South Windsor School of Music

📚Music Lesson Books

The “Beginner’s Book” series by Trevor Wye encourages the enjoyment of playing and music-making and is ideal for group or individual instruction. Part One is packed with great music and focuses on developing good tone and a firm low register. Clear illustrations are included throughout, showing correct posture and fingerings.

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𝙽𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗 𝙶𝚑𝚘𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚢𝚊𝚕
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𝙸𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝: 🎹 piano
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𝙼𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚊 𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙽𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗! 🎵
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𝙱𝚒𝚘: ✍🏼 Nivin Ghobreyal has 20 years of experience in teaching piano, having taught almost all age groups and levels, from beginner to advanced. Her biggest passion is playing the piano. She holds a masters degree in music education as well as a doctorate in philosophy of music. Nivin's goal is to get her students to fall as in love with playing the piano as she is.😄
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She makes her piano lessons engaging and fun for the students by having a lot of activities to reflect multiple learning styles during the lessons. If you’ve always wanted your kids to get involved in music, piano is a great option! Or if you’ve always wanted to learn the piano yourself and have never gotten around to it, it is never too late! Nivin is always excited to teach new students and help them become the best versions of themselves!
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🎶Music Lesson Supplies

This 32-page Music Dictation Book by Hilroy has both lined sheets for note taking as well as blank musical staves. The back cover has a glossary of musical symbols and terms. Our new students start out with a fresh copy of this along with their beginner curriculum.

This book is the place where we write practice notes and examples, work through musical challenges, write definitions of musical terms, and best of all, get creative by writing out original musical compositions right on the spot!

This notebook is beloved and nostalgic for our school director because it's what she used as a kid to support her musical learning.

It's bilingual in English / French just like a lot of our students.

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C.J. Gale
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𝙸𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝: 🎶Voice, Piano
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𝙱𝚒𝚘: CJ is a Walkerville graduate and multi-instrumentalist with seven years of piano, eight years of vocal training, and six years of guitar under her belt. She has performed in numerous musical productions, both onstage and in pit orchestras, and loves teaching everything from classical and jazz to rock. A former rock band member for three years, CJ brings that same easygoing, performance-ready energy into her lessons, creating a relaxed, encouraging space where students can build skills, express themselves, and discover real confidence in their music.
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🎶Instrument Strings

D'Addario EJ65S Ukulele Strings for Soprano Ukulele
24 | 28
D'Addario EJ60 Strings for 5-string Banjo : Light 9|9
D'Addario EJ95A Strings for large bodied Arabic Oud : 11 String (Full Set)

Need new strings? We've got them all!

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𝚆𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚖 𝙷𝚊𝚣𝚒𝚖 𝙰𝚕 𝙱𝚊𝚑𝚗𝚘
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𝙸𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜: arabic oud (lute), voice
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𝙼𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚊 𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚆𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚖! 🎵
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𝙱𝚒𝚘: ✍🏼 Well known as teacher and choir leader in Iraq, Syria and Canada, Wissam is a melodist and author of two books in musical note & two original albums (the most well known song ‘Yemi’ has 1,400,000 YouTube views). He graduated in 2004 from the Institute of Fine Arts, Department of Musical Arts, Baghdad.
Wissam instructed music from 2005- 2013 at the Nefertaei Academy of music in Damascus/Syria and at Antonine School of music in Lebanon since 2013. He holds a certificate of appreciation from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and the East with the Children Skills Development Program for Music 2011-2013.
He has performed in festivals and music competitions in Baghdad 2000, and many more in Syria and Lebanon between 2004-2013. He has participated in events and festivals with the Chaldean Culture Association in Windsor, Canada in 2016-17. He is a current member of the Baghdad Music Ensemble.
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🎸Musical Instruments

Beavercreek's full-sized classical guitar plays beautifully. Comes with D'addario nylon strings.

Our nylon-string classical guitar instructors have a wealth of experience as performers, competitors, and composers at their disposal! Explore the unique and wonderful world of classical guitar music, while developing an understanding of music theory, technique, and analysis. Dive into over a century’s worth of beautiful repertoire from around the world, or discover the composer within you! Whether you are aiming for competitions and RCM exams, or just want the beauty of classical guitar in your life, we cater our lessons to your individual needs.

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𝙼𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚎 𝚂𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎̀𝚛𝚎 (school director)
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𝙼𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙼𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚎!! 🎵
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𝙱𝚒𝚘: ✍🏼I grew up in a music school and around live music.
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For me, music is daily life. There’s music to bring you back to emotional moments of the past, to give you hope for the future, for staying present and enjoying the now. I use songs to set the tone at a party, to relax and tune in, to express myself. I listen to a lot of different genres of music, old and new, light and dark, happy and sad, upbeat and downtempo – from live music, orchestral performances, low-fi recordings and high quality productions. I’m captivated by the visual components of music and band culture – record sleeves, t-shirts, posters, pins and flyers. I really like participating in and viewing live performances of all kinds.
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As a kid I took piano lessons 🎹 early on, studying Royal Conservatory material because my older sisters also did it. I wasn’t super into it and didn’t practice nearly as much as I should have. I started to dread attending the lessons, and put up a fight with practice. I really really wanted to pursue voice instead, so that’s where my path led me as a pr***en. I studied voice for several years under many incredible classical and musical theatre-based vocalists, participating in Royal Conservatory examinations and Kiwanis Festivals. As a young adult I discovered and kept a love for playing the keyboard to write my own music and accompany my singing.
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I own a South Windsor Morris Home 🏡right close by to the school, where I have a screenprinting studio and a nice flower and veggie garden. I love bringing appreciation and enjoyment of the arts to diverse groups, and believe in the power of music to connect us. I thrive on building lasting and meaningful relationships with the school’s community of clients, teachers, parents and students in the South Windsor neighbourhood and beyond.

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