Sakiko Noda has been taking violin lessons from Tamara for about one year. She currently attends Illahee Elementary school as a 4th grader. In addition to violin, Sakiko also enjoys playing the piano. Sakiko’s favorite song to play is Minuet 1 by Bach. She enjoys taking lessons from Tamara because she is so kind and teaches her a lot of things. Sakiko loves playing the violin because it sounds pretty. Tamara chose Sakiko as the student of the month because she is a wonderful student who is kind and eager to learn. Sakiko is a hard worker, talented and masters new skills and songs quickly. Sakiko takes on new challenges with joy and excitement. She is a joy to teach!
Nick O’Donnell and Keith Abbott taught the Winter Garage Band class that ended last week. It was comprised of guitarists, drummers, bassists and vocalists. They performed classics such as Wild Thing, Great Balls of Fire, Time is on my Side, Born to Be Wild, Day Tripper and Miss You in front a packed house! Here are some pictures of the event:
The stage is set!
The performers are anxiously awaiting the start of the concert.
Keith Abbott and Nick O’Donnell introduce the performers.
Thank you to all of the parents and family members that came out and showed their supported for band members. It was a great event, and the kids seem to get better every year!
Beacock Music was featured in the 2009 Year in Review issue of Music Inc. This issue is released every year and it has articles ranging from music retail ideas, new product information and awards. Every year, Music Inc publishes its choices for the Retail Excellence Awards. This award can be won by any music retail store in the United States and Canada, but only 10 are chosen to win. In order to be considered for this award you must be a full service music store. Beacock Music was one of the ten store chosen again this year. Russ and Gayle Beacock were featured on the cover of the magazine. The featured article was all on the wonderful Education Center that Beacock Music has to offer. They discussed everything from private lessons, to Kindermusik, home school classes and Garage Band.
Beacock Music is very honored to win this award, as we strive to bring excellence to our customers each and every day!
Matt Henry, one of our piano instructors, chose the Student of the Month for January. He chose Reem Sabha who has been taking piano lessons for seven years, and five of them have been from Matt Henry. She is currently an 8th grader at Shahala Middle School.
In addition to piano she also enjoys oil painting, fiction novels and alternative music. Her current favorite movie is New Moon (Team Jacob)! In addition to piano, Reem also plays cello and drums. Her favorite song is River Flows in You by Yiruma.
Reem enjoys piano because it takes a great amount of skill and has a lovely tone. Matt likes to challenge Reem with complex and difficult repertoire.
Matt chose Reem as the Student of the Month because she is highly motivated and loves practicing, performing and selecting very musically and technically challenging pieces.
Instructor Darrell Hunt hosted his annual Christmas Orchestra Concert Monday, December 14th at Cascade Inn in Vancouver. Cascade Inn is a retirement home, and it had the perfect stage and setting for a Christmas concert. There were two guest performers, Joshua Sprague accompanied on guitar and piano, and Wendy Hunt sang soprano for three songs. There were two orchestras that performed, and the audience was able to sing-a-long to some of the songs. It was a great event, and here are some pictures:
Getting ready for the concert to start!
Warming up! The crows is anxiously awaiting!
The beginning Orchestra is starting.
The beginning orchestra playing. Wendy Hunt singing with the Orchestra.
The beginning Orchestra takes their bow.
The Intermediate Orchestra’s turn!
They take their bow. The did such a great job!
Beacock Music would like to extend a special thank you to Cascade Inn for hosting the event! Also, thank you to the students and the parents for all of their effort and hard work!
Tyson Schmidling, one of our guitar instructors, chose this month’s Student of the Month. He chose a student of three years, Lauren Edwards. She is currently a 5th grader at Dorothy Fox Elementary School. In addition to guitar, she also plays piano. Her favorite song to play is Valse Lente.
Lauren enjoys taking guitar because it sounds really pretty. She enjoys taking lessons from Tyson because he has taught her a lot about the guitar.
Tyson chose Lauren as the Student of the Month because she has progressed through many stages and keeps Tyson on his toes in lessons.
If you are a string player- then listen up. Darrell Hunt is going to have his annual Christmas Concert on December 14th from 6:30-8:00pm. Last year’s performance was a huge success! We had over sixty performers last year, and this year is sure to beat it! There will be a beginning and an intermediate orchestra that will practice and perform. This Concert will have three practices, a dress rehearsal and a recital at a senior community center. Friends and family are encouraged to attend the concert, and refreshments will be provided.
If you are interested in participating in this event, please contact the Education Center at (360) 694-7134 or edcenter@beacockmusic.com.
A picture from last year’s concert, which held at Beacock Music, on the sales floor. It was a packed house! We can’t wait for this years concert!
During the month of November, Beacock Music and one the print music publishers, Alfred, is doing a special promotion. During the month of November 5% of all sales of Alfred products will be donated to the Second Chance Companions. Second Chance Companions is a non-profit pet adoption and referral organization dedicated to helping find deserving homes for animals in SW Washington and the Portland metro area who are homeless, or about to be homeless. For more information on Second Chance Companions, please visit www.sccpets.com.
Get a head start on your Christmas shopping and help a worthy cause all at the same time!
John Neumann has been taking lessons from Brad Davis for two and a half years. He currently attends Dorothy Fox Elementary School as a fifth grader. In addition to trumpet, John also enjoys politics, civil engineering, the Science Olympiad and the Metropolitan Youth Symphony Sousa Band. John enjoys music by Count Basie.
John started playing trumpet because he wanted to be like Louis Armstrong. Brad Davis is funny and he likes the same music that John enjoys.
Nick O’Donnell, one of our guitar instructors for private lessons and home school classes, chose this month’s student of the month.
Tim Madden has been taking guitar lessons from Nick O’Donnell for five year. He is currently a junior at Evergreen High School. In addition to guitar, he also enjoys playing harmonica and listening to the piano- which he hopes to learn one day.
Tim’s favorite book is Groovin’ High and his favorite artist is Thelonious Monk. He enjoys playing guitar because it has many styles and has a lot of potential for writing and playing music. He enjoys taking lessons from Nick because in addition to being a killer guitarist, he helps Tim work with different genres and has a very in-depth teaching style.
Sakiko Noda has been taking violin lessons from Tamara for about one year. She currently attends Illahee Elementary school as a 4th grader. In addition to violin, Sakiko also enjoys playing the piano.
Beacock Music was featured in the 2009 Year in Review issue of Music Inc. This issue is released every year and it has articles ranging from music retail ideas, new product information and awards. Every year, Music Inc publishes its choices for the Retail Excellence Awards. This award can be won by any music retail store in the United States and Canada, but only 10 are chosen to win. In order to be considered for this award you must be a full service music store. Beacock Music was one of the ten store chosen again this year. Russ and Gayle Beacock were featured on the cover of the magazine. The featured article was all on the wonderful Education Center that Beacock Music has to offer. They discussed everything from private lessons, to Kindermusik, home school classes and Garage Band.
