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Summer Lessons 2024: May-Aug 10  (Fall Term Begins Aug 12)

All current student students and new students that have had their first lesson/interview may set up summer lessons directly with their teacher or the Silvas (770-565-7177). Find current announcements on this page and discussions on silvamusicgroup.com

Summer Lessons are by-the-lesson and you may set up as many as you would like to have and schedule with your instructor directly. You may pay at each lesson or group a number of lessons together in one payment. $60 for half hour lessons, $90 for 45 minute lessons and $120 for hour lessons.

Students and mainly, parents: 1. Join Remind 2. Join silvamusicgroup.com. See instructions below.

Communicate directly with your teacher:

After your lesson scheduling is confirmed, you will text, call and email your instructor directly for scheduling questions and other administrative matters.

  • Dr. Francisco Silva, 470-301-4839
  • Mireille Silva, 770-265-2619 
  • Lingyi Guo, 402-541-9083 
  • Mariya Tsvetkova, 678-559-8103
  •  Please Note: Dr. and Mrs. Silva will keep track of calls and admin on the studio phone, mainly for business, banking and new student inquiries, 770-565-7177

If you are not receiving texts message announcements on your phone, please make sure you are on our Remind App list for studio-wide important text announcements so you don’t miss anything. In the Remind App, our class number is: @1518-222 . It’s easy to sign up by texting a message, click here for instructions. If your phone number needs to be updated, please do so in the app. 

    Sign up NOW if you are not on the Remind App! You need this for important, short text announcements!

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    (Click on icon to go to REMIND.)

      Join NOW!  Silva Music Students, Members-Only Social / Learning Website, silvamusicgroup.com (Click on Image Below)

      Our new, interactive website has been in the development stage for 2 years and now we are up and running with our students and teachers. You may register as a student and parents may register as themselves. It’s a social and learning site designed just for our studios and is members only so this is safe from the public eye. Watch instructional videos, share media, general news feeds, forums, courses and more within our members-only community. We will post in-house announcements, documents and answer any questions so that everyone can be informed. This is the place where you can ask questions about your repertoire, practice assignments, exercises and get answers from the instructors in between lessons and during breaks. We are building the Book 1 and Book 2 courses and beyond in the LMS possibilities of this platform.

      All students and parents in our studios SIGN UP NOW! We encourage all of you to be engaged, add suggestions, create your own support groups. The possibilities are almost endless. (Technical note: your confirmation code might be sent to your junk mail when you Create an Account, so please check.) We look forward to seeing you on our private platform! Click on the image below to reach the “Sign in/ Create an Account” page. If you have any problems signing up, please email Mrs. Silva.

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      Click on image above to go there!

       

       

      Find the Studio Policy, Calendars and Tuition Information on the links below.  This information is also found in your green booklet and is valid through the end of Spring Term 2024. Please note that we are updating term calendars, tuition and studio policy for the upcoming Fall Term 2025.

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      Studio Policy

      Must read! Lesson procedures, missed lessons and more.

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      Join: Studio Social Website

      Register on our studio-only social and  learning website, Silva Music Group.com

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      Fall Term 2023 Registration Form

      Fall Term 2023 begins August 21

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      Summer Lessons 2024

      Scroll up to the top announcement for summer lessons 2024!

      Studio News and Current Announcements

      Students, use the subscribe box to receive up to date studio news in your email!
       

      Piano Resources

      Piano Tuner/Technicians
      Cary Thrift
      Craig Miller
      Greg Chryssopoulos: 404-271-8745
      gcpianoservice@gmail.com
      Buying a Piano Guide
      Piano Buyer

      Ear Training Example

      Ariel sings “My Bonnie” at his 3rd grade class concert. The opening interval is a great example of the interval of a 6th for ear training!

       

      Student Resources

      Technique and Practice Guide

      Understanding basics of piano technique: All students, please see this!

      Practice Guide presentation

      Learning and Memory at the Piano

      Learning and Memory

      Book 1 Audio Tracks Dropbox Download

       Students: please listen and sing along until the piece/pieces you are working on are memorized (by singing only). Use your music to follow along at first!

      Download Book 1 Recording

        Book 1 Audio Tracks (Streaming)

      Students:  Listen and sing along with each track until the piece/pieces you are working on are memorized (by singing only). Use your music to follow along at first!

      Hot Cross Buns, singing

      Hot Cross Buns, bridges

      Hot Cross Buns, rocking bridges

      Mary, singing

      Mary, chords

      German Folk Song, singing

      German Folk Song, chords

      German Folk Song, alberti bass

      London Bridge, singing

      London Bridge, chords

      London Bridge, alberti bass

      Twinkles, singing

      Twinkles, chords

      Twinkles, alberti bass

      This Old Man, chords

      This Old Man, alberti bass

      Go Tell Aunt Rhody, singing

      Go Tell Aunt Rhody, chords

      Go Tell Aunt Rhody, alberti bass

      Are You Sleeping

      Running Brook, singing

      Running Brook

      Saints

      French Folk Song, singing

      French Folk Song

      Spanish Folk Song, siniging

      Spanish Folk Song

      Czerny Etude

      Staccato Etude, singing

      Staccato Etude

      Happy Birthday, singing

      Happy Birthday, chords

      Happy Birthday

      Brazilian Folk Song

      Bulgarian Folk Song

      Saint Louis Blues

      I’ve Been Working on the Railroad

      Were You There

      Spring Term 2024 April Announcements

      Spring Term 2024 April Announcements

      April 2024 Announcements: It's hard to believe we are coming close to the end of Spring Term 2024! Students, you have been doing awesome work and show wonderful progress. We look forward to seeing and hearing each of you peform your recital pieces in May and also in...

      Spring Term 2024 Begins Jan 15

      Spring Term 2024 Begins Jan 15

      January 2024 Announcements: Happy New Year! We are looking forward to seeing our students for Spring Term lessons starting January 15th. We hope you all had a great winter break and are ready for a productive year of learning new music. December recitals were a...

      End of Year 2023 Announcements

      End of Year 2023 Announcements

      December Activities: We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving break! Please note in the calendar in your folders and on the websites, we are still on break this week. Lessons resume next Monday, December 5. The last day of Fall Term lessons is December 15,...

      Fall Term ’23 Registration Begins!

      Fall Term ’23 Registration Begins!

      Fall Term '23 Registration Begins Fall Term Lessons Start Monday, August 21st Fall 2023 Registration is open! We will try to keep your teacher the same as last year. Choose your top 3 days and try to give us a time frame for each day. Click on the Registration Form...

      Justin Han Performs all Mozart Program this Saturday!

      Justin Han Performs all Mozart Program this Saturday!

      Concert this Saturday, June 17th! Check the link below for more information. We are very excited to announce that Mr. Justin Han, one of our wonderful teachers is going to play and conduct a Mozart program this Saturday. Let’s come out and support him! This is great...

      Recital this Tuesday evening at Silva Music Studios!

      Recital this Tuesday evening at Silva Music Studios!

      Concert this Tuesday, May 9 at 7:30 pm Reserve your seats, limited space! We are very excited to host pianist David Syme, international cultural and brand representative for Pearl River, Ritmuller and Kayserburg Pianos. This private recital will be held at Silva Music...

      Action-packed Spring Term coming up!

      Action-packed Spring Term coming up!

       Spring Term Resumes Today We hope everyone had a great Spring Break. Regular lessons resume Monday, April 17. There are 4 weeks of lessons until the end of the term and the extras are action packed. Next Sunday, April 23rd, at the Hawkins Store Road Studio location,...

      Week 2, Spring Break Continues Monday, April 10

      Week 2, Spring Break Continues Monday, April 10

      Spring Break is 2 Weeks! We hope everyone had a great first week of Spring Break. Please remember that we have one more week of break. Some of this time will be dedicated towards make up lessons by appointment only. Regular lessons resume Monday, April 17. Students...

      November-December Announcements

      November-December Announcements

      Coming up: Master Classes, Pianothon, December Recitals Master Classes for all students will be held at Silva Music Studios next Sunday, November 13 at 10:30 AM for Book 1 level students and 1:30 PM for Book 2 and advanced students. Location: Blackwell Road studios....