Thistledown Studio

Tuesday, December 14, 2021 by Leah Bertram | Uncategorized

The studio has been bursting with beautiful Christmas music from our students 🎶🎄🎻🎶!

They have all been busy practicing and recording their Christmas pieces and we are looking forward to sharing the Virtual Christmas Concert 2021 with you very soon!  Keep your eye on your email for a YouTube link premiering sometime next week!

*Each name on the Christmas ornaments pictured below represents one of our music students!  We are so thankful for each one and love being a part of your lives each week in our studios!Students:  If you did not receive your Christmas ornament yet, be sure to pick yours up at your make up lesson this week 🎄🎶!

Saturday, January 16, 2021 by Leah Bertram | Uncategorized

This year, piano students have received a special piece to put in their "solo" section of their binders every month!  Every month has a different theme and it has been so fun!  Check out what we have done so far and what is still to come!  *Violin students will participate in most of these themes, too!We started off September with some great "Favorites" from years gone by! Here are some of the favorites we played:  The Wheels on the Bus, Shoo, Fly, Grandfather's Clock, Good Night, Ladies!, My Ma Gave Me a Nickel, Irish Washerwoman, Give My Regards to Broadway, Rise and Shine, Chopsticks, Hello, My Baby, I Love a Piano.October was full of fun sounds as all students worked on a Halloween song! Here are some of the songs we played:  Pumpkin Dance, Broomstick Capers, Ghost Parade, The Sorcerer, Shout Boo!, Halloween Boo, Dancing Goblins, Witches Dance, Cool Ghouls, Wizard Fantasy, Witches on Broomsticks, Candy Nabber, Watch Out! Here I come!, Halloween Dream, Look at the Witches, Flying Broomsticks, Zoom, Zoom Witches Broom, Halloween Caper, Creepy, Creaky Sounds, Black Cat Boogie.  WOW! That's a lot of spooky sounds !! In November, we got our Rock & Roll going! We played some great old favorites like:  Recess Rock, Old McDonald Had to Rock, Rock Around the Clock, The Loco-Motion, Yakety Yak, Twist and Shout, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Wipe Out, All I Have to Do is Dream, Come Go With Me, The Last Night of Summer, Piano Man.December, of course, was a month FULL of Christmas Music!! We all loved it! There are too many songs to name, because every student worked on multiple songs. The month finished up with three wonderful Christmas Concerts! If you missed them, be sure to check out our YouTube channel - search for Thistledown Studio.January is "Favorite Composer" Month and her name is, Wendy Stevens! Who is Wendy Stevens??  She is one of Mrs. Bertram's favorite composers!  She is also a piano teacher, which makes her extra special .  All piano students will receive a solo by Wendy Stevens sometime this month! Her style of composing is super fun and her goal is to write music that STUDENTS LOVE! 

Sunday, December 13, 2020 by Leah Bertram | Uncategorized

Hello Studio Families!

We are so excited for our first ever Virtual Christmas Concerts on December 20th!  We decided to divide our students into three groups, so each concert will only be between 30-40 minutes long.  The concerts will be at 2:00, 3:00 & 4:00pm.  Please see the lists below so you know which concert your child will be in.  We would LOVE for you to join us for all three concerts if you can!  It is a wonderful opportunity for our students to support the other students in the studio and also to listen to beautiful Christmas music!

We have posted each concert in the "Events" section on our Facebook page.  The YouTube links will be posted on these event pages by Friday or Saturday this week.  We will also email the links to you.  These pages are also where you will be able to post comments, words of encouragement and congratulations to our students during the event!  (YouTube has a policy that comments are turned OFF if the video features children, so comments will not be available on YouTube).  Also, feel free to share the event with friends & family you would like to invite!  After the live event has aired on December 20th, the videos will continue to be available on our YouTube channel for viewing.

•  Lilly & Christina Aintablian
• Isabella Imburgia
• Adelyn & Noah Larson
• Kennedy Nicholas
• Hadley & Morgan Olson
• Katherine Pluff
• Anastin Shughart
• Millie & Josh Stahl
• Elijah, Naomi & Riley VanHeukelum
• Mrs. Bertram & Mrs. Kipp =)

• Daniela Antonetty
• Adam & Ella Belculfine
• Sofia Cassano
• Raquel Curran
• Angelina Fico
• Emma Latshaw
• Samantha Marriott
• Graci Okolowicz
• Stephen Patchett
• Abby Peterson
• Bianca Pietrangeli
• Evy Rafferty
• Giulia Savine
• Cassie Simmonds
• Mrs. Bertram & Mrs. Kipp =)

• Derek & Kip Bertram
• Randy Boncaro
• KatieMae Chalone
• Emma Coniglio
• Evelyn Donolli
• Bella, Lucas & Jacob Grape
• Abby & Eli Lineman
• Audrie Love-Boncaro
• Cooper Petzing
• Juliet Quatro
• Drew & Molly Tiernan
• Mrs. Bertram & Mrs. Kipp =)

Please let us know if you have any questions!  "See" you on Sunday, December 20th!

PS: This is our first time ever doing something like this, so fingers crossed that everything goes smoothly =)!!