Congrats to all the students for taking a musical road trip this summer in my studio.
The following students got 7 souvenirs or higher!
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Musical Road Trip Finished
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Barbara Bryner Gill--Whether playing the piano or singing, Barbara has always enjoyed making music. She holds two music degrees from the University of Utah: a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance, and a Master of Arts in Musicology. While attending the University of Utah her teachers included Barlow Bradford, Gladys Gladstone Rosenberg, and Vedrana Subotic.
Barbara regularly performs in the community, and has played for weddings, ceremonies, and special events for over a decade. She has been a choir member of the Utah Chamber Artists since 1999 and is also the Librarian and Administrative Assistant. In addition to teaching private piano lessons and musicianship classes, Barbara has been involved in arts administration holding positions such as the Administrative Coordinator for the Maurice Abravanel Visiting Distinguished Composers Series, and the Marketing Assistant for the Virtuoso Series at the University of Utah. Barbara is also involved in the Salt Lake Piano Competition.
An active member of the Utah Music Teachers Association, Barbara is a past president of the Jordan River chapter. She is Nationally Certified through the Music Teachers National Association and received her Permanent Professional Certified Teacher of Music status in 2015. Her students participate in a variety of performing experiences including the National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC) festivals. Barbara and her husband have three boys and a girl (named after a concert hall).
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Music Fun at the Park
I’ve been doing summer sessions outside. So far the two couples that come to each lunch in the pavilion are enjoying it, and so are the kiddos!
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Catching Up
Wow! I forgot to post some fun photos from March to May! Aiden, Londyn, Maisie, Nathan, Ruby. Here they are!
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Slammed the Door on that Book
Woo hoo, Aiden! Way to get through all those technique exercises. They also act as great sight reading passages. 
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Alphabet Hand Sandwich
Being able to say the music alphabet forward and backward and then saying it by skipping letters takes a lot of approaches. Here is Lilly doing the hand sandwich with her mom.
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New Students
Smiling students that want to play the piano are my favorite! Welcome Gwen and Lilly!
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Musical Road Trip: Summer 2020
This summer we all need to get away. Here’s my new challenge. Can’t wait for the students to bring back 5-8 souvenirs so I can give them their rewards at the end of the summer. Yes, I changed my room arrangement a bit. I moved the digital piano to the other wall for my sample class and I think I’ll keep it there for the summer!
Students choose their own activities to complete (or do all of them for a fabulous gift card!). Each of these musical souvenirs are actually a great way to review.
Here are the details. Stop along each street for musical souvenirs. Prizes increase for the number of souvenirs you collect over the summer.
5 musical souvenirs = candy bar -or- sticker pack
6 musical souvenirs = King size candy bar -or- bentcil
7 musical souvenirs = Texas Donut -or- $2 bill
8 musical souvenirs = $5 gift card of your choice!
Tempo Be able to put the 12 tempos in order from slowest to fastest
Dynamics Put the dynamics in order from ppp to fff
Composition Create a piece from your technic elements
Notes Pass two stages in Flashnote Derby
Music Periods Put the music periods in order from Medieval to Contemporary
Theory Triads, Intervals, Inversions, Scale Degree Names & more
Technic Pass three keys or patterns: scale, arpeggio, chords, folk song
Rhythm Complete three units in Rhythm Cups
I realized I never posted the winner of Sweet Keys last year (Summer 2019)! Here is a photo of last year’s summer challenge. Kait was the winner. She got to the end of the keyboard!
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Love the Piano
My new student Lilly had a lesson this morning. One of her activities was to arrange the magnet keys like a real piano and then make up her own. Look what she sent a few hours later! I’d love to play that piano!
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Piano Rocks the Outdoors!
Saturday’s recital 6.14.2020 was a winner! I wore a mask and so did most of the audience members. We had plenty of wind and plenty of variety in the music choices and sounds. I’m waiting for more photos since I didn’t have a chance to take photos, clean the piano keys between each student, and remind them to use hand sanitizer. The auction was awesome! Everyone loved being able to compete for an item and then buy things from my tables with the money they had left over. Ruby earned the most money and Elena came in second.
Everyone loved this low key recital during this COVID-19 time. I shared a quote about resilience. My students definitely showed resilience as they were able to adjust to online lessons and then perform as if nothing had changed. Way to go!
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