Thankful

We are so thankful for all of our clients and faculty who work so hard to give music to children.  We thank God for you and pray for you daily!  Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Cello Twinkle Graduations

Our cello department is the newest addition to TESS, and we had our first Twinkle graduations this weekend.  Congratulations to Jacob and Blake!

Website Launch!

Spent the day editing our new website, which will hopefully be launched the first week of December!  It has a great new look, and we can update every picture, every heading, every article to keep it completely current.  It's always been a great resource for new students, but now it will be a timely resource for current families.  Forget where the recital is? What to wear? It will all be on the site!  Check out www.musicattess.com, now and later, and tell us what you think!

The Power of Practice

Fan Mark Famous sent me this article - a very compelling argument for hard work!  

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/nov/15/malcolm-gladwell-outliers-extract

Zaturday Zaniness

Getting ready for another crazy Saturday at TESS!  With 90% of the school scheduled on one day, we are always alive with music, joy, and yes, chaos from nine to eleven every week.  Add some graduation recitals, a Norwalk Symphony Orchestra presentation by moi in Wilton, and we have one busy Saturday!

Special thanks to Miss Claudia and Ms. Marija for their special concert this Sunday as a fundraiser for the free lessons in Bridgeport schools program, KEYS.  Good luck!

Brace Yourself!

My time of peace is ending... for now. With Winter Registration due this week for classes and mini-terms, we will be rushing to accommodate everyone's request so that we can be ready for new students by December.  Fiddling, electric violin, rock guitar, and more!  With the fabulous recitals behind us, it is time to focus on the future!

Visions and more

The guitar department is on fire! Dave and Michael have been dreaming about what they'd like to bring to TESS and the guitar department - concerts, master classes, and more! Very exciting to have more faculty board the idea train!

Surviving Recital Day!

This weekend we had our main recital day - four hours of guitar, violin, piano, flute, and cello students playing everything from Twinkle to Polish Dance.  Everyone played beautifully in spite of three cases of missing music, one case of missing shoes, one missing violin, and a sudden conflict between football and the recital!  Two more next weekend.. wish us luck!