What will your teacher challenge you to do E V E R Y day in the month of February? Complete your task each day and note it on the calendar to share with your teacher at lessons each week. At the end of the month, if you have successfully…
You Can’t Motivate Your Child – An Online Parent Talk with Karen Gerelus
Join ESPS teachers and parents in our online workshop, featuring Karen Gerelus, on Sunday, January 24 @ 1:30 pm There are so many presentations, blog posts, podcasts, and books promising to teach parents how to motivate their children to practice a musical instrument. The research shows that parents can’t actually…
Congratulations Volume 7 Graduate Samuel Heintzman
ESPS congratulates Samuel Heintzman, who has completed his studies of the Suzuki piano repertoire and graduated from the Suzuki piano program at a virtual performance on Sunday November 29, 2020. A student of Nancy Thornhill, Sam’s virtual concert featured works by Bach, Mozart, Debussy, and Bartok. He also performed a…
Congratulations Graduates!
Upon completion of each volume of the Suzuki repertoire, ESPS students perform three pieces from their graduating volume in a graduation concert. ESPS celebrated our most recent graduates in several small concerts at Alberta College Conservatory of Music’s Muttart Hall. Congratulations to all of these graduating students: Volume 1 Anastasia…
The Differences Between Suzuki Piano and RCM Lessons: A Parent Perspective
By Melanie Bodnar In the current uncertainties of our world, it is reassuring to be able to hold onto the certainties that we do have. It is a privilege to be able to hold up the Suzuki philosophy and method as an example of a strong foothold for our children’s…
2020 Annual General Meeting
Parents of ESPS students are members of Edmonton Suzuki Piano School and are invited to attend our Annual General Meeting on Tuesday September 22, 2020 at 7:45 PM. As a not-for-profit society, ESPS will report on activities and present its financial statements to the membership. In this era of COVID-19, this…
In-Person Lesson Agreement
For those families wishing to resume in-person lessons in the 2020/2021 school term, this waiver must be completed and signed before lessons can begin. It outlines the inherent risk of participating in in-person lessons during this pandemic and, along with direction from the ESPS which will be emailed or posted…
Welcome (Back) to a New Year at Edmonton Suzuki Piano!
We hope you have enjoyed a wonderful summer break with plenty of time to relax and regroup before the busy-ness of fall and regular life resumes! We are looking forward to welcoming our new and returning students to Edmonton Suzuki Piano this fall. It will be wonderful to see the…
We’re Accepting New Students for the 2020-21 Term!
The Edmonton Suzuki Piano School provides musical development to students, parents and teachers, following the Suzuki Method. We seek to create a learning community, which embraces excellence and nurtures the human spirit. For more than forty years, Edmonton Suzuki Piano School and its teachers has offered individual and group lesson programming,…
June 2020 Graduation Concerts
Graduation concerts celebrate the musical accomplishments of ESPS students when they complete a volume of repertoire. The determination and tenacity of our students was evident this June as we celebrated a near record number of graduates, despite COVID-19 and the shift to virtual lessons. Each student performs three pieces at…