Go Ahead – Tell Your Kid About (why practicing is good)!

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The Jerry Evans School of Music loves this article because it encourages communication between parents and children. There are few things more important than an affirming word from a parent. This article will explain, although you may know already, why music lessons are so important – even beyond the practice room! Hopefully, it will also… Read more »

An All-Star Kid

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Cole Spiegel Cole Spiegel, son of Dan and Beth, is a second grader who has been taking drum lessons here at the Jerry Evans School of Music for about a year and a half. He is both an all-star musician and baseball player! Although you may see him wiz by you on the baseball field,… Read more »

The Journey of a Composer

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Have You Ever Wanted to Be a Composer? I started composing around the age of 9.  Although my first pieces sounded a lot like the Czerny Etudes my piano teacher was having me practice at the time, that didn’t stop me from continuing to explore this talent I had. I continued to compose because I… Read more »