YEVGENIYA LEPSKAYA'S http://artofmusicschool.us SCHOOL OF MUSIC Sun, 05 Dec 2010 19:19:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The Sonatina Festival http://artofmusicschool.us/2010/12/the-sonatina-festival/ http://artofmusicschool.us/2010/12/the-sonatina-festival/#comments Sun, 05 Dec 2010 19:16:56 +0000 admin http://artofmusicschool.us/?p=585 The Sonatina Festival is scheduled for December 4, 2010. Students, who show enthusiasm and willingness to participate in this event, will be able to play in front of a panel of judges and receive an evaluation and a score upon completion. Please visit.

]]> http://artofmusicschool.us/2010/12/the-sonatina-festival/feed/ 0 Yevgeniya (Jane) Lepskaya’s solo recital http://artofmusicschool.us/2010/12/yevgeniya-jane-lepskaya%e2%80%99s-solo-recital/ http://artofmusicschool.us/2010/12/yevgeniya-jane-lepskaya%e2%80%99s-solo-recital/#comments Sun, 05 Dec 2010 19:16:05 +0000 admin http://artofmusicschool.us/2010/12/yevgeniya-jane-lepskaya%e2%80%99s-solo-recital/ Yevgeniya (Jane) Lepskaya’s solo recital is scheduled for March 12, 2011, Saturday at 5pm. It will be held at PianoForte Studios located at 410 South Michigan Avenue, Room 825, Chicago IL 60605.

For tickets please r.s.v.p to artofmusicschool@yahoo.com

Adults tickets are $35, student tickets are $15.

]]> http://artofmusicschool.us/2010/12/yevgeniya-jane-lepskaya%e2%80%99s-solo-recital/feed/ 0 The students’ Year End Recitals http://artofmusicschool.us/2010/12/580/ http://artofmusicschool.us/2010/12/580/#comments Sun, 05 Dec 2010 19:14:24 +0000 admin http://artofmusicschool.us/?p=580 The students’ Year End Recitals are scheduled for June 4, 2011, Saturday at 5pm and June 11, 2011, Saturday at 5 pm.

The recitals will be held at the PianoForte Studio, located in downtown Chicago, in the Fine Arts Building. The exact address is 410 South Michigan Avenue, Room 825, Chicago IL 60605. To learn more about the Fine Arts Building please visit.

Please fill out the registration form, and submit the form with the $60 payment to secure your spot in the Year End Recitals.

Please follow this link to print the registration form at home.

]]> http://artofmusicschool.us/2010/12/580/feed/ 0 Introducing a new group class for children ages 4-6 http://artofmusicschool.us/2010/12/introducing-a-new-group-class-for-children-ages-4-6-2/ http://artofmusicschool.us/2010/12/introducing-a-new-group-class-for-children-ages-4-6-2/#comments Sun, 05 Dec 2010 19:11:34 +0000 admin http://artofmusicschool.us/?p=577 Introducing a new group class for children ages 4-6

The class is held at Lepskaya’s School of Music on Thursdays, 3:30-4:15 PM.

For more information about the I Can Sing class please visit www.merrymusicmakers.com

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For more information about the I Can Sing class please visit www.merrymusicmakers.com or go to link

]]> http://artofmusicschool.us/2010/10/introducing-a-new-group-class-for-children-ages-4-6/feed/ 0 Making a decision on giving your child music lessons http://artofmusicschool.us/2010/09/making-a-decision-on-giving-your-child-music-lessons/ http://artofmusicschool.us/2010/09/making-a-decision-on-giving-your-child-music-lessons/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:32:14 +0000 admin http://artofmusicschool.us/2010/09/making-a-decision-on-giving-your-child-music-lessons/ Making a decision to give your child private piano, voice, violin or guitar lessons can be a tough task,
considering the resources that need to be invested in the music education.
Most parents in this situation ask themselves one question: does my child have an aptitude for learning
how to play a musical instrument?

There are several ways that can be used to access your child’s musical ability. Here some of the most
important points which a parent should be watching for:

1. A strong emotional response in the child that is listening to music is the first big sign of a
“musical child”. Observing children of a very young age (1-5 year old), attentive parents can notice that their
child becomes happy, bouncy, still, reserved or sad listening to the music of different character (since the
music in itself carries and emotional imprint that humans react to; some to a larger degree and some to a
smaller).

2. The second big sign the parents should be looking for is advanced sensor-motor skills. Here are
some tips that will allow the parents to see if the sensor-motor skills are developed in the child of 4-6 years
old:

• ability to keep the beat and ability to imitate rhythmic patterns;
• ability to imitate a song with their own voice;
• play short segments of a song on a musical instrument without any previous knowledge of that

particular instrument;
• ability to remember songs heard before and being able to recognize it;

3. Finally, parents observing their children performing tasks unrelated to music can notice whether
their child have a tendency to finish the task started, or leave the task half done. For example: completing a
puzzle, performing household chores, learning how to read and be able to finish a story, learning how to
count and persisting in doing so even if the tasks seems to be difficult, etc. The will and commitment in a
small child to finish what they have started will play an extremely important part in the child’s future
musical studies.

I sincerely hope that these few points I made will help the parents to decide whether it is worthwhile to
invest time and money in the musical education of their children.

Source – artofmusicschool.us, by Yevgeniya (Jane) Lepskaya

You may get more info -
Please, fill this form

  1. Does your child like listening to music?
  4. Can your child keep the beat while listening to music (such as clapping, tapping, bouncing to the beat)?
  6. Does your child seem to enjoy completing activities (unrelated to music), regardless of the difficulties encountered in finishing the task?
  8. Can your child recite the alphabet?
  10. Can your child recite the first seven letters of the alphabet backwards? (Such as: A B C D E F G - G F E D C B A)
  12. Can your child imitate simple melodic patterns such as nursery rhymes?
  16. (required)
 

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]]> http://artofmusicschool.us/2010/09/making-a-decision-on-giving-your-child-music-lessons/feed/ 0 Open House will be held on September 11th, 2010 10:00 AM till 12 PM. http://artofmusicschool.us/2010/08/open-house-will-be-held-on-september-11th-2010-1000-am-till-12-pm/ http://artofmusicschool.us/2010/08/open-house-will-be-held-on-september-11th-2010-1000-am-till-12-pm/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:53:38 +0000 admin http://artofmusicschool.us/?p=535 Please join Yevgeniya Lepskaya and Tim Thilleman from the Merry Music Makers for a free demo classes, snacks, ruffles. If you are already a student at Lepskaya’s School of Music, bring your friends and family to the Open House and receive $50 credit towards your tuition when the new students sign up for classes at the Lepskaya’s School of Music.

]]> http://artofmusicschool.us/2010/08/open-house-will-be-held-on-september-11th-2010-1000-am-till-12-pm/feed/ 0 The Dying Art of Classical Music http://artofmusicschool.us/2010/08/the-dying-art-of-classical-music/ http://artofmusicschool.us/2010/08/the-dying-art-of-classical-music/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:50:37 +0000 admin http://artofmusicschool.us/?p=529 The Dying Art of Classical Music, Alita Carbone
There’s one thing many movies, TV shows, social media, and stores have in common: the classical music that is found playing in the background. Whether in a sad scene between two lovers, in the speakers in an elevator, or in an advertisement for a pair of shoes, you’ll find it. It may be subtle, but if you pay close attention, you’ll be able to hear it.
Now although classical music is woven into little parts of everyone’s lifestyle, it is still undeniable that classical music has fallen away from cultural mainstream, taking only a backseat in present media. It’s clear that today’s society is immersed in the growing technological industry and pop culture. Classical music should be a part of the fast-paced population, as it will ensure a well rounded lifestyle and a myriad of mind and spiritual benefits that lead to a healthier, happier being. Classical music’s popularity is slowly dying out, but it is obvious clear that it deserves to be promoted and incorporated throughout the world.
In the past few decades, there has been a large decline in the popularity of classical music. The League of American Orchestras released an analysis showing a continual drop in attendance and sales that began around 1990. The National Endowment for the Arts released information also showing the percentage of Americans who attend classical music performances had declined by thirty percent since 1982. Organizations such as the Chicago Symphony’s tickets sales have shown this decline as well, falling from a full audience in the 1990’s to only filling eighty one to eighty four percent of seats today. Opera houses and symphonies have not been filled, and many major arts organizations throughout the country have been forced to remove staff and artists due to budget cuts and decreasing annual profits.
Studies have shown that classical music provides the listener with a variety of benefits, the first and foremost being the impact of brain development. The brain is by far the most important part of the human body. Classical musical training physically develops the left hemisphere of the brain, as shown by neuroscientists at Harvard Medical School and affects the brain’s organization and abilities through its rhythm and melody. Another study conducted in 1993 by psychologist Frances Rauscher called “Music and Spatial Task Performance” involved 36 college students who listened to 10 minutes of a Mozart sonata before completing several spatial reasoning tasks. The students who had listened to Mozart received higher IQ scores, and created what is now known as the Mozart Effect. The Mozart Effect is the idea that playing classical music will make human beings smarter.
In 1999, officials in Sydney, Australia, implemented Operation Music, where they played classical music and reduced train violence and crime. In 2001, police in West Palm Beach, Florida invested their time and money in installing speakers in an abandoned building in a neighborhood with a high crime rate. Classical music blasted from these speakers 24 hours a day, contributed to a decrease in theft, shootings, and gang drug dealing and violence. Three years later, Police in London, England experimented with a similar technique. Playing classical music for six months in London’s dangerous neighborhoods showed robberies being cut by thirty three percent, vandalism being cut by thirty seven percent and police assaults down by twenty five percent.
Incorporating classical music into any lifestyle is simple. Instead of turning on the Top 40’s radio station, try out a classical music station. For social events, try a new scene such as a symphony concert or opera. Before labeling classical music as boring, try integrating it into your life. For example, listening to soft slow pieces can be used to aid in sleeping while loud fast pieces can be used for energetic moments. It takes little effort to visit a public library and browse through classical music collections, or simply search on the Internet.
Composers layer their work with deep emotional content and technicalities that can be interpreted in many ways. When a piece is played, there is much more than just the black and white notation. Ninety nine percent of the art of a composition is found in its interpretation. “For a composition is, after all, an organism. It is a living, not a static, thing”(Copland 160). The discovered complexity in the piece, exactly like the system of an organism, creates an atmosphere where the music comes alive and tells a story, while at the same time, building intellectual and emotional internalization. Very few arts have this ability to evoke a wide range of emotions and abstract thinking. One can listen to the same piece multiple times and still feel and interpret a different meaning each time. It is a universal language and can be enjoyed by anyone no matter what age, ethnicity, intellectual level, or gender, needing only your ears, emotions, and imagination.
As “The Enjoyment of Music” says, “The language of music cannot be translated into the language of words. You cannot deduce the actual sound of a piece from anything written about it; the ultimate meaning lies in the sounds themselves” (Machalis & Forney 2). In addition, classical music is timeless. Each generation that listens will enjoy the music the same way the previous generation did. And although this endangered art takes time to appreciate and value, when one finally discovers the magic within, the experience will be irreplaceable.
Works Cited
“Effect of Classical Music on the Brain.” Classical Forums – Classical Music Forums and Information. 31 May 2010 .
“The Hidden Benefits of Classical Music – Free Online Library.” News, Magazines, Newspapers, Journals, Reference Articles and Classic Books – Free Online Library. 31 May 2010 http://artofmusicschool.us/2010/08/the-dying-art-of-classical-music/feed/ 0 Student Recitals http://artofmusicschool.us/2010/08/student-recitals/ http://artofmusicschool.us/2010/08/student-recitals/#comments Sat, 21 Aug 2010 06:12:48 +0000 admin http://artofmusicschool.us/?p=496 Student Recitals will be held in June 2011.
To register for the Student Recitals, please go to www.artofmusicschool.us page courses, subpage: registration.
The date for Student Recitals will be available at the end of August, 2010.

]]> http://artofmusicschool.us/2010/08/student-recitals/feed/ 1 Interlocken Music Camp http://artofmusicschool.us/2010/08/interlocken-music-camp/ http://artofmusicschool.us/2010/08/interlocken-music-camp/#comments Sun, 15 Aug 2010 05:19:43 +0000 admin http://artofmusicschool.us/?p=489 Our treasured student, Alita Carbone, who has been the student of Yevgeniya (Jane) Lepskaya since 2001, was accepted to the Interlocken Music Camp in Michigan IL Summer. Interlocken Music Camp is considered one of the best Music Camps in the United States. Alita was accepted to the high school division in Interlocken. This is her second time attending the prestigious Summer Music Camp. To read Alita’s article on the topic of Classical Music please follow this link.

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