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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
The Power of Music Babble
August 9, 2011 The power of Music Babble One of the most powerful things I’ve learned my education as early childhood music specialist is that music IS a language. This is more than a catchy or cliché saying –its actually researched based and proven true. Based on the research of Gordon and the Music Learning […]
The Suzuki “Mother Tongue” Concept
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki’s philosophy to music teaching is based on the Mother-Tongue Method, to teach music as a language. When children are born, they spend many months in the beginning, listening to the language (or languages) that surround them. Then begin the trial-and-error phase, where they receive affirmation from their caregivers when the baby babble […]
Music Together Classes for ages Birth to 5 years
Songs Without Words Come to a FREE Music Together Demo Class at the Grosse Pointe Music Academy and you’ll experience singing and moving to “Songs without Words”. In every Music Together class, you’ll hear the teacher and families singing several songs without words: just “ba, ba” or “dee-dee” or “lu-lu”! Songs sung on what we […]
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, […]
Beat the heat! Don’t leave your guitar in the car.
With the heat of this Summer in the Detroit area, it is important to be aware of how one can protect their instrument. The worst thing that an instrument owner can do is leave their guitar out in a car on a hot day. You wouldn’t leave your child or family pet out in a […]
Register Now For Fall Music Lessons
Grosse Pointe Music Academy Sign up now for Private and Group Music Lessons You can register early to get the best available times starting in September Families can save valuable time each week by scheduling lessons for 2 or more children at the same time! Private Lessons Guitar (Electric, Acoustic, and Bass Guitar) Our […]
Why is it called “rock n’ roll?” What does the “roll” mean? Why is it sometimes “and” yet sometimes “n’?”
Is “Rocket ‘88” by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats the very first rock and roll record? The question has inspired debate amongmusicologists for years. Another equally contentious question: Where does the term “rock and roll” come from? “Rock” is derived from the Old English roccain, related to the Old Nordicrykkja meaning, “to pull, tear, move.” The earliest […]
Rhythm Society Orchestra August 4th Music on the Plaza
Music on the Plaza in the Grosse Pointe Village proudly presents the Rhythm Society Orchestra. Thursday August 4 Music on the Plaza, Grosse Pointe Bring a chair and listen to some swingin’ big band sounds. Free. Band plays 7:00 to 8:30 The RHYTHM SOCIETY is a 15-piece dance band specializing in true vintage swing music. […]
Art and Lutherie Ami Guitar
AMI Never judge a book by its cover! The Ami’s are modeled after the dimensions of a parlor guitar of the early 1900’s. Small in stature but surprisingly large where it counts most… Tone and projection. The Ami’s tone is clear and pronounced, making it a great guitar for acoustic blues, slide, folk, fingerstyle or […]
THE JAZZ THEORY BOOK
by Mark Levine Order Now Anyone studying Jazz should read this book. Mark Levine gives us this brilliant book covering Theory and Scales, Improvisation, Reharmonization, Playing Tunes, and much more. Over 500 pages of text and over 750 musical examples. Written in the language of the working jazz musician, this book is easy […]
Macomb boy drums way to a Guinness record
7-year-old Julian Pavone worked hard to earn youngest drummer title Francis X. Donnelly/ The Detroit News Macomb Township — Julian Pavone has played the drums professionally most of his life, but they still tower above him. After all, he’s just 7. In that short period, he has appeared on 150 talk and news shows, including “Good […]
Free Intro Guitar Class at the Harper Woods Library
Starting August 8th, the Grosse Pointe Music Academy will be sponsoring the non-profit organization Detroit Music Initiative in their efforts to bring music to those for whom it’s out of reach. The DMI will be providing four weekly hour-long classes that are open for enrollment to the public. The classes, which will be held every […]
Paul McCartney brings a lifetime of hits to Comerica Park
Susan Whitall/ Detroit News Music Writer At age 69, after more than 50 years as a professional musician, it would be understandable if Paul McCartney wanted to kick back, enjoy his engagement to New York businesswoman Nancy Shevell, 51, and count his royalty checks. But always the most energetic of the Beatles, he shows little […]
Music Together Blog. Jackson, The Music Maker
By Lyn Ransom, D.M.A. Lyn Ransom, D.M.A., is the recently-retired Director of Program Development at Music Together LLC and coauthor of Music Together Preschool. She helped to develop Music Together’s Babies Program in 1999 and was a curriculum writer for all of the Music Together song collections. In addition to 25 years’ experience teaching adults […]