The following students have the goal of taking their Syllabus exam March 6-9, 2009:

A. Birkeland
C. Castaneda
Y. Harrison
R. Howerton
A. Llamas
D. Llamas
J. Logan
K. Lyman
A. Parra
L. Schoening
S. Shuler

The following students have a goal of taking their Syllabus exam (Upper Division) on April 24-27:

C. Hamilton
M. Logan

If your child’s name is on either of these lists, I strongly encourage you to take piano lessons in December. There is plenty of material to cover for the Syllabus exam, which is comprehensive and quite challenging. Extra lesson time would be advantageous to your child. Note that taking lessons in December does not guarantee that you will be ready to take the test by March, but it is helpful. Please see the post below for info about taking lessons in December.

The Oregon Music Teachers Association will be using my studio to host local Syllabus evaluations on Friday, November 7, so there will be NO LESSONS that day.

As a result, I am holding make-up lessons for Friday students on Sunday, November 9 from 1 – 5 p.m. If you normally have lessons on Fridays, please contact me ASAP to schedule a make-up lesson time on Sunday, November 9. Thanks!

Syllabus evaluations (for participating students) will be held Friday, November 7, at my piano studio. You will need to make arrangements to pull your child out of school in order to take the exam. Plan on arriving 10 minutes earlier than the time shown so that your evaluation may begin on time. Please dress nicely and bring all your Syllabus music with you.

See the list below for your child’s scheduled evaluation time:

9 a.m.          D. Wang

9:20 a.m.     E. Birkeland

9:50 a.m.     F. Rahman

10:35 a.m.   D. Wellappili

11:05 a.m.   K. Wellappili

11:35 a.m.   S. Rogers

Fall Syllabus will be held on the weekend of November 7-9, 2008. If your child is preparing to take this exam, please “save” this weekend in  your calendar. Information about my students’ exact evaluation date, time, and testing site will not be released to me until 2-4 weeks before the evaluation. That information will be passed on to you as soon as I receive it.

When I submit my students’ Syllabus applications, I do not get to “choose” their testing date, time, and site. These are assigned to me by the Syllabus organizers, so please do not ask for a “special” date/time. Thank you for your understanding!