the school year.

Our Spring recital will be the first weekend in June, either June 1,2, or 3rd. I will get back to you on this as soon as the Forman family gets back into town.

There will be lessons without any breaks up until May 10-17. We will be out of town for that week. Lessons will resume the following week at the regularly scheduled times.

In lieu of regular lessons May 25-May 31, we will be having Recital Performance Master Classes on Wednesday May 29 and Thursday, May 30th. The times and groups will be announced closer to the dates.

Have a wonder Easter!

Happy March!!!!

Dear Parents and Students,

Congratulations! Our studio raised the most money for our annual BCMTA Musicthon! Your hard work and dedication will help many children, through 4Kids of South Florida and through scholarships and programs for our students and teachers in the Broward County Music Teachers Association. I am very proud of all who participated!

A few reminders for March:

1. The Guild Deadline is past. If you did not sign up and want to participate, there will be an additional $15 fee assessed by the Guild for late registrations

2. March tuition is due the first lesson in March

3. FSMTA Student Day will be April 13-14, 2013

Reminders for January

Dear Parents and Students,

Happy New Year! I look forward to seeing each of you at your lessons this week as we jump right into 2013!

Please make note of the few reminders that are listed below:

1. Musicthon is Friday evening, January 25th at 7 PM at the Galleria Mall. All of the forms have been posted and emailed to you. If you didn't get them, please let me know!

2. All monies collected for Musicthon must be brought into your lesson the week of Jan 21-25. I will have your t- shirts for you to wear at our performance at the Galleria.

3. There are no lessons, January 13-18th. Lessons resume January 21.

4. Please read below where I have listed upcoming events and deadlines for the remainder of our school year.