December 13, 2024: Friday Medley!
Happy Friday
A warm and spirited Congratulations and Thank You to all our wonderful winter performers and their marvelous teachers!
We successfully completed four recitals over two days and two venues (November 27 in Laguna Hills, and December 8 in Mission Viejo). Almost 80 students and teachers performed for us!
Thank you, Miss Suzanne, for all your organization, preparation, coordination, and artwork (on top of your teaching). Thank you, Mr. Daniel and Mr. Denny, for helping with equipment, setup, and tear down.
Thank you La Londe family for recruiting and coordinating our FSP team, and for providing the fun game at the last recital. Riyaan and Ishaan did such a great job creating and running the game!
Thank you families who provided and put together gift bags - Mun Family, Akbari Family, Jump Family, and Lay Family. Thank you, Yasna and Jennifer, for taking pictures.
Thank you, Grace, for so much help in so many different ways! And thank you, everyone, who participated and contributed to help make our recitals a success!
If families have photos you can send me, I always appreciate it very much!
It is such a joy to watch all your performances!
New Make-up Lesson Dates Available
Click here to request a make-up lesson for missed lessons or classes:
https://www.lagunaniguelschoolofmusic.com/request-a-makeup-music-lesson
Off-Weeks
Our scheduled off-days over the holidays run from Monday, December 23, 2024 to Thursday, January 2, 2025.
No regular lessons during this period. Lessons resume on Friday, January 3, 2025. (Remember, scheduled off-days are built into the school calendar and are not missed lessons, therefore are not lessons to make up.)
Happy Holidays!
Christmas and Holiday Wrapping Paper
We have some Christmas and other types of wrapping paper and various supplies in the arts and crafts section waiting area in Suite 108. Feel free to use the wrapping paper, tape, etc. to wrap some presents while you are hanging out between or during lessons!
Theme Recital (“Sets of Music”) - January 10, 2025
On Friday, January 10, 2025, we are hosting our first Theme Recital (“Sets of Music”). Please see below for more information. To request to sign up for this recital, please complete this form online here:
https://www.dennisfraynemusicstudio.com/studio-recital-sign-up-request
Theme Recital (“Sets of Music”)
Friday, January 10, 2025, 4:30 pm & 5:45 pm
Chamber Music OC, Lake Forest
Remember, recitals are one of the best ways to enjoy the music students are learning. Making music with other musicians and for a friendly audience offers many personal rewards and satisfactions, and encourages students to prepare, plan, and practice!
Recognizing Student Accomplishment
Learning music and making music produce their own personal rewards and satisfactions. And, it is also fun and encouraging to celebrate student achievement in other fun and meaningful ways. Here are several things we are already doing and will soon start doing.
Stickers - everyone loves stickers! Even many of our older students and adults enjoy stickers to celebrate little accomplishments and recognize achievements!
Prize Tickets - students earn a prize ticket when they perform a new song or piece of music from memory for the first time. Prize tickets can be redeemed for actual prizes at weekly Forums.
Recital certificates and awards - in addition to the rewards that come from musical performance and music-making with other musicians, students receive certificates and potentially other awards and goodies when they perform in recitals.
Student of the Month - each month we select a Student of the Month. This honor is awarded to deserving students who accomplish something unique, reach an important milestone, or demonstrate musicianship and learning. Students are featured in our monthly newsletter, and receive a handsome framed certificate with their name and photo.
Musical Ladder - students will earn a step on the ladder, along with a gift or award, as they progress on their musical journey over time. This is coming in January, 2025!
Certificate of Merit and RCM Exams - these are programs sponsored by other music organizations that we participate in and students can join. Please email for more information if you are interested.
More information about each of these programs will follow in subsequent communications.
CPT Represents!
Our next CPT performance will be this Sunday, 12/15/24, 2:00pm, at Capistrano Senior Living in San Juan Capistrano.
Destination Recital - SAVE THE DATE!
Our first destination recital will be a day trip to the Los Angeles or San Diego area on Saturday, May 10, 2025. Save the date for now, and we will be sending more information and an opportunity to sign up soon.
FSP
Our Families Support Performers program is shaping up, and we appreciate the families who have signed up to help out at our studio recitals so far! You can sign up for upcoming recitals here:
https://forms.gle/kiERAk8rmRuqREus8
Forum is coming in January, 2025! What is forum?
Forum is a weekly practice-performance opportunity for students. At no additional charge, students can attend forum with a group of other students and families, and practice their performance pieces in front of a small audience.
Benefits of forum include:
1. Regular performance practice.
2. Encouraging students to practice during the week to prepare for forum, in addition to lessons and recitals.
3. Helping students to become more and more comfortable performing in front of others.
4. Providing an opportunity for students to collaborate (for example, playing duets, trios, quartets, accompaniments, combos, and even musical theater numbers, dances, or skits).
5. Keeping music more purposeful and meaningful in students’ lives. Students can make music, perform, and entertain, and experience more frequently the rewards of this real music-making.
6. Providing an additional social aspect to music learning.
7. Offering exceptional value to students and families.
Forums will take place Friday evenings, Saturday mornings, and Sunday afternoons. There will be two 30-minute sets, back-to-back. Participating students must agree to stay for the whole 30 minutes of a set, and they can optionally stay for both sets.
Have a magical Friday, a musical weekend, and a wonderful holiday season!
Thank you,
Dennis Frayne
"Dr. Dennis"
Laguna Niguel School of Music
Dennis Frayne Music Studios
30110 Crown Valley Pkwy, Suites 105/107/108
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
(949) 844-9051 (office cell)
(949) 468-8040 (personal cell)
www.lagunaniguelschoolofmusic.com
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