At this point I only had one sign up for the camp. Hopefully it will occur in the future. Thanks for your support. Blessings. I'm still moving forward Sister Act Show Choir Camp though. Here's the link: https://www.facebook.com/events/904911875312092/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22extra_data%22%3A%22%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22left_rail%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D%2C%7B%22extra_data%22%3A%22%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22calendar_tab_event%22%2C%22surf

Friday was the performance of the play Flora and Ulysses, the play from Plays for New Audience, Book Author by Kate DiCamillo and play adaptation by John Glore. This was a play that I wanted to try to do last summer, yet was concerned about the costs involved. This January, I took a risk that provided amazing opportunities for 9 kids who accomplished a spectacular play beyond anything I could ask or think. Each actor and actress took their character and developed the words on

Several years ago I did a Summer Music Theater Camp of a show choir, music-only Encanto Camp. It had shown in theaters prior and everyone knew the music so well. They learned vocals, choreography, staging, costuming in the camp, yet by Wednesday they were unmanagable, hard to stay focuses and potentially a fight broke out. I lost it completely, yelling at those who participated and after that I apologized. I realized that I can't lose my temper like that at all during a summe

Do you know what is humbling? When people believe in what you're doing. I wasn't sure if and how this camp would work out, especially adding an extra 30 minutes. Yet today was an absolute blast, even though I was stressing, nervous, anxious, excited, filled with joy. My favorite part was their smiles and willingness to try new things. I'm so proud of each actor/actress. I felt overwhelmed in the best way. Got them to read in the summertime. I'll call that a good thing. Do you

This week I took a walk at two nature centers and took a pic and videos that I was able to identify how to add them to a piano solo called Woodland Idyll by Frank Levin. This is a total game changer for YouTube videos. I'm so excited to learn something that I hope I can reflect on for future videos. When opening iMusic (at least through Mac Pro), find the word Projects and once you click on it, it will ask for a title of the new iMovie, which you will need to type in. A plus

Today I heard about this Pianist Emile who shared a concept that I've implemented since I first started teaching voice, piano and acting lessons over 15 years ago: play music above your level. My students learn and love that, even though it's an "opportunity" of growth for the students and myself. Elime also communicates about the importance of playing the parts the students and I are having "opportunities" with, focusing on small portions of the music. You might say the musi

This week has been a bit crazy in a good way, as Thursday was my last day as an accompanist for the Middle School I play piano for. So grateful to serve the students and staff. On Friday I had a chance to put up fliers in the community about lessons and an updated Summer Music Theater Camps, plus was able to complete a choreography video of We're All in This Together. A special thanks to my friend Jessie Gray's friend who created this colorful flier. Praying it leads to other

This has been a bit of a rough week at times at the school and with several of my personal students. On Monday the teacher I accompany for had to leave before classes started due to his daughter's illness and we decided to move forward with me leading the classes with help from a Sub. We'll honestly the school didn't have enough staff, so 2 out of 6 classes I was the only adult in the choir room. 5/6 of the classes did very well, yet a 6th Grade Class became so disrespectful

Happy May Day, a day set aside to put flowers on people's doors or porches and ring their doorbell and then disappear. With today's world, it's a bit of an opportunity with The Ring. LOL Plus it's NSYNC's famous song with lyrics: It's gonna be me, which sounds like It's gonna be May based on Justin Timberlake's vowels. LOL. Yet there is a phrase from The Mandalorian stating: This is the Way and some have changed it too: This is the May. So I wanted to share the main theme by

It's been a while since I made a student cry, yet wanted to share what has and continues to be helpful to me as a voice, piano and acting private talent instructor. I know I've written a blog about this, yet yesterday was very different on how I handled the last two piano lessons yesterday. Both of the students are learning new piano solos and the First Grader who takes lessons right after school can arrive being "a stinker", as her mom refers to it. We are currently working