About
About Stacey
About Stacey
Stacey's Music Journey:
- 1998 - Started piano lessons
- 2005 - Started playing for church
- Started teaching young pupils how to sing, play musical instruments, reciting verses with movement and liturgical dancing
- 2008 - took Music as an external IEB subject for Matric
- began teaching for Jenny Peter's Piano School
- 2010 - Started Lessons with Mrs Margaret Cleghorn
- Began to teach Theory classes for the Cleghorn studio pupils 3 times a week
- Started the Academy
- 2011 - Completed her Grade 8 Piano Practical exam under the tutelage of Mrs Margaret Cleghorn
- Studied piano pedagogy (how to teach) from Mrs Cleghorn
- Entered first pupils for Trinity College London Exams
- Began to teach Matric pupils for IEB Internal and External Music
- 2016 - Teaches herself the new Theory syllabus and passes her Grade 8 Theory exam with Merit
- 2017 - Begins to teach one of her first pupils, how to teach others
About the Academy
About the Academy
- 2010 - Opens in the original premises with 3 pupils
- 2013 - Academy moves to current premises in Glenvista
- 2014 - Academy has grown to nearly 30 pupils
- First Music Afternoon at an external venue
- 2016 - Academy has grown to nearly 30 pupils
- 2017 - Academy has to employ a second teacher
About the Lessons
About the Lessons
Music Education Areas:
Music Education Areas:
Piano Lessons are taught at an international level, by taking learning to play the piano as only one part of the entire music Education as a whole. This is done by ensuring the following areas of Music are taught:
- Improvisation
- Composition
- Technique
- Sight Reading
- Theory and Harmonisation
- Aural and Visual Analysis
- Musicality (Rhythm, tone production, style, etc)
- Notating Music on the computer, and working with other artworks to create music
Age Groups:
Age Groups:
The following ages and groups of pupils are taught:
- Ages 3 - 5 (Wunderkeys)
- Age 5 - university level (Trinity College London syllabus as a basis, as well as other music at appropriate levels)
- Grade 10 - Matric (Music Theory classes, specifically for those taking Music as an IEB subject)
- Adults (This is on a selective basis)