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]]><![CDATA[Piano Competition at Milton Keynes Piano Competition]]>Mon, 06 Mar 2017 10:44:36 GMThttp://www.jademusicschool.co.uk/news/piano-competition-at-milton-keynes-piano-competitionIt has been another successful festival for my students. Well done to those who tried their best and a big congratulations to those who won. We collected at total of 10 gold, 6 silver and 7 bronze medals.
Here are the list of students and the categories that they entered.

Alvin - Gold Prep Baroque playing Lute Song by John Dowland, Gold Prep Romantic playing Funeral March of a Marionette by Gounod

Tishe - Gold Elementary Baroque playing Marche by CPE Bach and Gold Jazz playing Blues in Two by Mike Cornick

Angelin - Gold Elementary Classical playing 3rd mvt from Sonatina in C, Op3, No3 by Clementi, Silver Elementary 20th Century playing Foxtrot II by Seiber, Bronze Elementary Baroque playing Allegro in C by CPE Bach

Zeo - Gold Prep Romantic playing Child's Song by Guilmant, Bronze Prep Baroque playing Menuet in D minor attrib. JS Bach and Bronze Prep Classical playing Allegro from Sonata in G by Haydn

Khushbu - Gold Prep Classical playing 2nd mvt from Sonatina in C, Op3, No.3 by Clementi, Silver Prep Romantic playing The Rocking Horse by Gurlitt

Noann - Silver Prep Classical playing Romanze from Sonatina in G attrib. Beethoven and Silver Prep 20th Century playing In Forest at Night by Goedicke

JaydenB - Gold Prep 20th Century playing The Cat by Prokofiev, Bronze Prep Romantic playing Waltz in G by Smetana

Muskaan - Gold Advanced Modern playing Colors of the Wind by J. Lopez, Bronze under-17 Recital playing La Lugeac by C.Balbastre, 2nd mvt from Sonata in F, Op4 No6 by Clementi and Writing's On the Wall by Sam Smith

Leanne - Silver Elementary Jazz playing Top Cat by Hanna and Barbera, Bronze Elementary Romantic playing Old French Song by Tchaikovsky

Sofia - Gold Prep Jazz playing Chattanooga Choo Choo by Warren and Gordon

Reneil - Bronze Elementary Romantic playing O for the Wings of a Dove by Mendelssohn

Kaveh- Bronze Advanced Baroque playing Giga by John Loeillet

]]><![CDATA[Clementi Piano Competition]]>Tue, 28 Feb 2017 14:34:17 GMThttp://www.jademusicschool.co.uk/news/clementi-piano-competitionA very happy day indeed. Thank you to Lorraine for organizing the Clementi Piano Competition on the 26th February. Although I was not there to listen to my students play, the overall feedback from parents have been mostly positive. Congratulations to those who won prizes for their performance. It was surely tough having to compete against other pianists playing the same piece.

Here are the list of students who won:
Yuqi D. - 1st place grade 5
Khushbu J. - 1st place grade 2
Zeo P. - 3rd place grade 2
Angelin P. - 2nd place grade 3
]]><![CDATA[ Christmas Concert and C2016 exam results to end 2016]]>Sat, 31 Dec 2016 15:56:35 GMThttp://www.jademusicschool.co.uk/news/-christmas-concert-and-c2016-exam-results-to-end-2016Well done to all students who performed at the Christmas Concert on 11th Dec 2016. The church was packed with audience, whose support brought us £900 to offer to the High Town Methodist Church Pipe Organ Restoration Fund.

Theory and Practical results for the C2016 session was good. Congratulation to all students who worked hard getting ready for exam. It was worth it.
]]><![CDATA[1st Round of EPTA Regional Competition]]>Mon, 05 Dec 2016 10:35:50 GMThttp://www.jademusicschool.co.uk/news/1st-round-of-epta-regional-competitionWell done to Josh, Yuqi, Muskaan, Noann, Ben and Angelin for trying their best at the 1st round of EPTA Regional Competition yesterday. A big congratulations to Jayden for getting into the Finals.

The adjudicator touched on the importance of getting into the character of the piece, leaving spaces between pieces, having the right tonal balance and acknowledging the audience with a bow after performance. Competitors were reminded to not leave the piano immediately after playing. There was also a demo on the Dohnanyi method, which we will be exploring throughout 2017 and a short mention regarding economy of movement, which can be achieve with the right finger positioning.

]]><![CDATA[Waterloo Junior Piano Competition]]>Thu, 27 Oct 2016 13:37:17 GMThttp://www.jademusicschool.co.uk/news/waterloo-junior-piano-competitionA big thank you to Lorraine for organising this competition on Sunday the 16th October 2016. Students who participated played the piano exam pieces that they are going to play on their 15th Nov 2016 piano exam.

Well done to Zeo, Noaan (G1), Tishe, Angelin (G2), Joshua (G4), Kaveh (G6) and Muskaan (G7) for trying their best.

A big congratulations to Yuqi for winning 2nd place in grade 3-5 class.

Video will be uploaded soon.
]]><![CDATA[Piano results B2016]]>Thu, 30 Jun 2016 13:31:00 GMThttp://www.jademusicschool.co.uk/news/piano-results-b2016Another productive period. Well done to all students who sat for piano exam in June. Everyone scored distinction.]]><![CDATA[2016 Dulwich Piano Competition on 11th June ]]>Tue, 21 Jun 2016 10:28:57 GMThttp://www.jademusicschool.co.uk/news/2016-dulwich-piano-competition-on-11th-juneWell done to all parents and students who made the 2 hours travel from Luton to St. Barts church in Sydenham to participate in this competition. Photos of the event are available on:
http://www.dulwichmusicfestival.co.uk/5th-annual-dulwich-music-festival-photo-review/

A big congratulations to Muskaan for winning 3rd place in Grade 5-6 class. It has been a good experience for all students involved and let us hope for many more positive challenges in the future.

A big thank you to Lorraine Liyanage for organizing the competition.
]]><![CDATA[2016 EPTA Herts Piano Festival on 15th may 2016]]>Fri, 27 May 2016 14:22:39 GMThttp://www.jademusicschool.co.uk/news/2016-epta-herts-piano-festival-on-15th-may-2016Well done to all students who performed at the piano festival at St. Stephen's church on the 15th May. Video of performance is now available on website.
http://www.jademusicschool.co.uk/401/login.php?redirect=/concert-videos.html

Text piano teacher for site password if you didn't save it previously.
]]><![CDATA[Steinway Day - 7th May 2016]]>Thu, 12 May 2016 21:30:28 GMThttp://www.jademusicschool.co.uk/news/steinway-day-7th-may-2016I had an enjoyable day out with my two students JB and KB (not siblings). Long train rides and long walks and even longer period of sitting down- (2 hours). It has been a worthwhile experience. Lots of useful feedback received and we also took photos of highly expensive Steinways.
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