Neston Ecumenical Singers Events: 2009-2010

30/09/2009 in Choral Conducting, Diary | No comments

St. Michael's, ShotwickThe Neston Ecumenical Singers will be helping the congregation of St. Michael’s, Shotwick celebrate Visit event on Facebooktheir new sound system and hymnbooks this Friday (2nd October) with a ‘Hymns of Praise’ service featuring the congregation’s favourite hymns along with two popular anthems, Bruckner’s Locus Iste and Fauré’s Cantique de Jean Racine accompanied on the organ by Chester Cathedral’s organ scholar, Simon Walker.

Below is the latest list of events planned for the singers this year:

2nd October 2009        7:30pm ~  Hymns of Praise at Shotwick
12th November 2009    6-9pm ~ Carols at Gordale Open Evening
14th November 2009      10am ~ Autumn Coffee Morning & Fayre at Neston Town Hall
11th December 2009   7:30pm ~ Christmas Carols at St. Winifredes
18th December 2009   7:30pm ~ Christmas Carols at Parkgate URC
19th December 2009       11am ~ Carols at Neston Farmer’s Market
30th January 2010       7:30pm ~ Choir Annual Dinner
20th March 2010           7:30pm ~ Easter Concert

5-finger Fur Elise

13/09/2009 in Piano Teaching, Resources | No comments

For some beginners, five-finger arrangements of popular pops and classics prove to be more motivational than lesser known tunes serving purely as exercises.
5 finger scoreThis simplified version of Beethoven’s Fur Elise for the absolute beginner requires only a slight change of finger in bars 9-13 where RH finger 4 moves from D# to E and RH finger 5 moves from E to F. At bar 14 the fingers return to their original position.
Changing the metre from three to four eliminates the need for a pickup bar and though it elongates the rests, it is an easier rhythm to feel and play along with the backing track below.

To download the backing track you will need to right-click on the download link then click save as…

[audio=http://whay.me/wp-content/uploads/5fingerfurelise.mp3,5 finger Fur Elise,download]

[audio=http://whay.me/wp-content/uploads/5fingerfurelise100bpm.mp3,5 finger Fur Elise (slower),download]

5 finger Fur Elise

Piano Teaching Schedule – Autumn 2009

01/09/2009 in Diary, News, Piano Teaching | No comments

The new term is underway and piano lessons will resume the normal schedule from Sunday 6th September 2009-17th December 2009. This means that lessons in schools will be starting from 7th September.
Half term dates: 24th-31st October 2009
Check the google calender for any updates to visit days.

Piano Points Results – Summer 2009

16/07/2009 in News, Piano Teaching | No comments

At the end of the term, the top 10 total piano points achievers are as follows:

  1. piano-points-cupAlice from Tattenhall Park with 43 points,
  2. Sophie from St. Oswald’s with 42 points,
  3. Emily from Tattenhall Park with 41 points,
  4. Beth from St. Werburgh’s and Jacob from Ellesmere Port Catholic High with 38 points,
  5. Sophia and Kate from St. Werburgh’s, Louisa from Queen’s and Joe from Waverton with 36 points.

This means that at the next concert the piano points cup will be presented to Alice from Tattenhall Park.

47% of students have achieved the target 28 points for the term and will be receiving a certificate at the beginning of September.

The top 5 Average points achievers for the term are:

  1. Alice from Tattenhall Park on 3.91 points per lesson,
  2. Louise from St. Werburgh’s on 3.89 points per lesson,
  3. Mollie from St. Oswald’s on 3.88 points per lesson,
  4. Beth from St. Werburgh’s on 3.80 points per lesson, and
  5. Emily from Tattenhall Park on 3.73 points per lesson.

65% of students have managed an average of 3 or more points per lesson.

Letter from Fiona Carr, Kampala Music School

13/07/2009 in News, Piano Teaching | No comments

Dear Will and all your students,

Thank you very much for the very generous cheque of £300 that you have sent for a KMS bursary. We really appreciate all the hard work you put into performing at two student recitals. We do trust you really enjoyed performing and putting the recitals on and that you enjoyed meeting and hearing Terence Ayebare.

Your money will go out to Kampala soon and a student will be allocated to you and information about him or her will be sent to you.

Thank you once again.

Best wishes,

Fiona

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