VIEWS: Read the following articles by Avril Kinsey:

My Love affair with the Guitar
How to overcome Performance Nerves
Why Music?

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NEWSLETTER March 2009
2nd Term: 20th April – 26th June 2009

Dear Parents and students,

Olga Leonard has joined our teaching staff this year. She is a specialist vocal teacher who also teaches piano and theory of music. We wish her many years with us and look forward to hearing her students perform later in the year.

One of the highlights of my personal calendar this term was hearing the Uruguayan virtuoso guitarist Eduardo Fernández in concert, and having the opportunity to take him and his partner, Lena Kokkaliari editor of Fronimo (the Italian international musicology magazine), around Cape Town.

Eduardo Fernández, who has performed for maestro Andrès Segovia has also performed all the major guitar concertos with many orchestras around the world. Steven Felmore and I had a wonderful day with them sharing insights and laughter. We hope to be able to encourage them to visit Cape Town again with an even bigger concert in the future.

	Uruguayan virtuoso guitarist visits Cape Town

BEST OF LUCK:
Graham Strickland has been taking classical guitar lessons with me for close to eight years. He will be performing his Trinity College of Music, London exams (Grade 8). We wish him all the very best as he has worked extremely hard, and is making beautiful music. He certainly deserves to pass well.

REMINDERS:
Note that the 2nd Term Fees are payable by 20th April. Please read through the reminders list regarding fees and other details. Fee details are also on the website.

I wish you all the very best over the Easter season.

All the best, Avril Kinsey

FEES:
• Fees are due by April 20th:

CTAM PAYMENT INFORMATION: Please see the CTAM page for details.

REMINDERS:

• Please call the teacher concerned, preferably 24 hrs in advance, if you cannot make a lesson for any reason.
• Due to our full timetable missed lessons cannot just be changed or necessarily made up.
  (We might only have an alternative lesson, if a student has cancelled well enough in advance to make one available).
• If a lesson is cancelled from our side an alternate lesson will always be offered.
• Any payment received 1 week after the registration date will incur a late admin fee of R50.
• In the best interests of all, we reserve the right to re-assign a student with a different teacher if need be.
• One terms notice is required to discontinue lessons.
• ATCL or LTCL exam students need to commit to studies for 1 to 2 years.

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