Alexander Doan School of Music

🎉🎉Thank You Niagara Region for voting us best in Youth Music Lessons, Music Lessons and Performing Arts!! These awards would not have happened without your amazing support and your votes. Thank you again to everyone who voted!!!!🎉🎉

Our Student Of The Month for May, 2026 is, David!!!

David is one of Alex's many piano students and has been working out of the Faber Piano Adventures Level 1 Book, after completing the Primer Level book. David loves Super Mario, so when Alex first started teaching him, Alex taught him how to play first part of the Super Mario Bros. theme and he was so excited!! Naturally, David chooses the Mario stickers each week when he completes a song. Every week Alex is greeted at the door with a hug from both David and his younger sister, Victoria.

David received his framed Student Of The Month certificate, and is featured in this months newsletter as well as on our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages, and on the school website when the newsletter is posted there.

Congrats, David!!

Our May, 2026 Newsletter is published! Included are some reminders about summer scheduling, a reminder about our annual student recital, student achievements and our Student Of The Month!!

The link is https://musicnotes.music.blog/2026/06/01/may-2026-newsletter/ to get right to the newsletter.

May, 2026 Newsletter Just the other day, Sue and I were talking about how fast the weeks fly by now. Between teaching and our personal life, I’m finding the weeks and months are now coming and going faster than e…

We are very excited to announce that Alex, and the Alexander Doan School Of Music, has been selected as winners for the 2026 CommunityVotes Niagara Region business awards!!

Winning in all 3 categories that the school was nominated in, Alex will be receiving the following awards: Youth Music Lessons (Platinum), Music Lessons (Gold) and Performing Arts (Gold).

We can’t thank everyone enough who voted for us and for the continued support you have shown. Thank you, Niagara Region!!

Thank You!!!!!

Alexander Doan School of Music

Happy International Jazz Day!!

Every year the month of April is recognized as ‘Jazz Month’, with April 30th specifically being celebrated as International Jazz Day.

International Jazz Day was first founded in 2011 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in co-operation with legendary jazz pianist and composer, Herbie Hancock, who also serves as an ambassador for the UNESCO and is also the chairman for the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz. Jazz Day is always celebrated annually on April 30th and also marks the conclusion of Jazz Appreciation month. It’s also a day, that in 2012, was welcomed officially into the United Nations General Assembly and is recognized on their official calendar.

Did you know that Rock derived from early jazz styles such as Blues, and Swing? From Elvis to Springsteen, The Beatles to Billy Joel, it came from early Jazz!

Today, Alex celebrates with a yearly tradition of his by listening to the greatest Jazz album ever recorded and sold, Miles Davis' 'Kind Of Blue'.

Our Student Of The Month for April, 2026 is, Michael!!

Michael is one of Alex's clarinet students and has been working with Alex from the Royal Conservatory Of Music clarinet curriculum. In addition to being a clarinet player like Alex, Michael is a huge Star Wars fan! When Alex first met Michael, the first piece he played for Alex was the Imperial March from The Empire Strikes Back!! At times there is also a paused Star Wars movie on the television when Alex arrives for Michael’s lessons.

Michael received his framed Student Of The Month certificate, and is featured in this months newsletter as well as on our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages, and on the school website when the newsletter is posted there.

Congrats, Michael!!

Our April, 2026 Newsletter is published!! Included is the official announcement for our 2026 Student Recital, some reminders, information about International Jazz Day, and our Student Of The Month!!

The link is https://musicnotes.music.blog/2026/04/28/april-2026-newsletter/ to get right to the newsletter.

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We are very happy to announce that because of your nominations in January, we are listed for the Final Voting for the CommunityVotes Niagara Region 2026 Business Awards!!! Thank you to everyone that helped us secure the nomination. Now, we are once again asking for your votes for the finals!!

The final voting process is now open and as a reminder, we are nominated in THREE CATEGORIES!!! The categories we are nominated in are: ‘Music Lessons’, ‘Performing Arts’, and ‘Youth Music Lessons’. These ‘Best Of’ business awards are for the entire Niagara Region, not just Niagara Falls!!

All of the information is below on how to vote with short links and a QR code, and the deadline for voting. You can vote for all 3 categories that we are listed in by using the short url link or the QR code since they take you to our Community Votes Profile Page. You will need to login to vote for the finals using one of 3 accounts you currently use (using those is secured), or creating a Free account with Community Votes. All of that info is also listed below.

In addition, please feel free to share the links with others. The more votes we get, the better our chance is for winning in our categories, and since this is for the entire Niagara Region, we need all the votes we can get!!! Thank you once again for your continued suppport and thank you in advance for your votes!

How To Vote For Alexander Doan School Of Music:

Step 1: Click on the image below OR scan the QR Code to be taken to our Community Votes Profile Page. Once there, click on the ‘VOTE’ buttons beside each of the categories we are listed for. You can also click on this https://cmv.to/nrohgj short url link to be taken to our Community Votes Profile Page. Once there, click on the ‘VOTE’ buttons beside each of the categories we are listed for.

Step 2: If you already have a Free Community Votes account, you will need to login to place your final vote. If you don’t already have an account, you can create one OR you can login securely using your Google, Facebook, or LinkedIn account information to place your final vote.

Deadline: Voting process closes on Sunday May 17, 2026 at 11:59pm.

Our Student Of The Month for February, 2026 is, Jacqueline!!

Jacqueline is one of Alex's piano students, as are both her Brother and Mom. Jacqueline is currently working from the Faber Piano Adventures Level 1 Lesson Book, and you may remember her from our recital this past October, performing an ‘Ode To Joy’ duet with Mom, Josie! Like her brother, Jacqueline has a very big interest in video gaming and one of her gifts she received at Christmas was a piano book of music from video games!

Jacqueline received her framed Student Of The Month certificate, and is featured in this months newsletter as well as on our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages, and on the school website when the newsletter is posted there.

Congrats, Jacqueline!!

Our February, 2026 newsletter is published!! Included are some reminders, a photo of Alex's new car, some symphony pictures, Lulu the dog, and our Student Of The Month!!

The link is https://musicnotes.music.blog/2026/03/02/february-2026-newsletter/ to get right to the newsletter.

February, 2026 Newsletter So the furry little groundhog didn’t see his shadow this year. As we know, that’s an indication of an early Spring. As much as I’m hopeful of that, I’m also very skeptical. …