Sunday, March 13, 2022 by Nina Belle Durr | Uncategorized

March 13, 2022

Well, the recital and festival are history and soon we will have spring break.  After spring break we will be working on preparing May Review pieces!  Each student should begin choosing his/her 5 pieces (actually, I will begin helping you this week to choose one of them, because it will be your May Recital piece).  All of the pieces except the May Recital piece can be pieces you have already learned, memorized and performed since September, 2021.  But you can also choose other pieces.  Each lesson in April we will work on those pieces to get them in shape so that by May 1st, you will be ready for me to record you playing them from memory in the studio at your lesson.  Once you have successfully performed and recorded all 5 pieces, you will be on the list to receive your May Review Award.

This Award has been a staple in my studio since I began teaching in Louisville while in graduate school.  I got the idea from a Louisville teacher I admired and kept it going in Georgetown.  Students all over Georgetown and Scott County have been earning their May Review Awards since I moved here in 1981!  I always look forward to helping you learn and relearn the music and recording you.  Start thinking about your pieces this week!