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Why My Teaching Style Focuses on Sight-Reading

While Jimmy's exceptionally motivated mother insists he practices, Jimmy practices. But take away her strong influence (as usually happens in Jimmy's heart somewhere around the nin...

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2026 End-of-Year Recital

We are excited to announce that the end of year recital for all HMA students will be on December 5th, 2:30 pm! More details will be released in Term 4.

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Original Composition: 'The Creepy Clown'

Barely a week goes past that Nova doesn't have something new (and fantastically extracurricular) to show me. One week I decided we'd write out the sheet music for one of her original compositions. She called it "The Creepy Clown."

Original Composition: 'The Creepy Clown'
24 August 2026Nova Clark

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“I got sooo hungry while waiting for dinner and thought my piano looked like a block of chocolate... The rest is history.”

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2026 End-of-Year Recital

We are excited to announce that the end of year recital for all HMA students will be on December 5th, 2:30 pm! More details will be released in Term 4.

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Original Composition: 'The Creepy Clown'

Barely a week goes past that Nova doesn't have something new (and fantastically extracurricular) to show me. One week I decided we'd write out the sheet music for one of her original compositions. She called it "The Creepy Clown."

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