High Park Piano Lessons

08/07/2017

Fun shots from Teens Rock! Summer Music Band Camp with Neighbour Note.

06/30/2017

Some of our students performed at the Roncy Rocks Festival. To see some guitar and singing students go to our main page Neighbour Note:

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STAY HOME FOR MUSIC LESSONS TORONTO! Fun, affordable music lessons in your home, our studio, or onli

06/01/2017

We changed our main page. Please like that page by clicking this link:

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STAY HOME FOR MUSIC LESSONS TORONTO! Fun, affordable music lessons in your home, our studio, or onli

05/25/2017

Please like our main music lesson page: Neighbour Note

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STAY HOME FOR MUSIC LESSONS TORONTO! Fun, affordable music lessons in your home, our studio, or onli

05/01/2017

Here is a video of the student Rock Band C.A.F.T. performing live in Etobicoke. You can watch the video here. This was one of our March Break Rock Band camps for 2017. The students did an excellent job performing. They all worked really hard and had fun. Great job guys! We are so proud of you!

http://neighbournote.ca/blog/post/another-successful-march-break-rock-band-camp/

March Break Rock Band Music Camp 2017 student band performance in Etobicoke and Bloor West Village.

03/31/2017

Neighbour Note welcomes teacher, performer, and collaborative artist Dr. Annie Wong to their teaching faculty. Annie teaches beginner, intermediate, and advanced piano lessons to both children and adults in her downtown Toronto studio. She will also be teaching private in-home piano and theory lessons in Yorkville, St. James Town, Cabbage Town, China Town, and the Annex. We are thrilled to have such a talented and dedicated teacher, performer, and collaborative artist join our teaching faculty. Welcome Annie. We are excited to have you teach with us!

http://neighbournote.ca/blog/post/neighbour-note-welcomes-pianist-annie-wong/

Dr. Annie Wong joins Neighbour Note teaching faculty. She will be teaching studio piano lessons downtown & in-home piano lessons in Yorkville, St. James Town.

03/31/2017

03/18/2017

Another successful March Break Rock Band Camp! Luka rocking out!

03/03/2017

Performing student/teacher duets is incredibly beneficial for both student and teacher alike. Duets encourage interaction and can strengthen the musical bond between student and teacher. Duets teach teamwork and accountability. Students quickly learn that playing together with another musician requires a great deal of concentration, discipline, listening, awareness and practice! They are also a great source of motivation. Duets can sound quite impressive especially to students. Once students discover the full sound that can be achieved while performing a duet students often dive right in and practice more!
Duets can build confidence in students. Once students are able to keep up with their teacher they become quite proud of themselves. Duets can provide comfort and reduce performing anxiety during a music recital. Most students are more comfortable performing with their music teacher on stage rather than going solo. They know that their teacher will be able to help them out of tough spots if they get lost or forget passages, or mix up a song order. The very presence of a teacher sharing the stage with their student helps deflect audience attention and focus from the student and in turn can make a somewhat scary moment into a fun positive experience.
Here is a great example of a teacher helping a student on stage during a duet performance. This performance video is of guitar student Kelian and his teacher Oscar Rangel at one of our Winter Holiday Recitals last Dec. 2016. Notice how Oscar is able to calm Kelian by giving him some cues during their performance. Great job guys. We are so proud of you!
http://neighbournote.ca/blog/post/benefits-performing-duets/

Guitar student Kelian performing a duet with his teacher Oscar Rangel at Neighbour Note student music recital in Roncesvalles Dec. 2016.

02/15/2017

Mommy Connections has listed our Little Rockers Band Camp as one of their top five favourite March Break Camps in West Toronto. Little Rockers is currently ranked as the number two March Break Camp for 2017. We are thrilled that this camp has received such great recognition! Children gain so much positive experiences from this camp. The feedback has been amazing. Little Rockers Band Camp focuses on four main elements: teamwork, accountability, creativity, and performance!

https://www.mommyconnections.ca/west-toronto/2017/02/09/favourite-march-break-camps-in-west-toronto/

02/03/2017

Piano recitals are not just for kids! The benefits of performing music for an audience at any age are many: Empowerment, validation, encouragement, and accomplishment are all great reasons to participate in a music recital. So why is it that very few adult students do not participate in music recitals?

Maybe some adults feel embarrassed performing with younger students. After all, as adults we are older, have more life experience, and should therefore be more proficient than children correct? Wrong! It takes longer to develop musical skills as an adult learner. Aging is a constant challenge. Well learned skills start to decline. Many of us have bad habits that we have developed over many years and these are incredibly difficult to break.

Maybe it is simply a time commitment. So many of us already have way too many commitments! The older we get the less time we seem to have. While this is true, scheduling deadlines and goals to work towards is a great incentive to practice. Seeing the recital date on the calendar can be really motivating and give you that much needed push for practicing.

Hopefully more adult students will participate in music recitals. The benefits are simply too great to ignore.

Here is a video of one of our adult piano students Brenda performing Ballad Pour Adeline at one of our spring piano recitals in Roncesvalles village in June 2015.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxWRIPbF69M
Way to go Brenda! We are so proud of your performance and your bravery!

- See more at: http://neighbournote.ca/…/piano-recitals-are-not-just-kids/…

Neighbour Note adult piano student Brenda performing live at one of our Spring Student Recitals in Roncesvalles Village in Toronto 2015.

01/26/2017

Sign up now for one of our Rock Band Camps and give your children an exceptional educational experience this March Break! Do your little ones dream of becoming Rock Stars? At Neighbour Note we believe there is a Rock Star in everyone just waiting to get out! After all, who hasn't dreamed of getting on stage and rocking out? This is School of Rock. We are offering condensed versions of both our Rock Band Programs: Little Rockers & Teens Rock! this March Break. If you would like to sign up or need more information please give us a call or email today. - See more at: http://neighbournote.ca/blog/post/march-break-camp-registration-open/ .NuFki0xg.dpuf