Piano Lessons with Millersville Educator: Engaging, Expressive Musicality

Ms. Andrea and Hailey Jonoubeh recently focused their lesson on structuring practice sessions, integrating piano, and managing performance anxiety. Hailey engaged in vocal exercises like 'How Wide the Sky' and began incorporating piano scales and arpeggios into her warm-up routine. They also discussed analyzing Liza Minnelli's vibrato and developing a performance persona, with Hailey assigned to practice these techniques and select a song for performance by their next lesson on October 5th.

During a recent vocal lesson, Andrea coached Hailey on various techniques, including diaphragm support, breath control, and vowel placement, also delving into emotional connections within music. They applied these skills to songs like "Summertime" and "Do-Re-Mi," specifically tackling vocal challenges and key selection. As part of her homework, Hailey was tasked with practicing straw breathing, identifying comfortable song intros, and exploring scatting. Andrea further offered to provide a straw breathing video and search for a suitable scat song.

Ms. Andrea led Hailey through vocal exercises focusing on breath control, grounding, and articulation, using songs like "Do-Re-Mi" and "This is Just a Little Samba." They worked on connecting breath to musical phrasing and explored the use of solfège hand signs. Hailey was assigned to choose a song for emotional connection to bring to the next lesson, scheduled for July 23rd, and Ms. Andrea announced a change to her fall schedule due to a new teaching position.