Newsletter – Fall 2021 Groove Academy’s Newsletter – Fall 2021
Tips For Starting Violin Lessons & Practicing My tips for starting violin lessons and practicing are: 1) Get excited about learning a new instrument! It is so cool to be learning something new, especially something like the violin which is such a rewarding and fun instrument to play. The more enthusiasm and excitement for learning...
In this podcast series Joshua will share with us his music background, what contributed to his success, and what he thinks makes a great music teacher. Musical Guest – Joshua Shin. The Beginnings He is a former student of Groove Academy and has made quite an impression throughout Canada by his drumming, percussion and marimba...
Newsletter – July 2021 Groove Academy Hero – Joshua Shin A year in review – Anthony G. Violin Tips – Sophie R. Epp. About Your Voice – Yvanne C. In this edition, we interview Joshua Shin, (former Groove Academy student), to find out how music made a difference in his life, and what he...
How Many Piano Keys? The piano has 88 keys. 52 keys are white, and 36 keys are black. The white keys extend from the fall board to the key slip. The black keys are raised above and are shorter than white keys, (a bit more than half the length of white keys). Piano notes...
Drum Set Part Names There are many parts to a drum set. Some drum set parts have 2-3 names for the same part. Lets take a look! The Drum Set Our instrument the “Drum Set” has a few names. Drum set, (most common) Drum kit, (kit for short) Trap kit, (really old...
Spring Camps 2021 Well………..we’re keeping our fingers crossed:) We can’t wait to see everyone back, having fun, enjoying music and the smiles on everyone’s faces! Little Einstiens Spring Camp Adventure Now booking for our 2021 Spring Camps. We are super excited, and optimistic, to announce our 2021 Spring MINI Camp, “Little Einsteins”. Of course If...
Christmas Holiday Break Groove Academy will be closed for lessons December 21 – January 3rd.
As everyone knows, we’ll be doing things a little different this year in regards to performances. As we won’t be booking a performance hall this year, we will be organizing a Christmas video shoot for limited number of students. Due to pre and post production time, we are limiting the event to 30 students. The...
So, your little one wants to start Guitar Lessons! Questions we get asked a lot are: “Is my child old enough’? “The guitar we have seems too big” “Can we start on electric guitar”? Where Do We Start? We start guitar students off as young as 5 years old. Any younger than 5, we recommend...