Shui Studio

Some of the Studio's students participated in the Music Maze, held by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group at the Symphony Hall the past Sunday. They incorporated poetry and different musical instruments in this piece. A few musicians also played the oboe, cello and trumpet to accompany the children.

The older children participated in the composers' workshop at the same time.

Great opportunities, especially when they are free!

Music Maze 2022 - 2023, by BCMG Learning and Participation 1 track album

THIS… I believe as a child, I MEMORIZED all the key signatures (much like the multiplication table).

I now teach ways to UNDERSTAND music theory, instead of just memorizing lists. Plus, we use hundreds of music theory games, apps and resources!

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Our youngest student working hard!

We have been incorporating more technology and games in our lessons and practice.

We are slowly rolling out !

We have begun our composition month! As a year-end fun project, students are composing their own pieces. Thanks to 's amazing resources, students as young as four are making their own tunes. Older students have a chance to write their own lyrics.

This year, I am asking the students to write directly on the pages before using the software, MuseScore.

had a really good clip speaking about the importance of writing the notes out by hand (a bit like doing maths using pencil and paper vs solving the problem solely online).

The students will then play their pieces and we will upload it online for them share. There might be a chance to use for backing tracks/background music to their pieces too!