Sunday, December 9, 2018 | Uncategorized

Dear parents and students,

• Friday December 14 is our last day of lessons before the Christmas break. Our first day of lessons after Christmas will be Tuesday January 8. The instructional calendar on our web site shows the dates of the 3 week break.
• Saturday December 15 is a Christmas Piano Party for the younger students, from 2:00 to 4:30 p.m. All parents will have received an invitation. The featured animated film will be "The Snowman".

We want to wish everyone an enjoyable and music-filled Christmas and a very Happy New Year.

Friday, October 12, 2018 | Uncategorized

I will be having Halloween piano costume parties on Oct. 27th and 28th for my students ages 12 and under. These parties will be fun, and students will have a chance to hear each other's pieces, play games, and watch a spooky video. Please watch for your invitations and let me know your party choice, or you can sign up here.

Thursday, September 6, 2018 | Uncategorized

Dear students and parents:

I want to welcome everyone to what promises to be another good year learning music on the piano. A special welcome to my new students. We will have fun learning new pieces and I will invite the younger ones to attend the Halloween and Valentine parties.

Here is some important information that all students, especially new students, need to know.

DAYS ON WHICH LESSONS ARE GIVEN
This year there are 34 weeks of lessons from September 11 to May 31, and I am teaching Tuesdays to Fridays. The scheduled weeks off are a three week winter break at Christmas and the March break as usual. The complete instructional calendar is available under "More Information" on our web site at harmonyhouse.ca. Please have a look at this if you are ever in doubt as to when there are lessons.

RESCHEDULING LESSONS
Specific make-up times as well as other students' cancellations will be posted in the schedule. If you need to miss a weekly lesson due to illness, check for possible make-up times using the Parent/student Portal. When you cancel your lesson you will be able to select an available make-up time before your next regular lesson, and your change will be confirmed immediately. Alternatively, please email or call. If you know well in advance, or if you need to reschedule several lessons, please call or e-mail with as much notice as possible and I will find a make-up time.

Unfortunately I usually won't be able to make up lessons missed due to vacation trips.

STORM DAY MAKE-UPS
My studio is seldom closed due to storms. If you can make it to your lesson safely, please come. If not, I'll attempt to reschedule within a week afterwards. There are no specific storm day make-up days in the instructional calendar.

DAILY PRACTICE
An optional feature of the Parent/student Portal is that you can keep track of your practice times and pieces being worked on. You can also send a note from the practice log if you need help with a particular piece.

STUDIO NEWS UPDATES
I will be posting news every couple of months, and more importantly, I will constantly be keeping in touch with all students and parents to advise of progress.

Our number one goal: to have all students enjoy their music!

Wednesday, May 16, 2018 | Uncategorized

Dear parents and students,

Here is our May and June schedule

Victoria Day weekend: 
Saturday May 19 - No Lessons
Sunday May 20 - students have been rescheduled from last Sunday
Monday May 21 - No Lessons (Statutory Holiday)  

Sunday students have lessons as usual on May 20. If you will be away, please let me know and I will try to reschedule. 

Year-end Recitals 
There is a change from the dates marked in the instructional calendar because Hanwell Days has shifted to June. I will have two recitals, both on Saturday June 16, at 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Please mark these on your calendar. Everyone is invited: family, friends, etc. and a form is available here to let us know which recital you would like to attend. Or you can log in to the parent/student portal and register! I will also be confirming with you personally.

June Make-up week
Our remaining scheduled make-up days are on the week of June 10. This is the week before the recitals and all students will be scheduled to come for a lesson as usual.

Please call or e-mail if you have any questions. 

Sunday, April 1, 2018 | Uncategorized

We want to wish everyone a Happy Easter!

This is an important notice for all students.

Make-up lessons

This week is a scheduled make-up week. Because of missed lessons due to illness all students are scheduled to attend this week as usual.  There will not be the customary make-up lesson advance reminders.

Scheduled break

The scheduled April break is from Sunday April 15 to Saturday April 21 for our annual family reunion. This is a change from the instructional calendar for Sunday students. There will be no lessons on those days, and we will remind everyone ahead of time.