With the recital getting closer, it’s more important than ever to keep up your daily practice. This is just when your piece is getting good, and should be becoming more fun to play! Keep giving it the attention that has brought you this far. Now, focus on performing your music. What are your favorite parts? A beautiful melody? A surprising change? A lively rhythm? Make sure your audience can hear what you love about your piece. Bring out those moments with the expression we h

When we ask our students to focus, we mean more than paying attention to the notes, counting correctly, and remembering where their fingers go. We also mean really listening to what they are playing. But focus can sometimes become too narrow. Have you ever concentrated so hard on counting that you forgot which note came next? Or worked so carefully on the notes that you stopped noticing the rhythm? You were paying attention, but one detail took up so much of your attention th

Our rehearsal is coming up on November 15, followed by our recital on November 17, and there is one thing I want all our performers to remember: practice, practice, practice - every single day!

At Allegro Piano Studios, we are exploring a musical theater workshop for summer 2027. The idea is to bring singing, acting, and movement together in a welcoming setting where children can enjoy making music and telling a story.

Scales and arpeggios are a familiar part of piano practice, but children may not immediately understand how these patterns connect to the pieces they love to play. Arpeggios have a great deal to offer! They help students understand harmony, read music more fluently, and develop the coordination that makes playing feel easier. An arpeggio is a chord whose notes are played one after another. For example, the notes of a C major chord are C, E, and G. Played together, they form a

Long before music appeared neatly on five lines, it lived in voices, bodies, memory, and shared traditions. In this year's group lessons, Allegro students will explore how people gradually developed ways to preserve sound on paper-and how those early ideas became the musical notation children read today. A few points to highlight: Understanding why notes, staffs, clefs, and rhythms developed makes music reading feel meaningful rather than like a collection of arbitrary rule

Recital season came sooner than we expected this year. Our venue, the Elks Club, was unable to give us a December date, so we selected the next best option: November 17, the week before Thanksgiving. Over the next several weeks, we will make sure that every student receives an appropriate recital piece and has plenty of help preparing it. Students in Play a Song, Sing a Song, along with our newer beginners, generally perform pieces that are shorter and simpler to learn. If yo

As of tomorrow 8/22/25, we are officially entering ABRSM Practical Season, where students will have face to face exams with experts who...

There is a flurry of extra activity in the studio this week as five students put finishing touches on their ABRSM Performance Exam...

We are winding down our summer season, with ongoing workshops in Solfeggio, Aural and Sightreading. All have been well attended and the...