Posts by Andrew White

Picking Your Recital Tunes

Picking Your Recital Tunes

By Andrew White

Well, can you believe it? It’s almost time for the Spring Recitals 2017! Sign ups are well into full swing with some recitals already full. If you haven’t had a chance to sign up yet, now is your time to do so. Visit www.awsom.info/recitals and fill in the quick form to ensure you are ready to roll for what promises to be one of the best recitals you’ve ever been to! We are excited to be gathering in the Mercer Music Hall, a brand new venue in Bellevue, next door to our previous facility at Northwest Pianos. 

A Season Of Giving

A Season Of Giving

By Andrew White

It’s Monday evening, and we’ve just had another brilliant weekend of student performances. Sixty students showing off their skills on piano, woodwinds, drums, voice, guitar and more - what a memorable weekend. As we pack away all the trinkets, I can’t help but reflect on all the recital weekends we have hosted, nine in total now, and realize how this one stood head and shoulders above the rest. 

Jumping Into Multiple Instruments

 

We are privileged to live in a part of the world where learning an instrument is an easily accessible and enjoyable thing we can take part in. Growing up I often thought, I wonder what it’s like to play this instrument, or that instrument, and while my parents afforded me the opportunity with many instruments there’s still more I want to learn! 

 

Keeping Your Instrument In Top Shape

 

By Andrew White

We all know that keeping in great shape is important in so many areas, our physical health, our homes, our vehicles, our belongings, and definitely our musical instruments! Whatever instruments you play, it's not only important to know how to play the instrument but also how to maintain it. Let's take a look at a few ways we can best care for our instruments.