Pianist Roger Wright – “audible chocolate” (The Costa Rica News) – performs Friday, November 6, at 7:30pm at Clear Lake Presbyterian Church, 1511 El Dorado Blvd, Houston, TX 77062.
For more information: Bay Area Music Teachers Association
We will sing some gorgeous, some fun, all inspiring music on this program. Don’t miss it! Gloria Dei is across the street from NASA’s Johnson Space Center. I have tickets to sell in advance (Carla@MusikhausTexas.com).
singing and playing in Music Play class
A new Music Play group for babies to 5-year-olds and caregivers (one per student) is starting at the Musikhaus studio in Seabrook on Saturdays at 10am. Music Play is a music class rooted in research of Music Learning Theory, the main ideas of which include evidence that music intelligence is best developed in personally interactive and creative musical activities, just like language ability, and that learning best occurs in a nurturing, safe and playful atmosphere. For Saturdays at 10am, there are currently 3 openings. When this time fills up, we can open up 11am either for another Music Play class or for a Keyboard Games class for 4 and 5-year-olds (see home page for description). Contact Carla at carla@musikhaustexas.com to reserve your child’s spot.
The Music Play series at the La Porte Community Library has come to a close, but look for another one coming to the Evelyn Meador Library in Seabrook in January!
The chant “Rocketship” is always a favorite in Music Play classes. It uses an unusual paired meter. Whatever that is, right? It’s fun!
I am very pleased to announce that the Gulf Coast Music Association (GCMA) has approved my membership application as a piano teacher! The GCMA is an organization of private music teachers in the Clear Lake / Bay Area that offers performance opportunities to students and is a member of the Texas and National Federations of Music Clubs. You may have heard of the Gold Cup Festival that is very popular among private piano students and teachers. In fact, my own private piano teacher, Mary Ann Colonna, with whom I studied for nearly 12 years right across the street from NASA, was a member of GCMA. As a child and teenager, I enjoyed going to the Gold Cup, Sonatina and Romantic Festivals and taking the music theory tests. Through these festivals I felt that I was a part of the larger community of piano students that loved their art enough to practice regularly and go to these weekend events, even when there may not have been any classmates at school who identified with this interest. Since meeting several current GCMA members who share my passion for music education and piano music, I feel sure that the sense of community that GCMA fosters will be just as motivating to me as a teacher as it was when I was a student!
Musikhaus Piano Lessons 