Wishing all of you a blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year!

1. Jadyn and Janna - We Wish You a Merry Christmas

2. Niamh - Jingle Bells

3. Matthew - A Jazzy Merry Christmas!

4. Jesse - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

5. Tracy with something old and something new!

A Beautiful Recital (Part 6)

This is the first time we have ukulele in our concert but I'm sure it won't be the last!

1. George of the Jungle - Tony, Terry and Jesse

2. Ode To Joy - Tony

3. A Dedication to all the beautiful moms - Thankyou for all the support at home !

A Beautiful Recital (Part 5)

Thankyou Sarah for the interesting book....Jesse enjoyed it thoroughly : )
Thankyou Tracy for the flowers and keychains.

1. Max - A Simple Duet, Heart & Soul and New World Symphony

2. Jesse - Walace and Gromit and When You Wish Upon a Star

3. Tracy - Greensleeves and Graceful Ghost Recital

A Beautiful Recital (Part 4)

Thankyou for the beautiful cards George and Ruby.

1. Ruby's Debut

Thankyou Ruby for being a brave girl. Here's the footage of her on the day of performance and one of her when she was at ease.

2. George - Skateboard Doodle and Fiddler on the Roof

3. Linda - Castle on the Cloud, in the Hall of the Mountain King and Wouldn't it be Lovely

Thankyou so much for rushing here to share your lovely music with us Linda :)

A Beautiful Recital (Part 3)

Beautiful gifts, beautiful music by beautiful people..........

1. Ryan with A minor Tango and Mission Impossible

2. Niamh with Old Macdonald and I Love Snack Time and Flea Waltz with Caragh

3. Caragh with Can Can and Ma Ma Mia

A Beautiful Recital (Part 2)

1. Janna - Circle Dance and Alouette

2. Jadyn - Over The Rainbow and Dixieland Jam

3. Caitlin - Russian Folk Dance, Gallop Pony and Tucker's Secret Life

4. Timothy - Hey Mr. Mummy, Wild Windy Day and Pachelbel in C Major

A Beautiful Recital on 9th November (Part 1 - The Barsky Brothers)

Thankyou everyone for making this recital so beautiful. Thankyou for sharing the beautiful music with us.....and thankyou for the beautiful gifts for me....It was all of you that made this recital beautiful!

1. Andrew with Chopin's Waltz and Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.

2. Noah with Beethoven's Fur Elise and Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor

3. Matthew with the theme from Simpsons, Beethoven's 5th Symphony and The Lion Sleeps Tonight.

Welcoming this precious gem on board - Ms Ruby Worsley

1. Doggie Song

Finding the note D on the keyboard with the help of this song.

2. Grandfather's Clock

Come back for more for her debut this afternoon : )

Welcoming Caragh and Niamh Davis on board!

1. Niamh playing Mary Had A Little Lamb and I Love Snack Time

2. Duet with Caragh - Flea Waltz, A Simple Duet and Heart & Soul

Sneak Preview of the Recital on Saturday : )

Matthew presenting the Simpsons and Beethoven's 5th Symphony

Matthew

1. Theme from James Bond 

2. The Lion Sleeps Tonight

3. Heart and Soul

4. Twelve Bar Blues

5. Rocking Riff

Noah - venturing into singing and improvising

1. I Want To Be A Billionaire

2. Improvising - which of the melody do you like best?

Improvisation is a skill, it does not just come automatically for most people.....it's alot of trial and error and eventually becoming trial and success......you get better at it when you try different sequences, different intervals and different rhythm.

and this is just for FUN!

Best Halloween Song 2013

1. Halloween
This is the best halloween song from my students this year, I love it George!

2. Theme from James Bond

3. I Love Coffee

Caitlin Loves Playing Duets With Me!

I love it too, how about you?

1. Pumpkin Party

2. Tooth Fairy

3. Tucker's Secret Life

Timothy

1. Bedtime Boogie

2. I Love Coffee 

3. Mouse in the Clock

4. Improvisation

5. Pachelbel in C Major

Ryan bringing us pieces with very different moods

1. Haiku

2. Take It Easy

3. A Minor Tango

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Fun with Cup Song!

Learning rhythm can be really fun!

Here's George bringing us some lovely tunes from Book B

1. Tambourine Dance

2. My Best Friend

3. Strutting

4. Whistling Tune

Caitlin has graduated from book A! Congratulations!

Her last two songs from Book A

Caitlin enjoys doing duets with me, here's our Hot cross Buns!

and she loves having fun with Timothy as well!

No worries....no more surprises, just beautiful melodies!

1. Swan Lake

2. Morning

A New Surprise Symphony by Andrew Barsky

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I nearly dropped my iPad!

Clips of Tracey before her injury

Poor girl...it will be a while before she could play a again...but she is still as cheerful as ever!

Jesse

A simple duet and a jazzy song by Jesse

Duets by Matthew

1. I Love Coffee I Love Tea

Isn't this impressive, Matthew doing the duet all by himself!

2. A Simple Duet

Caitlin's Progress

1. Raccoon's Lullaby

2. Birthday Train

3. Bed on a Boat

Caitlin has been building up her stamina and here's a looonnng song that she has played last week!

4. Two Little Duets from Music Moves

Jadyn and Jann's Recital

There's a glitch in my computer and I had so much difficulties trying to load my video.....and finally, I have accumulated enough to give the sisters a recital. Sit back and enjoy!

1. Janna (featuring especially all piano student's favourite - Fur Elise)

2. Jadyn

Jadyn has been working hard and I am very pleased with her progress.

A slow and a fast classical number by Andrew

Ryan - Most diligent student

Ryan has been my most diligent student since he started with me. He has made so much progress since he started in February 2012. He has completed his Hal Leonard Piano Library Book 3 and is now doing Book 4. Enjoy the footage!

1. The Last Word

2. Monkey Business

3. Fresh Start

4. Sorry....i forgot the name of this song : )

5. In the Hall of the mountain King

George

Congratulations to George for completing Hal Leonard Lesson Book A! All ready to move on to reading notes on staff.
Presenting some songs from the Book A and the new Book B

Songs from Book B may sound a little simple, but it's a higher level as George is now reading the notes on the staff.

Tracey's Little Recital

Tracey has been very diligent and it's such a joy for me to listen to her every week. She has Completed her Piano Adventure Level One and is now doing the Gold Star Book with challenging changes in mood and hand positions. Enjoy her little recital!

1. Sonatina

2. I Love Rainbow

3. Bullfrog Blues

4. Monster Midnight March

5. When The Saints Go Marching In

Castle On ACloud

Janna's Little Recital

Congratulations to Janna who has completed Piano Adventure Book C. Here is a little treat of 2 songs from that and a whole lot of lovely songs from the Hal Leonard Book 2. Enjoy!

Max

Here's Max, working on 2 songs with faster tempo, Midnight Rider and Russian Sailor Dance.

Janna and Jadyn

We missed these 2 girls at our recital, but you should not miss their playing. Enjoy the music!

1. Jadyn - Little Bird and Take Me Out To The Ball Game

2. Janna playing Boogie in the Bed and Cinderella Waltz

Recital By The Pool 4

Here's the final post featuring Tracy, Jesse and our special guest, Clare !


1. Tracey - Dinosaur Stomp

Tracey forgot her music that day as she was busy being the flower girl of a relative's wedding. But it's something you shouldn't miss, so here's a recording of what we did during her lesson.

2. Jesse playing Chicken Dance and I Only Want To Be With You

3. Clare - inspired by the Barsky Boys' Beatles' Music, played us Let It Be.

Recital By The Pool 3 - The Barsky Brothers playing the Beatles

1. Andrew playing Norwegian Wood and Yellow Submarine

2. Matthew playing Aura Lee and  A Hard Day's Night.

3. Noah - I love Noah's spirit of perseverence. He worked so hard to get hands to co-ordinated. Well Done Noah!

It was Max and Noah's birthdays that week and so we celebrated their brithday with them! Happy Birthday boys!

Recital by the Pool 2 (March 2013)

Here's the debut of George, Ryan and Linda.

1. Ryan - Spring and Dixie Jam. Ryan just rushed here from a soccer match and it's not easy for him to switch gear....well done Ryan!

2. George - Ode To Joy and Old MacDonald Had A Farm.

3. Linda - Long Long Ago and Surprise Symphony

Piano Recital by the Pool 1 (March 2013)

It's been almost 10 months since our last recital at Thomson Yamaha. Thanks to the Barsky family for hosting this event. It was a lovely afternoon and a good casual setting especially for my new students.

Didn't realise this, but it's the debut for 6 of the performers. Here's Caitlin, Timothy, Max in this post. Enjoy the footage.

1. Caitlin - my youngest student, 4-years-olds with strong little fingers playing Monsieur Mouse and Raccoon's Lullaby.

 

2. Timothy - Caitlin's brother, playing for us Alouette and Doe A Deer.

3. Max - Playing Beethoven 5th Symphony and Heart and Soul Duet with mom.

More to come......look out for the next post!

Simple but beautiful Duets by Amelia

1. A Simple Duet

2. Pachabel in C Pentascale

Gongxi Gongxi....guess who's wishing you : )

This cheeky guy moved my iPad camera and made himself invisible. Guess who?

Happy New Year 新年快乐

Here's Tracey wishing everyone a happy new year with 贺新年 and 财神到.

Max - Catch A Falling Star

We are in time, it's the 10th day of Christmas!

As I was away in the month of December, I didn't get to hear this polished version of Timothy's Christmas songs till our first lesson in 2013. Thankyou Timothy, that was lovely! Don't worry, it's not too late as today as there are 12 days of Christmas!

Happy New Year 2013 !

Happy new year everyone! The Lord has blessed me richly in 2012 and I had a full month break in December. We had a good time in Taiwan and attached is a video of Jesse singing for me "What A Wonderful World" and indeed, what a wonderful world and a wonderful Lord!

I have never given Jesse singing lesson formally, but I am very happy with the improvement in singing. We were on our way from Taipei to Hualien, enjoying the scenery when he sang this for me. It may not be the most spectacular scenery but it was made the most beautiful by him. Thankyou my sunshine!