February 28, 2025: Friday Medley
Happy Friday!
Many Performance Opportunities!
Performing music for others should be enjoyable and rewarding experiences.
We hold frequent recitals and provide many performance opportunities in order to help make performing music for others easier and less stressful. Sometimes, we want to show off a big accomplishment - like a piano piece we have worked on for a long time and perfected. But we don’t have to do that! Other times, we can show the audience what we are working on, perhaps part of a piece that is not yet fully learned. And we can perform some pieces more than once — the way professionals do!
In this way, we help music students reduce performance anxiety and the feeling that playing the piano or performing music in front of an audience is an all-or-nothing, succeed-or-fail activity — like high-stakes testing in general education! It’s not — it’s making music together! Even with this more nurturing philosophy about recitals and performances, we can still work hard on perfecting some pieces and preparing for exams, auditions, and competitions. This is for those who want to — it’s not for everyone!
Each student can be the performer they want to be! And each student is free to grow and evolve, set new goals, and change over time!
Here are some upcoming performance opportunities:
Monthly Forum - Practice Performing for a Friendly & Supportive Audience
Our next monthly Forums are here! They take place the first Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of each month. This month, Saturday is March 1, so it is our first Forum of the month. Then we have Sunday, March 2, and Friday, March 7. Here are the times:
Saturday, March 1, 2025, 8:15am and 8:45am
Sunday, March 2, 2025, 5:00pm and 5:30pm
Friday, March 7, 2025, 7:30pm and 8:00pm
Themed Recital #2
“Songs of the Irish and Springtime”
When: Friday, March 14, 2025
Where: Chamber Music OC in Lake Forest, CA
This theme recital springs from our studio-wide theme for the season!
Students wishing to participate in this recital are encouraged to strive to meet the following objectives:
Play more than one song or piece (2 or more, no limit);
Play everything from memory (no books or music sheets);
Play at least one song or piece that is related to or expresses the theme;
Wear green to the recital!
This Theme Recital is filling up and only has spots remaining in the 4:30pm performance. Spots are limited due to strict time constraints at the recital venue. To request to participate in this theme recital, please use this form:
https://www.dennisfraynemusicstudio.com/theme-recital-sign-up-request
Studio Recital
Our next studio recital set is coming just before Easter on April 14 and 15, 2025, Monday and Tuesday afternoons and evenings. Families are signing up! To request to participate in this studio recital, please use this form:
https://www.dennisfraynemusicstudio.com/studio-recital-sign-up-request
Destination Recital
Our first destination recital will be a day trip on Saturday, May 10, 2025, to Poway in San Diego County. We will be performing at the beautiful Temple Adat Shalom on Saturday, May 10, 2025. at 1:00pm. Our trip will include a visit to the Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad. To request to participate in this destination recital, please use this form:
https://www.dennisfraynemusicstudio.com/destination-recital-sign-up-request
CPT Shares Music with Others!
Our next CPT performance is Sunday, 3/16/25, 2:00pm, at Palm Terrace Healthcare & Rehab Center in Laguna Hills. Music student performers give back to our communities by sharing music with people in need of activities and connection, while gaining performance experience!
The Solo Recital for Family & Friends
Consider preparing, producing, performing, and preserving a solo or small group recital for family & friends!
The goal is to perform a solo or small group recital (either by yourself or with a sibling or a friend) for family and friends. The recital can be in your home or any place you wish, and the audience can be any size and include any number of people (and pets)!
Click below for more information, ideas, suggestions, and project instructions.
https://www.dennisfraynemusicstudio.com/music-solo-recitals-for-family-and-friends
Studio Calendar
Planning ahead? Our studio calendar is online, and we try to keep it updated months in advance. Here is the link:
https://www.dennisfraynemusicstudio.com/calendar
Musical Ladder Coming Soon!
Another program we will begin offering this year is the Musical Ladder System. This program will reward students with certificates, wrist bands, and trophies based on certain longevity and milestone achievements along their musical journey and development. More information is coming soon!
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Have a magical Friday, a musical weekend,
and a safe, happy, and healthy coming week.
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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