Sing Like You Mean It Karaoke is a great way to expose yourself to singing. A microphone and a karaoke machine turns a typical party into American Idol. It seems like everybody thinks they can sing when they get behind the mike and have a full Karaoke band behind them. Truth is, not everyone […]
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Free Demo Music Class with Free Gift
Music Together of Grosse Pointe at the Grosse Pointe Music Academy invites you to participate in an upcoming FREE Demo class. Music Together is a fun family music program for parents and children ages birth to kindergarten. Parent participation – regardless of the parent’s own musical ability – is essential for creating the stimulating musical […]
Build Your Music Vocabulary through Piano Lessons
As your Piano Insider of the Grosse Pointe Music Academy, it’s important to me that I share with you my inside information on making piano lessons work for you or for your child. These are lessons I’ve learned after succeeding in teaching lessons and learning from my mistakes as a […]
Group Guitar Classes start in September
Starting this fall, Grosse Pointe Music Academy will have 60 minute group guitar lessons. Group lessons are a fun and affordable way to get beginner guitar instruction. We have guitar classes for ages 8-12 and ages 13 to Adult. Group Guitar Classes will consist of learning guitar skills, techniques, chords, and songs; then practicing them […]
Music School in Canton Michigan
To sign up for Music lessons please call us at 734.418.0640. Lessons will be available for Guitar, Piano, Bass Guitar, Drums, Voice and Violin on September the 6th, 2011. We will soon offer group classes for various age groups and levels. Click here to Register. After submitting your information you will receive a call from […]
If They Build It, you Will Come
You’ve heard the saying from the 1989 hit movie Field of Dreams: “If you build it, they will come.” Well, that’s a little how I felt when the Grosse Pointe Music Academy opened up in my town; just backwards, as they were the ones who built […]
Video Contest at Grosse Pointe Music Academy
Participate in this fun music video contest with a chance to with cash, music lessons, and a free T-Shirt! Are you feeling creative? We’ve decided to offer you the chance to win some cash and free music lessons by recording a solo or band musical performance. You don’t need to have any fancy equipment. We’ll […]
MUSIC TOGETHER – FAQ’s and FREE DEMOS
As a Music Together teacher I am frequently asked these questions about our early childhood mixed-age music classes: Are the same songs used every semester? Why should my child be in a mixed-age class? I’m not musical, Can I really help my child develop musical intelligence? And, my favorite: Do infants really benefit? You’re in […]
History of the Ukulele
Everybody thinks that the ukulele came from Hawaii. Well, while it’s true that the word ukulele is a Hawaiian word (it means, “Jumping flea”), the uke actually has Portuguese origin, taking its characteristics from the cavaquinho and the rajao. It is said that Portuguese immigrants brought the ukulele to the islands in the late 1800’s […]
Music Together Free Demo Classes
August 23, 2011 EXPERIENCE MUSIC TOGETHER FOR FREE Why just read about a great activity to with your young child – come experience the “joy of family music” at Music Together of Grosse Pointe! We offer mixed-age licensed Music Together classes at the Grosse Pointe Music Academy. Our classes meet for 45 minutes, once a […]
When to adjust your instrument’s truss rod:
In my repair shop, I am often asked how often a “truss rod” should be adjusted. Unfortunately, there is no clear response for this question. The truss rod is in place in case it is needed, not because it is needed. In an ideal world, your truss rod would never require an adjustment unless your […]
Canton Music Academy
The Grosse Pointe Music Academy is excited to announce that it will be expanding to Canton. The academy was initially started in Grosse Pointe, and before that, the owner used to teach 45-50 students every week in Plymouth. However, an opportunity to start a guitar store in Grosse Pointe Park arose, and they decided to […]
When should you get your amp looked at by a professional?
When should you get your amp looked at by a professional? Is your amp making odd noises every time you pick? Do your controls crunch when you turn them? Does your speaker squak instead of speak? Does a slap on the side improve your tone? Do you […]
Music Lessons as Child May Keep Aging Minds Sharp
Study Links Childhood Music Lessons With Better Brain Function in Older Adults By Jennifer Warner WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD April 22, 2011 — Learning to play a musical instrument as a child may help keep the mind sharp for years after the last note is played. A new study suggests childhood music […]
Group Piano Lessons for Adults and Children
This fall semester, Grosse Pointe Music Academy will offer Group Piano instruction for students in different age groups. Classes will be for ages 5-7, ages 8-12 and ages 13 and up. Group piano lessons are a fun way for piano or keyboard students to interact in […]
Violin Lessons
Pleased to meet you, my name is Jennifer and I am a violin and piano instructor at the Grosse Pointe Music Academy. The following list is a personal account of why I believe violin lessons are crucial for your child’s development and future. I began taking private violin […]
New Odyssey – 3 Guys, 30 instruments Performance in Grosse Pointe Farms
Gags, gusto and far more than simple guitar riffs mark New Odyssey’s unique stage show. Three guys wield 30 instruments and combine their individual virtuosity to form a raucous production featuring comedy, skits and audience participation. “Once it gets going, they start putting on costumes and getting people onstage,” said Sandy Harmon, general manager of […]
Concert at Marge’s Bar in Grosse Pointe Park
My Dear Friends, ESPN has broadcast from there, and for nearly 40 years, many of the area’s greatest jazz artists have performed there. And now, startingSunday, August 21st, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Ben Steel & His Bare Hands, members of the award-winning Balduck Mountain Ramblers, will open a new musical era at Marge’s Bar & Grille in Grosse […]
Five Ways Piano Lessons Benefit Children
Two years ago, my wife and I started our oldest daughter, then six years old, in piano lessons. Both of us being musically oriented, we feel that music instruction is just as important as enrolling her in soccer, gymnastics or ballet. But, when practice begins and the sound of scales badly played reverberates through the […]
Grosse Pointe Symphony Orchestra Summer Concert August 7th
August 7 Summer Concert St. John Hospital, 3 p.m., Cafeteria St. John, Free Concert Guest Soloists: Don Baker, principal oboe, Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Laurie Landers Goldman, violin, Detroit Symphony Orchestra Oboe Concerto No. 3 in g minor by Handel Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major by J.S. Bach Violin and Oboe Concerto, […]