Archive for July, 2014
One of Our Ilkley bands ‘Ark Eye’ Open Tour De France, Broughton Hall, Skipton Celebrations Saturday 5 July
Posted: 01/07/14
One of our Ilkley based bands, ‘Ark Eye’ will be opening the Tour de France celebrations at Broughton Hall in Skipton on Saturday this week 5 July at 3pm. If you are in that area go and see the guys okay their set of original songs. Very cleverly written and orchestrated!
Read more »One of Our Brilliant Piano Students Aged 9!
Posted: 01/07/14
Here we have one of our Ashlands Primary School students aged 9 playing a perfect rendition of one of his first Piano Grade exam pieces. He got his legato and staccato playing perfect and his phrasing is very advanced for a student of his age. I was so proud of him because sometimes he can get a bit nervous but […]
Read more »Foxhill Mixed Year 2 Drummers
Posted: 01/07/14
Today I tried out three year 2 drummers playing in this combo for the first time. The main objective in the lesson was for the students to maintain their grooves in tempo and add a variety of fills of their choices rather than me dictating what they should play. I was very impressed with them!!!!!
Read more »Foxhill Reece
Posted: 01/07/14
Have a look at Reece aged 7 in action. What a brilliant lesson. Today we were combining a straight 8 beat grove with improvised fills using rims and syncopated snare and Tom patterns with 16 beat grooves. So many new concepts to remember and this was the first lesson we tried this! This little guy is going to be a […]
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