The Reviewer
Volume 5, Issue 1 Fall 2005
Composer Bucks are Back!
Beginning the week of September 12, the Piano Lesson Discounts!
composer buck incentive program for our piano Earn a $12 credit on your account for referring a
studio returns. Each week students can earn family who enrolls in any of the Artsplace (“the
composer bucks, which can be spent during group big yellow house”) courses. Get a FREE piano
weeks at our special piano store. This program will lesson if you become a member of the Suzuki
combine several of our programs, plus help Association of the Americas.
students target specific goals each week. After
making money during the lessons, students will
make a “deposit” in our bank so you won’t need
Calendar, Fall 2005
to keep track of dollars earned. During group September 12: lessons resume
week, students can go shopping for pencils, pens, October 31-November 4: Group lesson week
sheet music, theory & scale passes, CDs, and November 13: Fall recital
more. November 21-25: Thanksgiving break
Students can earn weekly bucks for doing the December 10, 1:00 pm: Play-a-thon at Brightleaf
following: December 12-16: Group lesson week
Practicing the 5 day per week minimum December 19-January 6: Winter break
January 9: lessons resume
Completing weekly listening goals
Completing a sticker sheet
Polishing a piece for review
Holiday Music
Extra bucks may be earned for the following: Even though it is only the beginning of the school
Completing a piano explorer/inTune monthly year, it is time to start thinking ahead to the winter
quiz holidays. If you or your child is interested in
Attending group lessons and recitals playing special music this holiday season, now is
Finishing a Suzuki book or notereading book the time for me to order it! Please let me know if
set you’d like some music for the holidays.
Meeting a specific weekly goal (completing
theory or notereading assignment,
demonstrating good posture without Reading and Review Contests Winners
reminder, etc.). This summer, many of you participated in the reading
or review contest. I am pleased to announce the
following winners:
New Programs, and old favorites, at
REVIEW CONTEST: 1st Place: Haylee Borden
Artsplace 2nd Place: Julia Alexander
The big yellow house has some new programs to
READING CONTEST: 1st Place: Bobby McMahan
offer for the Fall! In addition to private lessons for
2nd Place: James McMahan
guitar and piano, we now offer private flute and 3rd Place: Coy Cameron
violin lessons. Younger students may now enroll
in weekly Musikgarten classes. These classes Winners will receive their prizes in the coming
feature music and movement, storytelling, poetry, weeks. All students who participated in this contest
pitch matching…a great beginning to musical will receive an extra $10 in composer bucks! Thanks
literacy! Please let me know if you’d like any to all who participated.
information about programs at the big yellow
house.
Hancock Piano Studios jenn@hancockpianostudios.com