Seminars

HOW CAN I HELP MY CHILD GET THE MOST OUT OF MUSIC LESSONS?
Next seminar: TBA

• Free for Park Ridge Strings students; all others $15 (cash at the door)

Topics to include: 

• The Student-Parent-Teacher Triangle
• Motivation
• Goal-Setting
• Skills: acquisition, retention, transfer
• Effective Practice Routines and Techniques
• Performance Preparation
• Taking advantage of available resources

Please be ready to share your experiences with all of us...

MUSIC THEORY - THE NO-NONSENSE CRASH COURSE FOR SMARTIES
getting musicians of all ages, all instruments, and all levels from Huh?!? to A-ha!
Next seminar: TBA

• Free for Park Ridge Strings students; all others $15 (cash at the door)

Topics to include: 

• Properties of Sound
• Music Symbols and Essential Terminology
• Note Reading (in the four clefs)
• Intervals (Whole and half steps, Perfect, Major and minor, etc.)
• Scales and Keys (What they are, How to find them, Major and minor scales, Related keys)
• Rhythm (Note and rest values, Dots, Ties, Pattern recognition)
• Dynamics
• Tempo

Thanks to all who attend our seminars for sharing your insights.