Tuesday, July 18, 2017 by Alison Stevens | Uncategorized

The first day is under our belts and it went GREAT!  

Today, we discussed:

• Inspiration - what things inspire you?
• The four elements of duration, timbre, pitch and dynamics and how to use them to convey an idea, a word picture, an emotion or a sound through music
• Motive's and Themes in music, and we did some listening to a few classics to find  them.  We even had a student volunteer to play one of the for us!  Woohoo!
• Proper notation - how to write a note on the staff - note heads and stems, length and direction of stems, spacing within a measure and more

And, we had creative time to put these things into practice by choosing an inspiration and writing a motive or a theme using the elements of music we discussed to communicate that theme on the piano.

WHEW!!!  That's a lot!!  

For tomorrow:

• If you have an iPad or tablet you can download the free version of garage band on, do it and bring it!  Headphones, too :)
• Bring a snack
• Come ready for another day of learning, creating and fun!!!

See you in the morning 9:00am SHARP!  

Rich & Alison

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Friday, June 9, 2017 by Alison Stevens | Uncategorized

SMS families and friends,

We are excited to announce a brand new summer camp offering!

Finding Your Voice-a summer voice camp for young worshippers and aspiring singers.

When:  June 19-23, 9-noon

Cost: $100 for the week (current students receive a 20% discount!)

This camp will include scripture verse study-discovering what God has to say about who we are in Christ, about singing and about worship; learning and leading worship songs; performance/stage presence training; singing basics; some fun karaoke time and group vocal work.

We will send out another email with a link when registration opens this weekend.

Space is limited-we would love to have your kiddos there!

Rich & Alison

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Saturday, June 3, 2017 by Alison Stevens | Uncategorized

Parents, students & friends,

Please join us for a different kind of Family Music Night on Sunday, June 11 in Crocket Park.  The Nashville Symphony's Concert in the Park summer series will be performing that evening at 7pm at the Crockett Park Amphitheater.    

We will provide bottled water and snacks for the concert.  Bring a blanket, a picnic dinner and your appreciation for classical music and join us for a fun, enriching and very different Stevens' Music Studio Family Music Night!   We will meet at 6pm for those who wish to picnic before the concert.

For more information on the concert: https://www.nashvillesymphony.org/tickets/concert/2017-FREE-Community-Concert-Crockett-Park-Brentwood

Please respond to this email if you will be joining us!

Looking forward to a great night-

Rich and Alison

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