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Sunday, April 27, 2014

A Song to Celebrate Children's Day

Yesterday we talked about putting up our Koinobori. Koinobori is a Japanese word meaning "carp streamer"; the streamers are put up each year in celebration of Children's Day in Japan. Houses all across Japan are decorated with these beautiful windsocks beginning in April to celebrate the national holiday on May 5, which celebrates children's happiness. Aren't they pretty?

Friday, April 18, 2014

April Memorizing Project and a New Playlist!

Phew. The local music festival is over and I am a little tired! Everyone did really well; all of my students had great performances, got great marks, and hopefully had great experiences. We ended the week on a high note with Teagan and Ella's duet Oh Brother! by Canadian composer Karen Rowell. Well done girls!

Thursday, April 10, 2014

More Mary Poppins...

Since I played it so much recently, my daughter must have gotten Feed the Birds stuck in her head. So I wasn't surprised when she picked out the movie Mary Poppins to watch on the weekend. I was going about some housework while it was on, and couldn't help humming along to all those catchy songs (which definitely made my cleaning more fun). And when Chim Chim Cher-ee came on I thought, "I should try to make this into a duet!". So I did.

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

A Brand New Duet!

Ok, I've been wanting to get this one down on manuscript paper for a long time. This past winter-- probably around Christmas time-- I was thinking how much I liked the song My Favorite Things, and how great it sounded set in a jazz style. I had been on a bit of a duet roll in the fall, so my idea was for another piano duet. A jazzy duet. A jazzy arrangement of Feed the Birds from Mary Poppins!