Welcome/Chapter One Week at Lionheart Music Studio was a flurry of introductions, candy, spinning a large Wheel of Opportunity (what we...

Happy Back to School! The incredible teachers, mentors and individuals I have met and grown from have my deepest gratitude for teaching...

IS NOW After six years of learning and creating with the most brilliant students, our studio is undergoing several new and very exciting...

Happy Spring Concert Day! The students received their awards during our mini Award Ceremonies this week at our group lessons. The Mary Jo...

Practice Challenge Update | Week 20 of 20 In January of this year, I issued a Practice Challenge to my students. "It's a new year. We're...

Practice Challenge Update | Week 19 of 20 Brillante Studio Musicians Top L to R | Ariana, Derrick, Jasmine, Lindsey, Priyanka, Steven 2nd...

Practice Challenge Update | Week 18 of 20 In three weeks, we will wrap up a tumultuous and historic 2020/2021 school year! While many...

Practice Challenge Update | Week 15 of 20 The 1994 Disney movie, "Iron Will", follows Will Stoneman, a young man who is thrust into the...

Practice Challenge Update | Week #10 of 20 "Go the distance" is an idiom that means to achieve one's goal; to complete something,...

Practice Challenge Update Week #7 of 20 An abandoned, crumbling home stood shrouded in overgrown grass and weeds. The old summer home...

Practice Challenge Update Week #3 of 20 7:45 AM: Soggy underwear. 8:17 AM: Despite the sprint to the toilet...no success. 8:36 AM: A tiny...

"Money can't buy everything/money can't make you a king/money may not bring success/money can't buy happiness/But of one thing I am...

In the introduction of the book, "Outliers", Malcolm Gladwell describes a small, vibrant Italian community unscathed by stress and worry...

My breath quickened and I wiped my sweaty palms on my skirt. I glanced for the millionth time at the order of service. Two more songs, a...