Recitals
There are great benefits in performing recitals for an audience. Dr. Pozenatto has listed a few of them below.
- Long-term preparation and deadlines: Important events, such as piano recitals, can be viewed as a goal. During its preparation, students learn about resilience and how to overcome musical challenges towards a meaningful achievement.
- Increased practice: Naturally, students become more motivated to practice when they know they will perform at a recital. Their practice becomes more focused and even longer so they can accomplish the weeks’ assignments leading up to the recital.
- Building community: A piano recital is a shared experience between students and the audience. It serves as an opportunity to build a sense of community among students who watch others doing the same things they do. Simultaneously, the recital experience teaches compassion, empathy, and vulnerability while students display hours of hard work in front of an audience who encourages and cheers them through their fears and nerves.
- Unforgettable memories: Friends and family involvement in recitals highlights the work students put into their music studies. They feel noticed and valued, which directly impact the students’ commitment to learning and practicing during their musical journey. Further, recital experiences provide the opportunity of life-long memories that families and friends will cheer proudly and joyfully.
Pozenatto Piano Studios aims to hold recitals at the end of each term as well as encourage students to participate in local recital-events held by the Music Teachers National Association.
Examinations
Non-competitive events, such as the examinations provided by professional organizations, are excellent ways of setting healthy musical goals. In Pozenatto Piano Studios, students are encouraged to participate in such non-competitive events that promote musical growth.
The MTNA, Music Teachers National Association, offers non-competitive evaluations in aural and written music theory as well as performance skills and repertoire, levels primer through level 12. Further information can be found here.
The RCM, Royal Conservatory of Music, also offers examinations for performance of repertoire, technique, ear training, and music theory. These are also non-competitive examinations, which can also take place remotely (online). Further information can be found here.
