Lab Monitors 2017-18
A great team this year!

WELCOME 
to the MWA 2017-18 
Academic School Year
GO BAROQUE!
 and win extra
MWA Award Points
Welcome Back to MWA and Fall Lessons!  
As we begin our 2017-18 Academic School Year, students have been busy during the summer preparing for upcoming events.  Oldies but Goodies for our Back-To-School October Raffle; Historical Literature for the PMTA Fall Festival as well as Halloween music.... all will be part of the repertoire at our MWA October Musicale.
2017-18 Academic School Year schedule
for MWA Lessons begins August 14 - 21

PRELUDE Fall Semester begins
August 21 - 28

! Please notify the studio ASAP 
if your fall lesson time or day needs rescheduling !

Email Director@musicworksacademy.com or call the studio at 602-264-5188 
with your questions or scheduling concerns.
October Musicales and Back-To-School Raffle

MWA October Musicales  
October 8, 9, 10 and 11



All students - young and old... instrumentalists , guitar players, pianists, 
-   are invited to share their favorite Oldies but Goodies.

Each song is worth one ticket for the Back-To-School Raffle Box. 


Four drawings take place during Musicale week. 

The Winner of the Day is announced at the last musicale.
 
Parking at MWA


Thanks to everyone 

for parking in the church lot 

when you come to MWA!

Meet our Piano Tech-Time Monitors 

   
    Lab Monitors
WELCOME to our Tech-Time Lab Monitors!

MONDAY:  Maddy Pennell - Arizona School for the Arts
TUESDAY:  Parker Horejs - Arizona School for the Arts
WEDNESDAY:  Sophie Balliet - Metro Tech
THURSDAY: Orson Westberg - Arizona State University   
FRIDAY:  Luther Wasbotten - Madison No. 1
and Eva Lindsay - Great Hearts
SUBSTITUTES:  Ana Masley - Arizona School for the Arts and Trinity Gaskins - Valley Lutheran High School


PRELUDE 2017 Fall Classes
PRELUDE 2017 Fall Semester

Calling all Frogs and Stars!  

We have a great group 

of young musicians who will be starting their fall classes 

the week of August 21. 

 

  •  There are a few slots remaining.
  •  If you have friends interested in piano classes for young musicians, we appreciate your referrals!  
  • Fall Registration Forms  - scroll down to the frog - are located on the  PRELUDE page.
  • MWA Award System 2017-18

    ANNOUNCING

    New Award System for 2017-18

                • Students earn lesson points each week
                • Six color categories
              • 20 boxes per color category
              • One box =1 point
                • 100 points = $5 Gift Card of choice
                • Awards are given when earned
    How to earn points? 
    1. Bring ALL current materials
    2. Track home practice
    3. Show Improvement = Be Prepared! 
    4. Display good behavior = Initiative and Respect
    5. Extra Special Effort...teacher's discretion
     

    DRIVE BY PracticeStrategy
    BONUS 

    Lab Awards - includes special projects and studio themes
    Completed Lab Unit = 100 points
    Individual Studio Projects or Themes  = points vary per project/theme
    Practice
    Practice Makes Perfect
    Charts, Ribbons and Pins

    How to help your student find a routine for homework and practice.  

    Read our Parent Tips to help you and your student(s) get back into the swing of school, music lessons and..........practice! 

    Practice Ribbons
    Practice Charts  promote motivation.  Assignment sheet with recorded practice AND parent signature earns a weekly point for the MWA Award Chart.  

    • Five recorded weeks of practice earns a Practice Ribbon 
    • Four Practice Ribbons (twenty weeks) earns a Practice Pin.
    PracticePin
    Practice Pin

    Go Baroque
    Go Baroque TaskList

    Go Baroque with MWA this Fall Semester! 

    Students participating in the Fall Festival are required to play one selection from the Baroque Period.  Those students will spend time learning about this historical period in music. Fourteen tasks on the Go Baroque TaskList will earn them MWA Points for award points toward a Gift Card...Starbucks, Harkins, Creamistry, Dairy Queen, and more!  All students Grades 4+ are welcome to participate in this music history adventure with Bach, Scarlatti, Handel, Vivaldi and more....Fall Festival participation is NOT mandatory.

    Ornamentation...a shorthand for written notation... is prevalent in this stylistic time period from 1685-1750.  Here are some of the more familiar 'decorations' found in Baroque music.

    The inverted mordent tells the performer to play the note one-half step below the note in the music. Listen for the inverted mordent in this well-known piece by Bach - the first three notes of this famous "Halloween" Toccata in D-minor.

    What about a turn on a note?  The performer adds the 'upper neighbor' and the 'lower neighbor' notes to those written in the music.

    A trill starts on the 'upper neighbor' in the Baroque period.
     
    PMTA Fall Festival 2017

    PMTA 2017 Fall Festival: "Historical Literature .."

    MWA Registration Deadline is September 15

    Piano students are busy learning and playing piano literature this summer.  Those who wish to participate in the PMTA 2017 Fall Festival will be ready for this October event!

    The 2017 Fall Festival and Competition will be held on Saturday, October 21 at Glendale Community College.  The Gold Medal Recital will be on Sunday,   October 22 at the GCC Performing Arts Center.

    For more information about this event, check out our website Events page.