MATT ACTIVITY UPDATES

January 17, 2018

PARENTS NOTES

1. MUSIC STANDS- Beginning MATT students will be requiring music stands within the the month. We will place an order for your convenience and to ensure that your stand does not break within a year or two. These are very sturdy ones, which should last a life time, available to you at our cost of $34 incl.tax, complete with a carry bag. Sign with Yogita if you would like one of these stands.

2. ROSE/ROSEBUD Orchestra Concert "Mozart Love- in" Saturday Feb 10th 7:30pm at the Rose Theatre. Sign up and pay Yogita for your tickets by Thursday Jan 25th. This concert includes a Special performance of , Mozart Symphonie Concertante viola. violin duet  and Rosebud student orchestra participation.

3.BEGINNER PRIVATE LESSONS will begin in February. Since home practice is scheduled and supervised by Parents , you are expected to sit in on these lessons to ensure you understand what the teacher is teaching and assigning for homework. 

Important reminders: 

1.Read, keep, and follow the MATT absence and lateness policy 

2.Practice and perfect each assignment given by your teacher. If you do this,your lesson will be prove to be a very helpful aspect of your musical training.

3.Carefully watch the MATT calendar for your lesson week 1 or 2. There are some weeks with no private lessons.

4.There is a $5 charge per lesson, unless you miss it without notifying the teacher as required.(then you pay the entire fee of $15 for a 30 min. lesson) Please be sure to pay Yogita for your Session 2 lessons before they begin.

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4. VOLUNTEER PARENT MEETINGS. 
Within a few of weeks, meetings for Librarian and Photography volunteers will be held during your child's class. Dates will be given ahead. Please plan to attend.

                                          HOMEWORK THIS WEEK
                              

                      FACT: 20% of kids learn to play music.                            

70% of adults wish they had!

               ALL students are required to bring a completed practice chart to each class

Beginners: D scale ascending AND descending Twinkle 
                   Two Theory work sheets: The STAFF & LINES and SPACES 

Intermediates : AFS book #110/111, 126.first line. ADD#127 and #132 (review)  
                         NEW : Play and name notes:: Little  Classic Suite bars 1 to 4 

Advanced:  REMINDER: all students are required to be in the class at least 10 min ahead of start time to unpack, stet up, and tune
NEW:  Fiddlers three to bar 49     
        Ave Verum all- practice specific bars which have tricky fingering 

        Harry Potter- to bar 34      VIOLAS: practice main theme starting bar 35!