Thank you for your flexibility moving to online Zoom lessons for weeks of November 23 and 30. I would like to continue our lessons online for the weeks of December 7 and 14 as well. The Zoom meeting ID and passcodes are reoccurring and will be used for upcoming lessons. If you want me to resend them just let me know. There are no lessons the weeks of December 21st and 28th. Hopefully, we’ll be able to move back to in-person lessons when we return the week of January 4th. A decision will be made and communicated after Christmas.

Thanks to everyone for your kind understanding, generosity and support. All of you are amazing! Merry Christmas and very Happy New Year!

I am moving in-person lessons online on Zoom for the 2 weeks of November 23 & 30. This is due to the increased positivity rates, hospitalizations, local school district guidelines, and family concerns. I will reevaluate for the week of December 7th after Thanksgiving. Students already taking online lessons are not affected by this change.

A Zoom login will be created and text to parents a day or 2 prior to the lesson. The resolution on Zoom is much better than FaceTime, which is why I prefer it. With that said, let me know if you prefer FaceTime.

I do not wish to upset your child’s lesson schedule. If anyone has any concerns please let me know at your earliest convenience.

I hope all of you are doing well! Please double-check upcoming December and January lesson schedules. I’m planning to hold April, May and June 2021 Group Lessons over Zoom. Watch for schedule information in 2021.
Have a very happy and healthy holiday season!

Please make sure your child’s mask is worn properly over their nose and mouth, the mask fits their face, and the mask stays in place. Some children arrive wearing masks that are too large. They slide around their face, covering very little and creating a lesson distraction. Others arrive wearing masks that are too small or worn out. These masks do not cover their mouth and nose effectively. I recommend storing some extra masks in your child’s piano or voice bag, in the event one is forgotten at home.  I also have a basket of extra masks on the bench just inside the door.

Families are also reminded to arrive on-time for in-person lessons, wait for the porch light to be on, and wait for your child to enter my home before leaving the area. Please do not arrive early! I haven’t had a chance to disinfect for both your child’s safety and my own. This week a few children arrived too early to disinfect and before I turned on the porch light!

Please help me – help your child and I stay safe during this pandemic.

Current schedule, calendar of events and openings are listed in the attachment.

I hope everyone can attend the DuPage PADS fundraiser photo Sat. Oct. 3rd at 11:15 am! It will be held outside my home, weather permitting. Students will be given t-shirts to wear in the photo, and stand together socially distant apart. Everyone who attends will wear masks.

Piano and voice lessons resume week of August 24th on either in-person, Zoom or FaceTime as scheduled. We’ll see all of you soon!