The Upbeats Piano Studio

05/04/2024

Come on up to Oxford. Festivities have begun.

In a community chorus, Paula Seger is singing Ain't No Valley High Enough, Electric Slide, Man In The Mirror, and How Deep Is Your love to end the festivities.

The Electric Root Festival is a an arts and culture festival for all. Celebrating Black arts and hospitality. Located in Oxford, OH. Join Us!

01/22/2024

I would like to announce that I am retiring from teaching piano lessons. Thank you for your support.

08/09/2022

As most of you know, I will be traveling for 5 weeks this fall to Italy and Greece. We are leaving August 28 and will not be returning till the end of September. The first lessons after I return will be on October 4.

Before I leave I hope to have everyone well on their way with music to practice while I am gone, especially for those who are preparing for the music festival in March.

Bon voyage!
Paula

06/29/2021

Our summer recital is scheduled for Sunday, August 8, 2 pm, at the Oxford Community Arts Center. We will be saying good bye to Alysse Aylor who is off to DAP at the University of Cincinnati, and Samantha Jones who will be taking her senior year to focus on her art at Butler Tech. Please get there 10 to 15 minutes early and dress appropriately for a recital. There will be not reception, but hopefully we will resume these for our next recital.

07/17/2020

We have a recital scheduled for 2 p.m., Sunday, August 2 at the Oxford Community Arts Center. This scheduling comes with certain guidelines:

1. Everyone who enters the building must wear a mask properly and keep it on.
2. Family groups will sit together in separate groupings.
3. I will wipe down the keys between performances as I do with my piano at home.
4. There will be no reception afterwards.

I am really excited to be able to do this recital since we missed the one in the spring and I thank the OCAC for allowing this to happen.

04/26/2020

Thanks also to Antonietta Roden and Samantha Jones for continuing to practice and take Zoom lessons during this time.

04/26/2020

Please tune in to Youtube and listen to the following submissions to the OFMC Junior Music Festival. It was accomplished entirely online this year and judging will happen this week.

Harmony Atkinson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mh1zsqKynY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjIDKwaczI0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNyyfs4vO4M

Andrew Roden
Prelude in D minor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgfz8ccdpxo
Farewell to Fall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NXzmw6Nkdk

Amritesh Bali
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGBYOa1EJfM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-IP6sfoqTY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRMvEbyKjU8

Alysse Aylor
https://youtu.be/IV5oYGpMVe4
https://youtu.be/Byp0oDPn9Tc
https://youtu.be/ucQS9lTqENQ

They all played very well and deserve special applause for completing the challenge and continuing to practice during the COVID-19 quarantine and shut down.

08/08/2019

The concluding portion of Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 -"Für Elise".. as performed by Amritesh Bali in the spring of 2019

08/07/2019

The concluding portion of Nocturne in E Minor, Op. 27, No. 1 by Frederic Chopin.. as performed by Anna Jones in August, 2019

08/06/2019

Clair de lune, L 75:III, from “Suite Bergamasque” Claude Debussy.. performed by Anna Jones, August, 2019