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What's New? (the latest scoop from Kathy Wolf)
2024 Halloween Piano Party
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Kathy Wolf's Piano Students, their families, & friends
HALLOWEEN PIANO PARTY - Student performances & family fun - Prizes and treats FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25 @ 6:30 - Arrive 5:30-6:00 to help decorate and set up Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 13220 NE 132nd Street, Kirkland, WA A Halloween costume (nothing gory!) or casual attire Your performance music! A Halloween treat to share (optional) |
Memories from the Past
June 2024 Studio Piano Recitals
Our June studio recitals on Friday the 21st and Saturday the 22nd were the culmination of our students' efforts and advancement over the past year. We joyfully celebrated their achievements and immersed ourselves in their music. Students performed skillfully and artistically on an exquisite Petrov piano in the Mercer Music Hall at Northwest Pianos in Bellevue. At the conclusion of each performance students were presented with long-stemmed roses. We even had three parents performing duets with their children and a fourth performing a tuba solo as our guest artist. Bravo to all our students and parents for their fine performances!
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Students dressed in green and had fun playing musical games! |
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Students also performed Irish and other music and devoured some tasty treats. Each student got to select a St. Patty's prize to bring home. |
2023 Holiday Sing-Along
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Piano students, their families, and friends enjoyed caroling, piano music, merriment, and holiday treats at this good, old-fashined sing-along!
2023 HALLOWEEN PIANO PARTY
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Our Halloween Piano Party was an outstanding success due to the excellent spooky piano performances and the generous assistance from all our piano families. The
decorating was fantastic! Costumes, prizes, treats, and "witch's brew" helped to create a fun and festive evening.
decorating was fantastic! Costumes, prizes, treats, and "witch's brew" helped to create a fun and festive evening.
Edmonds Musicianship Festival 2023
The Edmonds Musicianship Festival was held on Saturday, May 6th, at the Edgewood Baptist Church in Edmonds. Our participating students entered video performances of their solos. On the day of this fun ribbon festival they entered projects of their own creation and took five different musicianship skills tests in person: technique, rhythm, sightreading, ear training, and music theory. In return they were awarded myriad colorful ribbons from the Edmonds Music Teachers Association as well as certificates from the Washington State Music Teachers Association.
Kathy Wolf & Frances Goei Performance for
Washington State Music Teachers Association
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On September 11, 2018, pianists Kathy Wolf and Frances Goei performed Dance of the Dragon, a duo-piano piece by Peter F. Wolf, for the Edmonds Chapter of WSMTA. In remembrance of 9/11 they also performed a duet arrangement by Martha Mier of The Battle Hymn of the Republic. The performance was held at Edmonds Unitarian Universalist Church in Edmonds, Washington.
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Studio Recitals June 8 and 17, 2018
Our June recitals offered students of Kathy Wolf Piano Studio an opportunity to perform in a more formal setting in the Mercer Music Hall at Northwest Pianos and to share their beautiful music with their relatives, friends, and fellow students. Performers practiced hard and knew their pieces well. They were encouraged to put their hearts and souls into their playing and to enjoy being centered in their music and creating an ambience with the audience. While most students performed in just one of the two recitals, more advanced students were given the chance to perform in both. The grande finale for both recitals was the premier performance of Dance of the Dragon by Peter F. Wolf. A reception followed each recital.
EMTA Musicianship Festival
Saturday, May 19, 2018
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Springtime meant it was time for our EMTA Musicianship Festival! This is a favorite of our piano students, and our theme this year was The Fabulous Fifties!
This festival provides students an opportunity to participate in the Washington State Music Teachers Association Music Literacy Program. It is fun, educational, and students bring home handfuls of ribbons they have proudly won by their accomplishments in any of multiple events: performances, special projects, rhythms, technique, sight-reading, ear training, music theory, and composition. Students participate at their own level, from primer level to advanced. This festival provides a great opportunity to set, work towards, and meet goals for musical learning and performance. Participants are later awarded certificates from WSMTA for their achievements.
As Captain of the Performance Judges, I was very busy for several weeks preparing for this event. Our student participants did an excellent job on their performances and their musicianship skills. They had fun and collected lots of colorful ribbons!
The Musicianship Festival doubles as a fundraiser for student scholarships. Proceeds from registration fees go to the Joan Brown Scholarship Fund. In May students of Kathy Wolf Piano Studio who are high school sophomores, juniors, or seniors were eligible to compete along with others for scholarships from EMTA.
All students of Kathy Wolf Piano Studio can look forward to participating in this fun and educational ribbon festival again each spring!
This festival provides students an opportunity to participate in the Washington State Music Teachers Association Music Literacy Program. It is fun, educational, and students bring home handfuls of ribbons they have proudly won by their accomplishments in any of multiple events: performances, special projects, rhythms, technique, sight-reading, ear training, music theory, and composition. Students participate at their own level, from primer level to advanced. This festival provides a great opportunity to set, work towards, and meet goals for musical learning and performance. Participants are later awarded certificates from WSMTA for their achievements.
As Captain of the Performance Judges, I was very busy for several weeks preparing for this event. Our student participants did an excellent job on their performances and their musicianship skills. They had fun and collected lots of colorful ribbons!
The Musicianship Festival doubles as a fundraiser for student scholarships. Proceeds from registration fees go to the Joan Brown Scholarship Fund. In May students of Kathy Wolf Piano Studio who are high school sophomores, juniors, or seniors were eligible to compete along with others for scholarships from EMTA.
All students of Kathy Wolf Piano Studio can look forward to participating in this fun and educational ribbon festival again each spring!
Performance by Kathy Wolf
for Music Teachers Association
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Kathy Wolf performed for the Edmonds Chapter of the Washington State Music Teachers Association on Tuesday, February 13, 2018, at the Edmonds Unitarian Universalist Church. She provided a "Curtain Raiser" performance of Melody Bober's From the Emerald Isle: An Irish Suite. Kathy presented the four pieces within the suite as delightful options for intermediate piano students in celebrating St. Patrick's Day in March. They include: Wexford Reunion, Ballade for Belfast, Summer on the Shannon, and Killarney's Jig.
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Andrew & Aviel!
Our heartiest congratulations to 11-year-old twins Andrew and Aviel Wood, who have been accepted for study with Professor Dainius Vaičekonis, concert pianist and Director of Keyboard Studies at Seattle Pacific University.
Andrew and Aviel flourished under their tutelage at Kathy Wolf Piano Studio. They started out as beginners, and in less than two years they acquired the exceptional musical foundation that led to their being accepted for advanced studies with Professor Vaičekonis. How were they able to accomplish this progress in such a short time? Through their talent, their passion for music, their supportive family, the quality instruction they received, and their consistent dedication to many hours of practice!
We wish Andrew and Aviel the very best of success as they continue their advancement as pianists. It is our hope and dream that they will become an outstanding duo-piano team. We expect to hear great things of them, and we would like to enjoy their beautiful performances as they grow and mature into fine musicians. They each performed two Bach Two-Part Inventions at Crossroads in Bellevue on March 24th as part of "Bach in the Subways." May they be an inspiration to all our piano students!
Andrew and Aviel flourished under their tutelage at Kathy Wolf Piano Studio. They started out as beginners, and in less than two years they acquired the exceptional musical foundation that led to their being accepted for advanced studies with Professor Vaičekonis. How were they able to accomplish this progress in such a short time? Through their talent, their passion for music, their supportive family, the quality instruction they received, and their consistent dedication to many hours of practice!
We wish Andrew and Aviel the very best of success as they continue their advancement as pianists. It is our hope and dream that they will become an outstanding duo-piano team. We expect to hear great things of them, and we would like to enjoy their beautiful performances as they grow and mature into fine musicians. They each performed two Bach Two-Part Inventions at Crossroads in Bellevue on March 24th as part of "Bach in the Subways." May they be an inspiration to all our piano students!
Kathy Wolf Piano Studio Awards
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