Hello Everybody, It has been a tremendously busy spring, with some challenges and opportunities. Payment Issues As you have noticed from some communications about payments, we have been experiencing a major issue with some clients having been billed twice in May for no apparent reason. We have pushed as hard as we can to have had this reversed quickly, but [...]
Hello Everybody! Remember that rates are going up as of May 1st, 2023. Read the important update now. Remember that you can absolutely reach out to Barnaby if you need any tuition support. We have decided that we are not yet ready to resume holding our recitals. We are sorry, and hope to resume next school year. Referral Reminder • 20% [...]
Hello Everybody! This is an important note about changes and dates as we look ahead to the summer and coming school year. This Month Digital Lessons are FarPlay-First As you may have seen from our note 2 weeks ago, we have started testing FarPlay.io as a new piece of software for digital lessons. This works on Apple/MacOS, Windows PCs, and [...]
Hello Everybody! Our FarPlay.io test continues in April. You should now be using this on Mac, Windows PCs, and Chromebook (Linux version). Your teachers will be looking for you online here first, preferably not on Zoom. We will update you near the end of the month on further plans for this platform vs. Zoom. There is a new version out today [...]
Hello Saxophone Students! As you know we had suspended our lessons in March to search for a new teacher. As our standards for this are high and specific, and as we had a number of teachers over the last 18 months, we have been even more selective than usual. The result is that we are not likely to have [...]
Hello Everyone, If you did not get or read our previous email about our testing of new lesson delivery software FarPlay, please read and download the app now. Teachers are defaulting to this at the moment, with Zoom as the back up. If you do not appear within 2-3 minutes of your lesson start time, your teacher will check Zoom. [...]
MARCH 2023 • IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT DIGITAL LESSONS! Starting Monday, March 13th we are testing new software to improve our digital lessons: Farplay.io This software has the potential to close what we think is the most important remaining gap we see in digital service: Being able to play together at the same time! This is a big deal, and we [...]
Hello Aurora's students, This is a reminder that there are no lessons this Saturday, March 11th, and that your lessons have been moved to the 18th of March (part of the make-up week), in-lieu, which will be fully digital. Thank you!
Hello Aurora's students! Please note we have an important change to make for March, as Aurora has a conflict. Saturday, March 11th will be moved to Saturday, March 18th. This will also be a fully digital day. We apologize for any inconvenience, and thank you for your patience. -Barnaby.
Hello Everybody! Please confirm your March Make-up lessons for the week of March 13-18th now by visiting the 2023 March tab on this shared Google sheet. You'll need to indicate if you are confirming or declining. Declined make-ups will be moved to June. These make-ups will be fully digital, as we did in December. As we are fast approaching the [...]