by Sean Stone-Ashe As a music teacher, I often reflect on the purpose that learning music serves in the lives of my students. While there are many potential answers to this question, one of the most general purposes I assign to learning music is...
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by Sean Stone-Ashe As a teacher, my ultimate goal for my students is for my teaching to eventually become obsolete. It takes many years, but every musician must one day be able to learn, practice and perform music without the routine guidance...
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by Sean Stone-Ashe When a child begins music lessons, the chief goal of these lessons is obviously to promote musical growth, and provide the child with the tools necessary to be successful in the world of music. However, by building a...
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by Sean Stone-Ashe Before 2020, there were very few music students opting for a virtual education. But, as the pandemic came, our ways of learning, and even our ways of life were challenged and we were forced to adapt. While this moment in time...
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by Sean Stone-Ashe When helping a child begin their musical journey, there are so many things that will need to go right for them to be successful. Musical success comes from patience, consistency, and a respect for the professional musicians who...
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by Sean Stone-Ashe Solfege has been a long-standing and well-known system for understanding music that dates all the way back to the medieval period. The beginning of the system we now refer to as solfege was invented by the Benedictine Monk and...
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by Sean Stone-Ashe When it’s time to begin a child’s music education, there are many ways to navigate this new journey. At Century Fine Arts, the most common format for learning is private lessons. However, CFA also offers engaging small-group...
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New School Year: Practice on Day 1 by Sean Stone-Ashe Every year when the calendar turns over to August, we get feelings of excitement and optimism (and hopefully not too much dread) for the new school year ahead. A new year of school undoubtedly...
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What Makes CFA Special? By Sean Stone-Ashe Throughout my career teaching music, I have had the privilege of working in many different professional settings – Elementary schools, high schools, colleges, and many music schools like Century...
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