Alison S. Barr Music

The week of Monday, October 14 (Columbus Day) will be our first of three GROUP CLASS weeks for this year.  Group classes are held in place of private lessons for this week.  Occasionally, a private lesson will also be held as a make-up for some other date. Please choose from the classes below for ALL students and also note that ALL private lessons will be held on THURSDAY (October 17) as a make-up in advance for Thanksgiving.

Please go to https://www.alisonbarr.com/calendar/

to see your class options!

Note: You can now register using the MyMusicStaff online sign-up!

At Alison S. Barr Music Associates, we value each and every student as a completely unique individual. The curriculum is custom-tailored for each child or adult’s learning style, pace, strengths and interests, while still striving to promote all the tenets of mastery at the piano. This year, we’ll focus on helping students identify what makes them unique and how that uniqueness comes out in musical expression. This means that repertoire will be chosen with student input in mind. Students will be encouraged to dig deep inside themselves to express their own experience and emotions.

We’ll also continue “Music for Good,” the social action component of our curriculum, where students are asked to offer their music to help brighten and improve their community and the people in it!

Please download the following for exciting and important information as we start off our year! This will also be available in the studio!

You can now reschedule the occasional lesson on-line without emailing!! 

We’ve had such positive feedback so far!  Each parent (one parent her family) has received an email on how to get set up.  You can also download the instruction using the “Download” below!

I know this will help everything flow better and it’s so exciting to know that you have options!

This is going to be an epic year! The theme for the year is “Musical Expression!” What are the myriad ways music expresses who we are and what’s inside us? How do we find the power within ourselves to get to the piano and make every note count?

We have our Recital and H. S. Master Class dates:

Winter Recital: Friday, January 10, 2020 (evening at the James Library)

High School Master Class (required for all High School students) Saturday, May 16, 2020 at 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Spring Recital: Friday, June 12, 2020 (evening at the James Library)

It’s going to be easier than ever to reschedule lesson times due to an occasional conflict! You’ll be hearing about MyMuisicStaff online scheduling. You’ll be able to go online and request a different lesson time, if one is available. More info coming!

I am fresh back from my teaching in Beirut and have lots to share with all of you. I know that you too have had new and exciting experiences this summer! Please email me your summer photos so I can a collage here!

These are my students from YES Academy Lebanon 2019: