Lots of great music and outstanding performances!
Drive By 
Practice Strategies 
here we come!
 Piano Partners all smiles with their Ensemble certificates.
2017 MWA Spring Musicale   
PMTA 65th Piano Ensemble

HAVE YOU ENROLLED?

May flowers bring End-of-School Musicales 

MWA website ready for enrollment....
May 21, 22, 23 and 24

MWA Re-Enrollment - Summer and Fall 

Summer and Fall Re-Enrollment begins now!   

 The MWA Summer Session begins Monday, June 5 and ends on Saturday, August 12.  Enrollment can be done with on-line submission, or 
 you may pick up forms in the studio and return to your instructor.

BEFORE COMPLETING THE SUMMER FORM,
visit the MWA Website calendar to check
when your preferred instructor is available for summer lessons. 

Scroll over to June.  
By clicking on the instructor name, 
you can copy this information to your own calendar!

Studio Policy 

One Time Studio Policy 
No yearly signature required!

One Time On-Line Submission
Summer Session
Summer Session
June 5 - August 12
 

Fall Schedule begins on Monday, August 14
PRELUDE Spring Semester

PRELUDE 2017 Facts and Forms


Eighteen classes of ShiningStars and LeapFrogs
New 76-note Yamaha keyboards 
New 'daisy chain', kid-proof earphones for classes..... great for the instructors

Enrollment form for current ShiningStar summer classes is available
Enrollment form for LeapFrog summer lessons* is available 
 Current students please submit a PRELUDE Studio Policy 

*Kindergarten and 1st grade students 
enroll in a partner or private lessons format during the Summer Session. 

In the fall, 1st graders / to-be-2nd graders will enroll in MWA Fall Lessons.
Kindergarten / to-be 1st graders will enroll in Prelude Fall Classes.
The Science of Practice 


The six practice strategies come directly from the cognitive psychological scientists at  LearningScientists.org


Take a few minutes to learn about these six strategies, originally developed for classroom use,  at the  Parent Resource page on the MWA website.... 
Leila Viss of 88PianoKeys has attached images to these strategies and we have reworked the Learning Strategies words to be more 'memorable'.  
MWA has created a chart and stickers to coordinate with these Learning Strategies 
which we will be implementing in the studio.


CALLING ALL PARENTS!

MWA will introduce one Studio Practice Strategy each week. We encourage you, as parents, to implement this same Learning Strategy into school homework assignments in a coordinated effort with piano practice!   

Students will receive a Practice Strategy Chart. Each Strategy has a descriptive sticker. When your student comes home with a Studio Study Sticker,  you will know that he/she demonstrated understanding this Practice Strategy at the lesson and returned the following week with at least two examples of at-home application of that week's Practice Strategy.

A Practice Strategy Sticker 
earns $5.00  of  MWA Music Money!  
Earn all six Strategy Stickers for a $10 bonus!


Week of March 27
Retrieval -
"DIG A RUT"

"Practice bringing information to mind without the help of materials."

Repetition of a piece "DIGS A RUT" in the memory bank. To dig the rut deeper, put the book away and see how much can be recalled without looking. Memorization strategies give students confidence and reduce anxiety. 
MWA 2017-18 Tuition Schedule
First Rate Increase Since 2011

MWA will implement a tuition increase starting June 1 with the 2017  Summer Session.

  • Private 30-minute lessons have been increased from $130/month to $136.50/month, which translates to $61.75 per academic school year per student.
  • Partner 40-minute lessons have been increased from $120/month to $126/month or $57 per academic school year/student.
  • The Annual Piano Lab Fee remains the same.
    • Three or more piano students enrolled in lessons at MWA?  You will be excited to learn that we will waive one annual lab fee per family....making your tuition decrease this year!
For a complete listing of all tuition rates, 
please visit the 2017-18 Tuition Schedule on the MWA website.
Music Sales at MWA

Delinquent Tuition = No New Music Issued
 
No music will be distributed t o those students whose account is past-due by more than one month. Music will be handed out when tuition is current.
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