Tuesday, August 22, 2017 by Mary O'Connor | parents

The O'Connor Music Studio features fully functional parent/student portals. These are a great way to share information with you, save time, and add value to your lessons.

The student portal provides you with:

• Student’s calendar with upcoming lessons and events
• Student’s repertoire
• Student’s practice log
• Family’s account and invoice information (only visible to parents/adult students)
• Access to your download library and a list of borrowed items
• View student's attendance
• Track student's practice time and leave notes or questions from the practice session
• Add and track their repertoires
• View their email history
• View Mrs. O'Connor's contact information
• Keep up-to-date with studio news

Students can also join and cancel lessons based on the OCMS studio cancellation policy.

Using the student portal is completely optional, but highly recommended.

How do I join the Student Portal?
 To join the student portal your teacher will send you your login information. Once received you will be able to access the student portal and all of its features.

How do I cancel a Lesson?
 To cancel a scheduled lesson simply click on the lesson or event in your calendar and click “Cancel Attendance”. You can optionally leave your teacher a note about why you are canceling in the provided “Note to Teacher” dialogue box.

How do I register for an Open Lesson Slot?
 To register for an Open Lesson Slot click on the event or lesson on the calendar as select “Register”. A dialogue box will appear asking you if you “are you sure you want to register for this Open Slot?” Click “Yes”. If the lesson or event you are trying to register for is a recurring event, choose the dates you would like to attend.

Check your email for information about logging in!

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Monday, August 13, 2018 by Mary O'Connor | theory

This is the first of a series of occasional online music games.  Most of them will only show up in your Remind app.

The first of my students to complete the quiz will win a prize.

Play here

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Friday, August 10, 2018 by Mary O'Connor | pianists

The following ornament table is a transcription of the one appearing in the Clavier-Büchlein vor Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, written by Johann Sebastian Bach for the keyboard instruction of his eldest son.

A scan of the original manuscript appears at Dave's J.S. Bach Page.

The German title translates as "Explanation of various signs, showing how to play certain ornaments correctly."{1} Bach gives the sign for each ornament on the upper of the paired staves, while the lower shows its execution directly beneath.

(This blog has) simply modernized the clefs in my transcription, since Bach's manuscript uses soprano clefs, as several composers continued to do throughout the 18th century in place of the treble clef now used in all keyboard music.

After the transcription graphic showing the table, there appear clickable buttons which are keyed to AU sound files; you can click on any of the ornaments and hear a sound file play its execution.

Read the original blog post with the ornament table and listening files at J.S. Bach's Ornament Table.

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Tuesday, July 10, 2018 by Mary O'Connor | OCMS

Today's piece is Solfeggietto by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (aka C.P.E. Bach). The piece is commonly assigned to piano students and appears in many books because it fosters the playing of an even sixteenth note rhythm by alternating hands.

Bass guitar

Clarinet starting about a minute in:

On harp

Find it on IMSLP,  in several anthologies of music at the O'Connor Music Studio, in Piano Pronto: Encore 

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