A Guide to Piano Practice
As a piano teacher, I am always telling my students to practice. Practice more. Meet your goal. Write your time down in your practice diary. And so and so on. It has occurred to me lately that my students don’t need me to tell them to practice nearly as much as they need guidance on “how” to practice. Helping them with the “how-to” will bring about the learning needed to accomplish systematic progress. Setting a Practice Goal is important. I have a fundamental issue with quantifying practice. For example, the needed goal might be 30 minutes per day but, really,...
Read MoreSpring Recital, April 8, 2018
The Aine Wendler Piano Studio will hold the Spring Recital on Sunday, April 8, 2018, at the Bell Center at Mid America Nazarene University. Recital A will be held at 1:30 pm and Recital B will begin at 3:15 pm. Please review the guidelines and policies for recitals. I will be happy to provide a copy if you need it. Family members and friends are always welcome. Please share the guidelines for recitals with your guests. Recital assignments are, as follows: Recital A: Alivia Wait, Ayla Wait, Olivia Cooper, Carly Cooper, Tisya Singh, Natalie Hsieh, Evan Hsieh, Maya Finkle, Shalom Boyce,...
Read MoreAine Wendler Piano Studio Programs
The busy Autumn season is well underway for students of the Aine Wendler Piano Studio. I am listing the dates for two important programs, the Winter Recital on Sunday, December 3, 2017, at Mid America Nazarene University, and the Holiday Program at Bickford Senior Living Center on December 17, 2017. I am, also, listing the dates for the upcoming breaks. December Programs : Winter Recital – 12/3/2017: Our Winter Recitals will be held on December 3, 2017. Recital A will be at 1:30 pm and Recital B will begin at 3:15 pm. The recitals will be in the Mabee Recital Hall in Mid America...
Read More2017 – 2018 Studio Year
The last few days of this week brings to an end the 2016 – 2017 Studio Year. The studio will be closed for a break, August 21 – Labor Day. The new, 2017 – 2018 Studio Year begins on Tuesday, September 5, 2017. It has been an incredible year – busy and productive. I believe our new year will be even bigger!!! Congratulations to the students from the Aine Wendler Piano Studio who participated in the Mid America Music Association (M.A.M.A.) Summer Music Festival held at the Adam’s Mark Hotel in Kansas City, July 27 – 30, 2017. The following students did an amazing job: Audrey Baustert, Owen...
Read MorePiano Lessons – Summer Policies
As we enter the last 6 weeks of the 2016 – 2017 school year, it is a good time to review summer piano lessons and lesson policies. As is stated in the Studio Policy Statement, the Aine Wendler Piano Studio is a year-round studio and each monthly tuition installment is not a payment for lessons in that month, but an installment on the total tuition for a 40-lesson year. I wish I could teach just for the fun of it, and afford losses of hundreds of dollars per month, but, I cannot. Therefore, it is the policy of this studio that I cannot reserve lesson times for unpaid time slots. Families not...
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