Friday, August 12, 2016 | Uncategorized

Hello all! After two weeks of online silence, I hope you've seen my recent Facebook posts introducing two of our new staff members. Hayley Green and Dan Nelson are both teaching beginning piano in our Beaverton studio. In addition, Hayley specializes in voice and musical theater, and Dan specializes in jazz and saxophone as well as teaching flute and guitar.

For those with lessons left on your account from our summer session that ended early, Hayley and Dan would love to help you complete those lessons! For students on a break for summer who are ready to get a jump start on fall, our jump start session is open now. In order to sign up for lessons with Hayley or Dan, email me and I'll make their schedule available online so you can sign up using your calendar in the student portal. (I can also help you find an open time.) Hayley is teaching on Thursdays and Dan on Wednesdays, and if there is interest I can offer more openings on Mondays in the studio.

On a personal level, I appreciate all the well wishes and understanding when I had to leave on maternity leave a week earlier than expected. My water broke at the end of that week of bed rest (7/29) and my son Odin was born on August 1st! I've been recovering and adjusting with him and am now starting to answer emails and phone calls again. My big outing this week was to meet with Hayley and Dan for staff training. They are excited to continue our student-centered learning approach integrating learning and fun, and I have the utmost confidence that you'll enjoy working with them in my absence. There's no commitment required, either - if you'd like to schedule one sample lesson with them before signing up for the jump start session, I'm happy to help you schedule that as well.

Hope the summer continues to treat you well!
Bonnie