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From 4 1/2 on, Luke’s love of piano has occupied a spot on his calendar and a slice of his life. For the past three years, especially, his efforts have grown more and more feverish as he approached an event that could make or break an ambitious goal he’d set for himself in ninth grade. …
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The Bay School Blog sat down with alumnus Jake to talk about high school memories, what’s stuck with him and how he got where he is today. What are you up to now? I am a piano and environmental studies major at Oberlin College. What was The Bay School like for you? The relationships students …
As part of her Senior Signature Project, Claire is writing music reviews for an online publication called The Owl Mag, which “offers daily music news, reviews, videos, and features about local artists, emerging/unsigned bands, independent DIYers, and those that have ‘MADE IT.’” Her first published review looks at “Piedmont Girls,” Bay Area band Local Hero’s …
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Justice, a junior at The Bay School, played a few songs on guitar at Morning Meeting. With guitar experience that stretches back to his youngest years, Justice said his selections weren’t typical of what he regularly plays. In performance or competition, he tends toward longer classical or jazz pieces because they require “harder technique and …
“Sometimes a fresh approach or technique is all a teacher needs to be more effective in the classroom. For Colin Williams, a music and humanities teacher at The Bay School in San Francisco, part of that approach is making his band students sing." Read more about the creative strategies Colin gleaned from his professional development …
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