MATT Parents Home Practice Tips

Tips for success:

  • Set a regular time to practice most weekdays

  • Let your child choose from 2 or 3 time suggestions

  • Stick with a routine - it becomes a habit and leads to progress

  • Parents should practice with their child, reminding them of what took place in class

  • Check the blog for the weekly homework goals

  • Focus the effort: Write specific homework goals on a chart

    • Practice each goal on the chart and check off when done

    • Repeat each item a number of times for muscle learning of skills/hand-eye coordination

    • Be fair: if you say 5 times, or 15 min. stick to the promise

  • Reading music: Use a pencil to point at each note. This focuses their attention and helps both of you to learn

  • Reward each small step with comments that relate to the goal (good bow grip/nice sound/straight bow/correct reading of notes/full bow, etc.)

  • Verbally Express YOUR JOY in YOUR CHILD'S MUSIC: "I like that song", "I am proud of you" "This is such a special time together" "You are making great progress on your reading"

September 19 & September 20

Beginner 1A + 1B

There are several tips and advice that can help maintain instruments in good condition. Here are some recommendations:

  • Proper storage: Ensure that the instrument is stored in a safe and suitable environment.

  • Keep it away from extreme temperatures, humidity, direct sunlight, and any potential hazards that could cause damage.

Intermediate 1A

  • Let it go music

    • Please practice the first 2 lines

  • Next week will play more lines with dynamics

Music classes can be a transformative experience for individuals, allowing them to explore their creativity, develop new skills, and appreciate the beauty of music.

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MATT'S CLASS TIMES FOR 2023-2024

TUESDAYS

Beginner 1A: 5:00 to 5:30pm

Intermediate 1A: 5:45 to 6:30pm

Advanced: 6:45 to 7:45pm

WEDNESDAYS

Beginner 1B: 5:00 to 5:30pm

Intermediate 1B: 5:45 to 6:30pm

Toscanini: 6:45 to 7:30pm

As we approach the start of the new MATT year, we wanted to send you a friendly reminder to submit a registration form for each student. To complete the registration process please click the link below:


Registration Form:  MATT Registration Form 2023-2024

E-transfer: aghadir@musicatthetowers.ca

The schedule for this year's class is provided below. Within the registration form, you'll find a section dedicated to specifying your preferred timeslot. To determine which level your child will be entering in September kindly refer to the certificate your child received in June. A Certificate of Achievement signifies that that student will be progressing to the next level (Beginner -> Intermediate -> Toscanini -> Advanced). On the other hand, a Certificate of Attendance indicates that the student will continue at the same level as last year. All first-year Advanced students are required to audition again this year for the Advanced class. 

WELCOME BACK

๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐ซ MATT ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ,

๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐Œ๐€๐“๐“! ๐ˆ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐š๐ ๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ. ๐ˆ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฎ๐ฌ. ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ˆ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ. ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ง ๐ž๐ฑ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ. ๐€๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐š๐ซ๐ค ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ, ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ, ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ. ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐Ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง, ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐€๐ญ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐“๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ,

๐•ฌ๐–—๐–™๐–Ž๐–˜๐–™๐–Ž๐–ˆ ๐–‰๐–Ž๐–—๐–Š๐–ˆ๐–™๐–”๐–—

Amir khouri

Violin and Viola and cello Audition Requirements for Advanced Class - Music Sheet Details

Welcome to our blog post outlining the music sheet requirements for the upcoming violin and viola auditions for the advanced class. Whether you're a passionate violinist or a skilled viola player, this guide will provide you with the necessary information to prepare for the audition. We wish all the participants the best of luck in their musical journey.


Violin Requirements:

  1. Two Octave Major Scales and Arpeggios:

    Violinists should prepare and perform one scale from the two-octave major scales and arpeggios during the audition. This will demonstrate your technical proficiency and command over the instrument.

  2. Technique Scale: Additionally, you are required to play one technique scale. This will allow the judges to evaluate your mastery of specific violin techniques,

  3. Vivaldi's Concerto in A Minor: For your solo performance:

    please prepare and perform any page from Vivaldi's Concerto in A Minor. This concerto will showcase your interpretative skills and musicality.


Viola Requirements:

  1. G Major Scale in 3rd Position OR F Major Scale in 2nd Position: Viola players should choose between performing the G Major scale in 3rd position or the F Major scale in 2nd position. This will test your familiarity with different positions on the viola.

  2. Two Lines from "The Fair Isle" Study: You are required to play two lines from "The Fair Isle" study. This piece will demonstrate your ability to execute technical passages and showcase your command over the instrument.

  3. Cradle Song OR The Fortune Teller: For your solo performance, please prepare and perform either "Cradle Song" or "The Fortune Teller." Both pieces offer unique challenges and opportunities for you to showcase your musicality and expression on the viola.

General Requirement for All Participants: All participants, regardless of their instrument, will be asked to play one line from a piece they have never seen before for sight-reading. This exercise evaluates your ability to read and interpret music on the spot, an essential skill for any musician.

Conclusion: We hope this blog post has provided you with a clear understanding of the music sheet requirements for the upcoming violin and viola auditions for the advanced class. Remember to practice diligently and showcase your skills with confidence during the audition. We wish all participants good luck and encourage you to embrace this opportunity to express your musicality.

For cello music it will be available soon

Please check directly with youโ€™r private teacher

All Best

Artistics director

Amir khouri

Dress Rehearsal + End-of-Year Concert + Pool Party

Dress Rehearsal

Date: Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Location: Holland Christian Homes - 7900 McLaughlin Rd, Brampton, ON L6Y 5A7

What to bring: Instrument, music stand, music folder with concert pieces

Schedule:

  • 4:50 pm - Beginners arrive

  • 5:20 - 5:35 pm - Beginnerโ€™s Practice Session

  • 5:35 pm - ALL STUDENTS ARRIVE (tuning + seated)

  • 5:50 -6:20 pm - Pink Panther

  • 6:20 pm - Beginners leave

  • 6:30 - 6:40 pm -Toscanini

  • 6:45-7:00 pm - Intermediate 1

  • 7:05-7:25 pm - Advanced

  • 7:25 -7:30 pm - Cleanup

End-of-Year Concert

Date: Friday, June 9, 2023 (6:30-8:30 pm)

Location: Holland Christian Homes - 7900 McLaughlin Rd, Brampton, ON L6Y 5A7

What to bring: Instrument, music stand, music folder with concert pieces, potluck contribution

What to wear: MATT T-shirt, dress pants, and dress shoes

Schedule:

  • 6:30 pm - Advanced, Toscanini Intermediate students arrive promptly for tuning

  • 6:40 pm - Beginners arrive promptly for tuning

  • 6:50 pm - All Students are tuned and seated; guests receive the concert program

  • 7:00 - 7:05 pm - Concert begins at 7:00 sharp

  • 7:05 -7:10 pm - Advanced Class

    • Together in Music

  • 7:10 - 7:20 pm - Toscanini Class

    • Symphony No. 5

    • Game of Thrones

  • 7:20 - 7:30 pm - Intermediate 1

    • March from Scipio

    • Water Music Dance

  • 7:30 - 7:40 pm - All Beginner Classes

    • D scale

    • Twinkle Twinkle

    • Long long ago

  • 7:40 - 7:50 pm - Advanced

    • Star Wars

    • Jupiter

    • Tango

  • 7:50 - 7:55 pm - Teacher Performance

  • 7:55- 8:05 pm - Finale: Pink Panther

  • 8:05 - 8:25 pm - Special Guest Performance

  • 8:25 - 8:30 pm - Closing Remarks

Awards Ceremony & Pool Party

Date: Tuesday, June 13, 2023 (4:00 - 6:00 pm)

Location: Brampton Towers Party Room - 85 Charolais Boulevard, Brampton, ON L6Y 4E5

Additional Comments: If your child would like to swim from 4-5 pm, you MUST be there to supervise despite a lifeguard being present.

Schedule:

  • 4:00-5:00 pm - Pool Party

  • 5:00 - 6:00 pm - Awards Ceremony

MATT CLASS LOCATON

The Brampton Towers (Steeles and Hurontario)

85 Charolais Blvd. Brampton, ON L6Y 4E5

Brampton Towers Party Room

Tel: 905.497.2220