Lessons in the Loft

11/14/2024

Wedding bells ahead!💞🔔

I'll definitely miss my Bradford family. My students have been known as "my kids" because I love them so much. They've been a huge part of my life these past six years and while God has led in my relationship with Will, this is a bittersweet closing of a wonderful chapter.

Soon I'll be Mrs. Jaquemet!!!🥰

Lessons in the Loft will be moving to Alexandria in the upcoming year.

12/31/2022

Check this out! My student Mikaela taught herself this piece and recorded for us. Enjoy listening and looking at God's creation, or simply set it background music. Either way, you'll be blessed. Thank you Mikaela for sharing with us!

I hope you enjoy my piano cover of Nuvole Bianche paired with some nature photos that my family took throughout 2022.

12/10/2022

Christmas Recital Dec 2, 2022

What a fun time! 23 students performed a variety of pieces, from Christmas to classical to pop, with a special performance to wrap up the evening--for several students, the first time seeing a violin in real life.

Keep up the hard work, students! And you too, parents--I appreciate your help and encouragement!

08/27/2022

Honored to have received a couple awards this past year🎶
I received the RCM Gold for Intermediate Piano Pedagogy and the ORMTA Award (both for highest marks in the province)
Thank you to my parents and to my teachers for your support. Also thank you to my students and to their parents for being part of my studio! Couldn't have done it without you!

05/21/2022

THIS is your brain on :

04/08/2022

Spring Recital 2022🎹🌷. The whole studio was so excited for a recital! Everyone was looking forward to it, and the students played so well. It was also special to have so many grandparents join us!

04/07/2022

Spring recital 2022. Listen for the balance these girls have...

WunderKeys Piano Method Books thanks for the great music!

09/13/2021

There's something super special when a student comes in with a long list of self-taught summer pieces, ready to serenade the teacher. I got to sit back and enjoy some boogie, jazz and classical-style pieces last Thursday. Thank you, Everleigh!

We also used the video also as a learning experience: raise the bench so wrists don't fall below the keyboard.

But my greatest memory of the video will be the mini-concert I received.

Shout-out to Teach Piano Today for their excellent VU books!

07/03/2021

The best part of teaching are those "that was so fun let's do it again" moments. This time, Zoom pulled through with their "concert" filter--well, that's what's we called it.

Amidst much applause, Pavel, with his own newly-composed piece, performed for all the people sitting in the chairs, as well as for myself. The crowd went wild with amazement....

Okay, we had to pretend, but we had oodles of fun, and I did give him a great round of applause. Congrats, Pavel, on a great composition!

06/06/2021

Spring Rain, by Mikaela L. 🎹☔🎼

I never realized how hard composing is until I started doing it with my students. There are so many minute details, and it's tempting to give up, but Mikaela stepped up to the challenge of completing our composing project! Over the past couple months, she made a melody, ended phrases, kept time, and added chords, while at the same time maintaining her own personal style. Good work, Mikaela!

This piece is 16 measures long, 4 measures per line/phrase, with an A section and a B section (ABBA form).

(Fantastic Fiction project, a step-by-step composition project developed by Nicola Cantan from Colorful Keys).

Posted with permission.

04/13/2021

I had this one in the closet, but little good it will do in there! It was time for a change anyways.

Practicing seems aggravating, sight reading seems frustrating, interval identification seems impossible. But...
Never. Give. Up. Not when you're trying to sight read, not when you're trying to memorize, not when you're prepping for an exam.

You will get results, but you have to push for them.