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January Newsletter

How To Set Musical Goals For The New Year

The fresh start of a new year is the perfect time to think about your goals with music. Having clear musical goals means you progress much faster. 

Once your mind knows its goal, it will be able to work on achieving that goal. I am not saying all you need to do is have a goal and not practice here by the way! I am saying that having a clear goal and smaller targets to achieve as steps means more effective practice for you. Your mind will find how to practice efficiently and keep you focused on your targets. 

Having clear musical goals helps you achieve what you want to from your music, whether that is playing on a huge stage to tens of thousands of rock fans, performing as a soloist with an
orchestra in one of the world’s great concert venues, playing in your
local church, teaching, taking the lead role in the next school play... whatever your aspirations, you have a much greater chance of achieving them if you turn them into clear goals.


Be aware of what you stand to gain and lose through working towards and achieving your goal. It is important to think consciously about this as your unconscious will already have thought about it! Better to have these things out in the open as far as your mind is concerned!

Once you have done this you find it much easier to achieve your long term goals... in life as well as music!
Where do you want to be in 10 years time with your music? 
How about in 5 years time? or 5 months time? Where are you aiming to be in 5 weeks time? Do these goals fall in line with each other? Take some time to think about your musical goals. Discuss them with your teacher and parents.   It takes approximately 10,000 hours to become an absolute expert at something. That is 10,000 hours to become a top concert pianist for instance. Translated it would mean roughly 3 hours a day for ten years. If your final goal is to be a concert performer you have to start thinking in terms of making this commitment. 

Think about your long term, medium term and short term goals. Planning practice targets for your practice sessions is also very helpful in achieving your goals.

Start today to write some of these thoughts down and you will begin your journey to growth that will pour out into all areas of your life!               

 
Let’s make music this year!  Dawn Elmer, Academy Director
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Join us for the Sticks Song Collection!
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Our Baby/Toddler music classes, Music Together, will be starting a new session in mid-January!
We have 2 classes to choose from: Wednesdays at 10:00 am and Thursdays at 10:00 am.  
Your child will love going for a musical ride with "Ridin' in the Car" and "Trot to Grandma's House" this semester. We'll dance with "Don Alfredo baila," march and scamper with "The Tailor and the Mouse," and go "Pop!" with that good ol' classic weasel! With 23 songs and chants (plus the Hello Song and Goodbye, So Long, Farewell, of course!), you'll have lots of new songs and chants to keep the music going all winter long! Tuition includes a digital download of our Sticks Collection recording (CD optional), a beautiful, child-centric songbook, full of colorful illustrations for each song as well as informative tidbits for grownups. You'll also have access to online resources, such as downloadable songs, bonus activities, music notation, and more!

Important
Dates

Make Up Classes

​Piano
Teacher:  Emily
Saturday, January 14th, 11:30am

Teacher: Candi
Saturday, January 14th, 12:30pm

Teacher: Izzy
Saturday, January 21st, 11:30am

Teacher: Izzy
Saturday, January 21st, 12:30pm

Teacher: Dawn
Saturday, January 28th, 12:30pm

Teacher:  Pamela
Saturday, January 28th, 11:30am

Violin
Teacher: Emily
Saturday, January 14th, 12:30pm 

Teacher: Darian
Saturday, January 21st, 12:30pm

Flute
Teacher: Laura
Saturday, January 14th, 11:00am 

Guitar/Ukulele
Teacher: Suzanne
Saturday, January 14th, 11:30am

Teacher: Steve
Saturday, January 21st, 11:30am

Teacher: Abe
Tuesday, January 31st, 7:00pm

Drums
Teacher: Eric
Saturday, January 21st, 12:30pm

Cello 
Teacher : Grace
Monday, January 23rd, 7:00pm

Voice
Teacher: Katelyn
Saturday, January 21st, 11:30am

Adult Voice
Teacher: Katelyn
Saturday, January 21st, 12:30pm

Adult Violin
Teacher: Darian
Saturday, January 21st, 11:30am

Adult Piano
Teacher: Dawn
Saturday, January 28th, 11:30am
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Welcome New Students!

Ada
Randy
Talan
Lucy
Paula
Nycolle
Athena
​Neveah
What Happens If I Miss My Lesson?
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Student
​Of The Month

Student of the Month
Student of the Month
Everly, Piano
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We are pleased to announce our Post Falls Music Academy student of the month!
Everly is 7 years old and has been studying piano for about 18 months.  She is in the 1st grade at Developing Minds.

Her favorite thing to play is "Jolly 'ol St. Nick".  
His favorite color is blue and she loves to eat pasta. Yum!
When she is not playing violin, Everly likes snow skiing, rubber banding, and gymnastics.
Her teacher, Candi, says: “She has improved the most this year. Everly is fun and has a happy disposition." 
Congratulations Everly for your hard work and awesome attitude!
Musical Ladder Winners

Musical Ladder Winners!

We have a lot of smiling students here!  Post Falls Music Academy is  the only music school  in the Inland Northwest area that gives their students the opportunity to earn special color wristband bracelets, (kids and teens love them!) trophies AND certificates for passing musical tests with the Musical Ladder System®.
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Pet Of The Month  Jojo
This is Jojo. He is a Lapso Opso and is five years old. He’s a service dog that deals with PTSD. He supports the family and recognizes when we are feeling overwhelmed, sad or any discomfort to the entire family. We rescued him in 2017 from a shelter in Monterey, CA. When we saw him he looked just like an Ewok from Star Wars all matted and in need of love and affection. He’s been our life saver. He visits cancer centers and people that need special attention. He’s always up for cuddles and loves to be on your lap to share the love. 

Congratulations to Jojo for being named Pet of the Month!  
His family will receive a $5 gift card to Petco to buy a special treat!
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Do you have a special pet?  Send us an email with a picture and short bio of your pet and you will be entered into our Pet Of The Month Contest:    info@postfallsmusicacademy.com

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