Some of the Logan Utah Keyboard Gymnastics dates for this year have changed! See the latest dates below:

Oct 28th - last day to pay for entrance into the Performance Event. $5 per event per student.

November 12th - KG Performance Event/Cache Symphony Concerto Competition ($35 reg. fee), time and place TBA

January 28th - KG Creative Project & Sight-Reading Events, time and place TBA

February 4th - KG Ensemble Event (held in conjunction with the USU YC Monster Concert, 6:00 pm, USU Kent Concert Hall. All participants will receive a score of 8.5 for their ensemble score.

March 24th - KG Performance Event held in conjunction with the Federation Solo event. Time and place TBA

April 14th - KG Performance Event held in conjunction with the USU Piano Festival (for those who did not participate in November and for those who would like a chance to better their performance or ensemble score--no additional fees are charged.) Time and place TBA

April 28th - KG Theory, Ear-Training, and Technic scores due. The theory and ear-training tests are administered in the private teacher's studio. Technic testing is ongoing as the students are ready and the scores are turned in to Kathleen Lloyd at kknpal@hotmail.com.

May 12 - KG Awards Ceremony

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Time for Sight-Reading!

It's time to begin preparing students for our January combined Creative Project/Sight-Reading event.

If you're like me you have your favorite Christmas recital pieces and your not so favorite ones. Get some use out of those not so favorite ones by letting your students take home a book of Christmas tunes to sight-read each week. (Remember, sight-reading should be 2 levels below their actual reading level.) At the lesson, use the Keyboard Gymnastic sight-reading examples to teach them proper sight reading skills. There are 12-24 examples on each level--enough to do at least one a week until our event in January.

Also, the holidays are a great time to have your students sight-read duets at lessons--especially when their practice time is suffering because of all the holiday activities! Playing a duet along with their teacher requires a student to keep going--an essential sight-reading skill. Keep it light and have fun enjoying the music.
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