June 6: Thirteen students were able to complete the Practice Your Age challenge over the past 6 weeks. They received a $5 gift certificate to a local ice cream store. Those diligent students are: AmySue, Andrew B, BeretAnna, Ellie, Evie, Henry, Izzy, James, Lucy, Sophie, Thayer, Toben, and Wyatt. Impressive work!
May 20: 33 of my students were able to play at our annual Spring Recital. They each played a memorized solo and a duet with me or a family member. Awards and recognition for the year were given at the end.
May 6: Andrew R and Nathan competed in the State Finals of the Michigan Music Teachers' Association. A great accomplishment just to get there! and Nathan received an Honorable Mention. Congrats to both!!
April 29: Three of my students competed in the Holland Piano Club competition, they performed 2 memorized solos for a judge and an audience. All three were named winners: Andrew B took 1st place in the elementary division, Lukas took 2nd place in the senior division, and Nathan took 1st place in the senior division. So proud of you all!
April 22: 3 students competed in the Michigan Music Teachers' Association Semi Finals at Calvin University: Izzy, Nathan, and Andrew R. Nathan and Andrew were chosen as finalists. They will compete in the Michagan state finals May 6. Congratulations!!
April 17, 2023: Honors Recital: this a special recital hosted by the Holland Piano Teachers' Forum where the top scoring students from the March SAT are invited to perform. Several of my students are on the program: Henry, Oliver, Oona, Andrew B, Olive, Wyatt, BeretAnna, Nathan, Andrew R, and AmySue. Congrats to all for being so well prepared!
March 18, 2023: these are the students who performed 3 pieces and did 4 other musical tests as part of the Michigan Music Teachers' Association Student Achievement testing: Andrew, B, Henry, Olive, Oona, Silas, AmySue, BeretAnna, Nathan, Andrew R, Ezra, Wyatt, and Izzy. They were all well prepared and did a great job!
Some of those listed above tested at the upper levels and are eligible to compete at the state semi-finals in April: Izzy, Olive, Ezra, Nathan, and Andrew R.
February 17, 2023: Last Piano Club of the year: Andrew B, Nathan, Lukas, and Josiah performed memorized solos and all played very well! Everyone received certificates for attendance and performance throughout the year.
January 20, 2023: Izzy and Andrew B performed solos at the Holland Piano Club, both did an awesome job!
December 2022: I gave everyone a practice challenge for November and early December. They needed to practice at least 30 of the days on a 35 day calendar. It was tough! Congratulations to the following students who were able to compete it successfully and earned a $5 gift card to a local candy store: Evie, Lucy, Andrew B, Henry, Joy, Leah, AmySue, Izzy, Ellie, Wyatt, Josiah, Thayer, James, Toben, and Lukas.
November 21, 2022: Nathan and Lukas performed at the Holland Piano Club
October 14: Holland Piano Club started the new year with an ensemble recital, very fun! Three of my students played a duet with me: Andrew B, Izzy, and William, and they all did a beautiful job!
October 2022: We started the year with a scale review challenge, Scale the Heights! Several students successfully completed their review: Andrew B, Henry, AmySue, Nathan, Oliver, Andrew R, Izzy, Naomi, Simon, Ezra, Wyatt, &Thayer. Congrats to all for your fine technique work!
June 9, 2022: 38 students performed a memorized solo and a duet for the spring recital! It was a very enjoyable evening filled with music shared by students of all ages! Thanks also to the family members who volunteered to be duet partners with your kids, they love to have you join them in making music!
May 2022: 14 students were able to complete the Practice Your Age challenge, congrats to them! They are: Andrew B, Henry, Joy, Leah, AmySue, Sophie, Izzy S, Simon, Ezra, Wyatt, Esther, Thayer, Thomas, and William.
April 30, 2022: Three of my students performed for the Holland Piano Club Competition. William won 2nd place in the elementary division, Megan received an honorable mention in the senior division, and Brandon won 1st place in the senior division. Congratulations to everyone!
April 23, 2022: After Student Achievement Testing Day, the top students are eligible to compete in district Semi Finals where finalist are chosen to compete at the statewide Finals Day. Several of my students were eligible, three of them chose to compete.
Intermediate level: Olive
Junior level: Nathan
Senior level: Brandon
Congratulations to Nathan who was chosen as a Finalist and will compete May 7 in the MMTA State Finals Day!
April 18, 2022: Holland Piano Teachers' Forum held our annual Honors Recital for the first time since 2019! It was great to hear all the students perform in a public recital again, they all did a wonderful job. Students invited to play for the Honors Recital are those with the highest scores at each level of the Student Achievement Testing. Many of my students were able to perform:
level 1B: Oliver
level 2: Andrew B
level 4: Izzy S & Ezra
level 6: Wyatt & Olive
level 7: Andrew R & BeretAnna
level 11: AmySue
level 12: Brandon
March 19, 2022 was the annual Student Achievement Testing Day sponsored by the Michigan Music Teachers Association and the Holland Piano Teachers Forum. We were all excited to be back to a totally live, in person event! Fifteen of my students participated: AmySue, Andrew B, Andrew R, BeretAnna, Brandon, Ezra, Izzy S, Joshua, Lukas, Olive, Oliver, Paige, Silas, Sophie R, and Wyatt. They each performed 3 pieces and took 4 other music tests. Everyone did well! Congratulations on reaping the rewards for all your hard work!
February 25, 2022: Holland Piano Club's last meeting of the school year! Brandon, Megan, Nathan, and William performed this month! Students were also given attendance rewards. Congrats to all who participated this year.
January 21, 2022: Izzy S and Brandon performed for the Holland Piano Club.
December 2021: about half of the students were able to successfully finish the 30 Day Challenge! They practiced a minimum number of minutes every day for a month and were rewarded with a gift certificate to a local candy store. Congrats to all of you! AmySue, Andrew B, AnnaJoyce, Esther, Evelyn, Ezra, Henry, Izzy S, Joy, Katriya, Ken, Leah, Louisa, Lucy, Lukas, Nathan, Oliver, Simon, Sophie R, Thomas, William and Wyatt.
November12, 2021: Holland Piano Club held their 2nd recital for the year, 3 students from my studio performed solos: Izzy S, Megan, and Nathan. Well done!
October 22, 2021: Holland Piano Club met for the first time since covid! It was great to hear the young students play an in person recital again. William played a duet with me.
October 2021: We started the school year with a scale review challenge, 23 students successfully met the challenge! They are Andrew B, Brandon, BeretAnna, Esther, Evelyn, Ezra, Izzy R, Izzy S, Joshua, Julia, Ken, Naomi, Natalia, Nathan, Olive, Oliver, Oona, Silas, Simon, Sophie R, Thayer, William, and Wyatt. Congrats to you all for working so hard!
June 5, 2021: 32 students were able to play in a live, in-person recital! It was such a pleasure to be able to share our music with their families. Another 11 students were unable to attend the recital but were included in a youtube recital. Everyone performed a memorized solo and a duet either with me or a family member. Thanks to the parents and older siblings who played the duets, it's really fun to play together.
May 29, 2021: Today was the end of the Practice Your Age challenge, all students were encouraged to log their practice minutes for a 6 week period. Those were successfully completed the challenge received a gift certificate for a local ice cream shop. They are: Andrew B, AmySue, AnnaJoyce, Esther, Ezra, Izzy S, Joshua, Joy, Julia, Nathan, Olive, Oliver, Oona, Shamirah, Thayer, and Wyatt. It was a tough challenge, especially for the older students. Congrats to those who did it!
April 24, 2021: Congratulations to Nathan for being chose as a finalist. He will compete in the statewide Finals next weekend. An honor to be chosen!
April 17, 2021: Nathan competed in the Michigan Music Teachers' Association Western Division Semi Finals. Congratulations to Nathan on a perfect score of 100 in the local SAT testing.
March 13, 2021: The annual Student Achievement Testing, sponsored by the Michigan Music Teachers Association and the Holland Piano Teachers Forum, took place virtually this year, so glad we were still able to do it! Next year, back to normal? 21 student from my studio performed 3 memorized pieces, took a written theory test, and were tested in technique, sight reading, and aural skills. Participating students were: Brandon, Megan, Andrew B, Hannah, Zach, Olive, AnnaJoyce, AmySue, Paige, Nathan, Joshua, Shamirah, Katrina, Oliver, Sophie, Andrew R, Elise, Isabella, Julia, Lucy, and William. Congratulations to everyone, your hard work paid off in very good scores.
January 9, 2021: Brandon was the first place winner in the annual Norbert Mueller Concerto Competition held by the Holland Symphony Orchestra. He performed the first movement of Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto #1 in g minor. Each year, the competition winner receives a cash prize and the opportunity to perform their concerto with the Holland Symphony Orchestra. Awesome accomplishment, Brandon!
From November through early December, the students were challenged to practice 30 days out of 35, encouraging them to play almost every day and see what progress they would make. It was a tough challenge but 22 of them were able to do it! These are the ones who successfully completed the 30 Day Challenge: Izzy S, Joy, AmySue, AnnaJoyce, Katriya, Shamirah, Andrew B, Ken, Natalia, Esther, Julia, Lucy, Wyatt,Thayer, Maelyn, Izzy R, William, Oliver, Andrew R, Elise, Brandon, Megan. They earned a gift certificate to a local candy store!
We always start the new school year with a scale review challenge! Quite a few students rose to the challenge and successfully played all the scales they had learned: Andrew B, Andrew R,Brandon, Elise, Evangeline, Ezra, Isaiah, Izzy S, Joshua, Ken, Naomi, Nathan, Shamirah, Silas, Sophie, William, and Wyatt. They earned a candy bar and more importantly, are super prepared to start learning their new scales for the next level! Congrats all!
Congratulations to the students who completed the Practice Your Age challenge right through our unexpected break: Brandon, Megan, Shamirah, Isaiah, Joshua, and Ezra. Very dedicated students!
Unfortunately, all the March and April piano events were cancelled due to the coronavirus. Twenty of my students were able to complete their Michigan Music Teachers' Association sponsored Student Achievement Day Tests in studio/online. They are: Brandon, Megan, Hannah, Adrian, Olive, Jaewoo, AmySue, AnnaJoyce, Jonathan, BeretAnna, Paige, Maggie, Isaiah, Joshua, Katrina, Shamirah, Izzy S, Amelia, Evelyn, and William. Congratulations to everyone for sticking with it during these hard times!
February 21, 2020: 9 of my students played in the final Holland Piano Club meeting of the year. They are Adrian, Brandon, Ezra, Isaiah, Joshua, Katrina, Megan, Shamirah, and Wyatt. Great playing everyone!
January 17, 2020: Many students performed at the Holland Piano Club meeting today! They are Beret Anna, Cadence, Isaiah, Izzy S, Jaewoo, Joshua, Katriya, Maggie, and Shamirah.
May 20: 33 of my students were able to play at our annual Spring Recital. They each played a memorized solo and a duet with me or a family member. Awards and recognition for the year were given at the end.
May 6: Andrew R and Nathan competed in the State Finals of the Michigan Music Teachers' Association. A great accomplishment just to get there! and Nathan received an Honorable Mention. Congrats to both!!
April 29: Three of my students competed in the Holland Piano Club competition, they performed 2 memorized solos for a judge and an audience. All three were named winners: Andrew B took 1st place in the elementary division, Lukas took 2nd place in the senior division, and Nathan took 1st place in the senior division. So proud of you all!
April 22: 3 students competed in the Michigan Music Teachers' Association Semi Finals at Calvin University: Izzy, Nathan, and Andrew R. Nathan and Andrew were chosen as finalists. They will compete in the Michagan state finals May 6. Congratulations!!
April 17, 2023: Honors Recital: this a special recital hosted by the Holland Piano Teachers' Forum where the top scoring students from the March SAT are invited to perform. Several of my students are on the program: Henry, Oliver, Oona, Andrew B, Olive, Wyatt, BeretAnna, Nathan, Andrew R, and AmySue. Congrats to all for being so well prepared!
March 18, 2023: these are the students who performed 3 pieces and did 4 other musical tests as part of the Michigan Music Teachers' Association Student Achievement testing: Andrew, B, Henry, Olive, Oona, Silas, AmySue, BeretAnna, Nathan, Andrew R, Ezra, Wyatt, and Izzy. They were all well prepared and did a great job!
Some of those listed above tested at the upper levels and are eligible to compete at the state semi-finals in April: Izzy, Olive, Ezra, Nathan, and Andrew R.
February 17, 2023: Last Piano Club of the year: Andrew B, Nathan, Lukas, and Josiah performed memorized solos and all played very well! Everyone received certificates for attendance and performance throughout the year.
January 20, 2023: Izzy and Andrew B performed solos at the Holland Piano Club, both did an awesome job!
December 2022: I gave everyone a practice challenge for November and early December. They needed to practice at least 30 of the days on a 35 day calendar. It was tough! Congratulations to the following students who were able to compete it successfully and earned a $5 gift card to a local candy store: Evie, Lucy, Andrew B, Henry, Joy, Leah, AmySue, Izzy, Ellie, Wyatt, Josiah, Thayer, James, Toben, and Lukas.
November 21, 2022: Nathan and Lukas performed at the Holland Piano Club
October 14: Holland Piano Club started the new year with an ensemble recital, very fun! Three of my students played a duet with me: Andrew B, Izzy, and William, and they all did a beautiful job!
October 2022: We started the year with a scale review challenge, Scale the Heights! Several students successfully completed their review: Andrew B, Henry, AmySue, Nathan, Oliver, Andrew R, Izzy, Naomi, Simon, Ezra, Wyatt, &Thayer. Congrats to all for your fine technique work!
June 9, 2022: 38 students performed a memorized solo and a duet for the spring recital! It was a very enjoyable evening filled with music shared by students of all ages! Thanks also to the family members who volunteered to be duet partners with your kids, they love to have you join them in making music!
May 2022: 14 students were able to complete the Practice Your Age challenge, congrats to them! They are: Andrew B, Henry, Joy, Leah, AmySue, Sophie, Izzy S, Simon, Ezra, Wyatt, Esther, Thayer, Thomas, and William.
April 30, 2022: Three of my students performed for the Holland Piano Club Competition. William won 2nd place in the elementary division, Megan received an honorable mention in the senior division, and Brandon won 1st place in the senior division. Congratulations to everyone!
April 23, 2022: After Student Achievement Testing Day, the top students are eligible to compete in district Semi Finals where finalist are chosen to compete at the statewide Finals Day. Several of my students were eligible, three of them chose to compete.
Intermediate level: Olive
Junior level: Nathan
Senior level: Brandon
Congratulations to Nathan who was chosen as a Finalist and will compete May 7 in the MMTA State Finals Day!
April 18, 2022: Holland Piano Teachers' Forum held our annual Honors Recital for the first time since 2019! It was great to hear all the students perform in a public recital again, they all did a wonderful job. Students invited to play for the Honors Recital are those with the highest scores at each level of the Student Achievement Testing. Many of my students were able to perform:
level 1B: Oliver
level 2: Andrew B
level 4: Izzy S & Ezra
level 6: Wyatt & Olive
level 7: Andrew R & BeretAnna
level 11: AmySue
level 12: Brandon
March 19, 2022 was the annual Student Achievement Testing Day sponsored by the Michigan Music Teachers Association and the Holland Piano Teachers Forum. We were all excited to be back to a totally live, in person event! Fifteen of my students participated: AmySue, Andrew B, Andrew R, BeretAnna, Brandon, Ezra, Izzy S, Joshua, Lukas, Olive, Oliver, Paige, Silas, Sophie R, and Wyatt. They each performed 3 pieces and took 4 other music tests. Everyone did well! Congratulations on reaping the rewards for all your hard work!
February 25, 2022: Holland Piano Club's last meeting of the school year! Brandon, Megan, Nathan, and William performed this month! Students were also given attendance rewards. Congrats to all who participated this year.
January 21, 2022: Izzy S and Brandon performed for the Holland Piano Club.
December 2021: about half of the students were able to successfully finish the 30 Day Challenge! They practiced a minimum number of minutes every day for a month and were rewarded with a gift certificate to a local candy store. Congrats to all of you! AmySue, Andrew B, AnnaJoyce, Esther, Evelyn, Ezra, Henry, Izzy S, Joy, Katriya, Ken, Leah, Louisa, Lucy, Lukas, Nathan, Oliver, Simon, Sophie R, Thomas, William and Wyatt.
November12, 2021: Holland Piano Club held their 2nd recital for the year, 3 students from my studio performed solos: Izzy S, Megan, and Nathan. Well done!
October 22, 2021: Holland Piano Club met for the first time since covid! It was great to hear the young students play an in person recital again. William played a duet with me.
October 2021: We started the school year with a scale review challenge, 23 students successfully met the challenge! They are Andrew B, Brandon, BeretAnna, Esther, Evelyn, Ezra, Izzy R, Izzy S, Joshua, Julia, Ken, Naomi, Natalia, Nathan, Olive, Oliver, Oona, Silas, Simon, Sophie R, Thayer, William, and Wyatt. Congrats to you all for working so hard!
June 5, 2021: 32 students were able to play in a live, in-person recital! It was such a pleasure to be able to share our music with their families. Another 11 students were unable to attend the recital but were included in a youtube recital. Everyone performed a memorized solo and a duet either with me or a family member. Thanks to the parents and older siblings who played the duets, it's really fun to play together.
May 29, 2021: Today was the end of the Practice Your Age challenge, all students were encouraged to log their practice minutes for a 6 week period. Those were successfully completed the challenge received a gift certificate for a local ice cream shop. They are: Andrew B, AmySue, AnnaJoyce, Esther, Ezra, Izzy S, Joshua, Joy, Julia, Nathan, Olive, Oliver, Oona, Shamirah, Thayer, and Wyatt. It was a tough challenge, especially for the older students. Congrats to those who did it!
April 24, 2021: Congratulations to Nathan for being chose as a finalist. He will compete in the statewide Finals next weekend. An honor to be chosen!
April 17, 2021: Nathan competed in the Michigan Music Teachers' Association Western Division Semi Finals. Congratulations to Nathan on a perfect score of 100 in the local SAT testing.
March 13, 2021: The annual Student Achievement Testing, sponsored by the Michigan Music Teachers Association and the Holland Piano Teachers Forum, took place virtually this year, so glad we were still able to do it! Next year, back to normal? 21 student from my studio performed 3 memorized pieces, took a written theory test, and were tested in technique, sight reading, and aural skills. Participating students were: Brandon, Megan, Andrew B, Hannah, Zach, Olive, AnnaJoyce, AmySue, Paige, Nathan, Joshua, Shamirah, Katrina, Oliver, Sophie, Andrew R, Elise, Isabella, Julia, Lucy, and William. Congratulations to everyone, your hard work paid off in very good scores.
January 9, 2021: Brandon was the first place winner in the annual Norbert Mueller Concerto Competition held by the Holland Symphony Orchestra. He performed the first movement of Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto #1 in g minor. Each year, the competition winner receives a cash prize and the opportunity to perform their concerto with the Holland Symphony Orchestra. Awesome accomplishment, Brandon!
From November through early December, the students were challenged to practice 30 days out of 35, encouraging them to play almost every day and see what progress they would make. It was a tough challenge but 22 of them were able to do it! These are the ones who successfully completed the 30 Day Challenge: Izzy S, Joy, AmySue, AnnaJoyce, Katriya, Shamirah, Andrew B, Ken, Natalia, Esther, Julia, Lucy, Wyatt,Thayer, Maelyn, Izzy R, William, Oliver, Andrew R, Elise, Brandon, Megan. They earned a gift certificate to a local candy store!
We always start the new school year with a scale review challenge! Quite a few students rose to the challenge and successfully played all the scales they had learned: Andrew B, Andrew R,Brandon, Elise, Evangeline, Ezra, Isaiah, Izzy S, Joshua, Ken, Naomi, Nathan, Shamirah, Silas, Sophie, William, and Wyatt. They earned a candy bar and more importantly, are super prepared to start learning their new scales for the next level! Congrats all!
Congratulations to the students who completed the Practice Your Age challenge right through our unexpected break: Brandon, Megan, Shamirah, Isaiah, Joshua, and Ezra. Very dedicated students!
Unfortunately, all the March and April piano events were cancelled due to the coronavirus. Twenty of my students were able to complete their Michigan Music Teachers' Association sponsored Student Achievement Day Tests in studio/online. They are: Brandon, Megan, Hannah, Adrian, Olive, Jaewoo, AmySue, AnnaJoyce, Jonathan, BeretAnna, Paige, Maggie, Isaiah, Joshua, Katrina, Shamirah, Izzy S, Amelia, Evelyn, and William. Congratulations to everyone for sticking with it during these hard times!
February 21, 2020: 9 of my students played in the final Holland Piano Club meeting of the year. They are Adrian, Brandon, Ezra, Isaiah, Joshua, Katrina, Megan, Shamirah, and Wyatt. Great playing everyone!
January 17, 2020: Many students performed at the Holland Piano Club meeting today! They are Beret Anna, Cadence, Isaiah, Izzy S, Jaewoo, Joshua, Katriya, Maggie, and Shamirah.