Notable Beginnings http://notablebeginnings.com Music school and lessons in Louisville Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:39:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 MusikGarten schedule update! http://notablebeginnings.com/?p=120 http://notablebeginnings.com/?p=120#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:39:24 +0000 kim http://notablebeginnings.com/?p=120 Mark your calendars now! Our MusikGarten classes will be on Tuesday evenings and Friday mornings. Please visit Amy’s site for more information, including how to register, at http://www.fortepianostudio.com.

If you sign up for the 9:30 Friday Babies class you’ll get to meet Lucas!

]]> http://notablebeginnings.com/?feed=rss2&p=120 0 Expansion and MusikGarten http://notablebeginnings.com/?p=113 http://notablebeginnings.com/?p=113#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:12:20 +0000 kim http://notablebeginnings.com/?p=113 We have some very exciting news to share here from the world of Notable Beginnings!

First off, beginning in September we will be offering MusikGarten classes for babies through preschoolers.  Ms. Amy Dobben will be offering these wonderful opprotunities here at Notable Beginnings.  Please visit her site at www.MusikGartenLouisville.com for more information and to sign up!

Also, I’d like to welcome studio renter Grace Dell Aquilla (sp?) to our studio.  Grace will be teaching pop/rock vocal stylings here beginning in August.  She will be operating her studio independently, so you’ll need to contact her directly for information.  You can find her at www.anothercolour.com through her band.

And lastly, to accomdate all this new activity, Notable Beginnings is expanding its studio space.  Beginning in August, we will have additional studio space on the second floor of the building next door (above the salon and the vacuum cleaner store)!  There are 3 very large studios up there.  Ironically, this new space was Notable Beginnings’ original location back in 2002!  The Notable Annex, as we’re calling it, needs some cleaning up but will be ready to go by the time school is in session!

Hope to see you all soon!

]]> http://notablebeginnings.com/?feed=rss2&p=113 0 Recital coming up! http://notablebeginnings.com/?p=109 http://notablebeginnings.com/?p=109#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:03:15 +0000 kim http://notablebeginnings.com/?p=109 Mark your calendars…the Spring Recital is next Saturday (April 24)!! It will be at Immanuel Church of Christ (right across the street) at 2pm. Hope to see you all there!

]]> http://notablebeginnings.com/?feed=rss2&p=109 0 Baby has arrived! http://notablebeginnings.com/?p=108 http://notablebeginnings.com/?p=108#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:34:53 +0000 kim http://notablebeginnings.com/?p=108 Lucas James was born on March 11, 2010 at 8:31PM. He weighed 7 lbs 15 oz and was 20 inches long. We are all doing well and I plan to start teaching again in mid-April.

]]> http://notablebeginnings.com/?feed=rss2&p=108 1 Spring Recital Date Set! http://notablebeginnings.com/?p=106 http://notablebeginnings.com/?p=106#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:55:30 +0000 kim http://notablebeginnings.com/?p=106 Mark your calendars now!  The Spring Recital is set for April 24 at 2pm across the street at Immanuel UCC.  Sign up with your teacher.  There will be a “potluck” reception to follow, so bring a dessert or finger food to share!

]]> http://notablebeginnings.com/?feed=rss2&p=106 0 WINTER WEATHER INFO http://notablebeginnings.com/?p=91 http://notablebeginnings.com/?p=91#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:38:27 +0000 kim http://notablebeginnings.com/?p=91 Just so you know, our weather policy is as follows:

Your teacher is an independent contractor, meaning he/she handles his/her own scheduling.  If you are wondering if there are lessons, please contact your teacher directly.  They have final say over whether they are coming in that day.  If you need contact info for your teacher, give me a call at the main number and I can get it for you.  Thank you!

]]> http://notablebeginnings.com/?feed=rss2&p=91 0 The February Update http://notablebeginnings.com/?p=89 http://notablebeginnings.com/?p=89#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:13:01 +0000 kim http://notablebeginnings.com/?p=89 I am happy to announce that Notable Beginnings now has a low brass specialist on staff.  Please welcome Chris Schmidt to our ranks!  Look for his bio coming soon on the “Our Teachers” page.  Chris has extensive experience working with bands and doing low brass sectionals as well as private lessons.  If you know anyone looking for brass lessons, please pass along our information!

Chris will also be taking over Dr. Charles Priest’s trumpet studio at the end of the school year, as Dr. Priest will be leaving us.  He has accepted a full-time position at the Baptist Seminary in the library.  He has already passed along his guitar students, and will be leaving us for good at the end of the school year.  We wish him much success!

Please mark your calendars now for our Spring Recital!  It will be held on Saturday, April 24 at 2pm.  (That’s the Saturday between Thunder and Derby.)  The recital this time will be held at Immanuel UCC – the church right across the street from the studio!  I hope this will be the beginning of a great relationship between us and Immanuel!  Please plan to be there!

Students of Ms. Ruthanne Fulton, please don’t forget that she is out of the country for the rest of the month.  We wish her safe travels to Indonesia and back!

]]> http://notablebeginnings.com/?feed=rss2&p=89 0 Vacation Time! http://notablebeginnings.com/?p=86 http://notablebeginnings.com/?p=86#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:54:34 +0000 kim http://notablebeginnings.com/?p=86 I hope you’re all enjoying your holiday break.  Don’t forget, lessons resume after the new year – on Monday, January 4!

And as always, please let me know of any wonderful things your students are doing that can be posted here!

]]> http://notablebeginnings.com/?feed=rss2&p=86 0 New teacher and upcoming recitals! http://notablebeginnings.com/?p=84 http://notablebeginnings.com/?p=84#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:26:19 +0000 kim http://notablebeginnings.com/?p=84 First, I would like to welcome Ms. Cordia Thompkins to our studio.  Cordia, a recent graduate of UofL’s School of Music, has joined us as a violin teacher.  We are most excited to have her!

Secondly, I’d like to remind everyone of the Fifth Annual Costume Recitals this weekend.  So, on Sunday, Nov. 1, don your Halloween costume one last time and join us at Central Christian Church in beautiful New Albany, IN to see some, um, interesting people play some lovely music!  Recitals are at 2pm and 4:30pm, with receptions following both.  Please contact me if you have any questions.

A few other notes – I’m happy to report that the tree blocking some parking spaces has finally been taken care of.  Also, my husband and I are having a boy (so they say)!

]]> http://notablebeginnings.com/?feed=rss2&p=84 0 The Notable Blog http://notablebeginnings.com/?p=61 http://notablebeginnings.com/?p=61#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:05:45 +0000 kim http://notablebeginnings.com/?p=61 Welcome to our new website, and our hopefully weekly blog updates!  Since I don’t get to see everyone who comes through our doors at NBMS, I hope to use this as a medium to connect with everyone.

As you know, I am a musician, not a web designer.  So please have patience with me as I learn to update this thing and make our website a bit sparklier!

I’d like to ask everyone’s help in keeping this blog updated.  I want to publish all our students’ wonderful achievements, from being in the school play to ratings at solo/ensemble contest.  So please send me email (kim@notablebeginnings.com) and keep me posted on what your fantastic kids are up to.  I’ll be happy to post information about concerts, plays, recitals, etc., and general bragging things, too!

Speaking of general updates, if you haven’t heard my news yet, let me tell you!  My husband James and I are expecting our first child around March 9, 2010.  (Just in time for our second wedding anniversary and James’ 30-somethingth birthday!)  I’m not looking too pregnant yet, but I’m sure it’ll be popping out any day now!

So, now to see if this thing works or I’ve totally broken it…

Your fearless leader-
Kim Fanning

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