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Faculty Feature: Jane

Before I started lessons, my mom played the Suzuki tape at home as suggested by my soon-to-be cello teacher to help me get to know the pieces I would be learning that year but she discovered when I heard the French Folk Song, I would hide in the folds of our our living room curtains and cry. She thought maybe I didn’t want to play cello and was too scared to tell her but after a little digging, it turned out that I thought French Folk Song was so sad and beautiful and it made me cry. And yes, I am still that person today!

I started learning cello at the age of four, commuting on the train to Manhattan from New Jersey with my mother with my teensy doll sized cello and my mom’s full size. My mom, who took parent classes every week for a year so she could help me practice at home, says she didn’t even notice the schlepping and how tiring the commute was because she had always wanted to play music and now she could share that experience with me.

What I love most about music is that anyone can connect on a fundamental level. Everyone can relate to emotions of joy, sadness, anger, anxiety, or excitement to name a few. Anyone who says they don’t know how to listen to music or don’t understand the importance of music should try watching a movie without the soundtrack! Music is a huge part of our everyday lives and often we don’t even realize it!

The best part about being a teacher is that I can share the beauty of music and performance with my students!

Parent Classes with Shelly Macdonald

NYC Spring 2017 Workshops

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen &
Listen So Kids Will Talk

(Based on the bestselling books by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish)

NYC Classes begin April 25!
Daytime and Evening Classes available 
All classes are held at Silver Music

Learn strategies to create more joy and ease in your home!

Silver Music parents who register early receive $50 off tuition! See code and registration information below.

During this small-group, six-week workshop, plus a bonus seventh week review session, you will learn powerful communication skills that make life with children easier and more satisfying.  Each week, we’ll walk through a new skill set that will provide you with the know-how to be more effective with and connected to your children.

By the end of the workshop, you will have the tools to:

  • Discipline without hurting or alienating
  • Cope with your child’s negative feelings
  • Engage your child’s willing cooperation
  • Help your child develop a realistic and positive self-image
  • Foster an atmosphere of love and respect
  • Resolve conflicts peacefully

NYC workshops will be held on the following dates and times:

Tuesday evenings:  4/25 – 6/13, skip 6/6 (seven weeks)
includes Bonus Review Class on 6/13!
Time: 7:30pm – 9:00pm
Location: Silver Music, 218 West 72nd Street, #2FW, NYC
Fee: $575 per person. $525 if you register by April 1 with discount code “Silver” 
Register now for Tues. pm

Wednesday mornings:  4/26-6/7 +  Bonus Review
Time: 9:30-11:15am
Location: Silver Music, 218 West 72nd Street, #2FW, NYC
Fee: $575 per person. $525 if you register by April 1 with discount code “Silver” 
Register now for Wed. am

This class is appropriate for parents of toddlers through teens. We cover simple (but not always easy!), yet highly-effective communication skills applicable to parenting through class exercises, discussion, reading, and ‘homework’ (i.e. practicing at home), and demonstrate how the skills can be used in age-appropriate ways. Many participants happily report the skills have also improved their adult relationships!

Class size is small (no more than 10 people) which allows for individualized coaching from Shelly and a powerful group dynamic.

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The How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk Workshop is facilitated by Parent Educator and Coach, Shelly Macdonald.

Shelly has been practicing and teaching the How to Talk skills for over 10 years. She is passionate about sharing the “Good News of Parenting” and helping parents foster the next generation of human-kindness.

Can’t make the class due to your schedule or location? Shelly also offers private coaching via phone or internet. To schedule a session or inquire about coaching, please email Shelly directly at shelly@shellymacdonald.com.

TESTIMONIALS
“I got so much out of these classes and found them to be the most helpful support I had found since I had kids. In addition to impacting my parenting, the workshops influenced my teaching as well. I am so happy to have this resource for parents right here at Silver Music.”
-Ellen Silver”Shelly is a gifted moderator, listener and coach and I can’t recommend the Workshop enough.”
-Kate C.”Since taking Shelly’s class, I have become a more joyful and present parent and I wish all parents could learn her techniques. Thank you, Shelly!”
-Nancy D.

“I took Shelly’s class because a mother who had such a positive experience brought her child for a visit and I began inquiring about the dramatic difference from his previous visits. I was so struck with how good the kid was, I began researching and registered for the first class with Shelly I could get myself into.”
-Julie L.

SNOW DAY: 2/9

Silver Music is closed for snow or inclement weather when the New York City public schools close.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9th, SILVER MUSIC IS CLOSED FOR ALL LESSONS AND CLASSES.

Lesson Students may contact their teacher directly to schedule a makeup lesson this semester.

Thursday Introductory Class Students will have an additional class scheduled on Thursday, June 15th, at their regular class time.

Musical Events in NYC this February

Haydn Quartet Concert
Tuesday, February 7, 8pm
Redeemer Presbyterian Church
Friends of Silver Music perform quartets by Haydn in a FREE concert on W 83rd St. This concert is produced by The Handel Festival Orchestra.

Sonatenabend
Wednesday, February 8, 6pm
Paul Recital Hall
Pianists from Juilliard’s Collaborative Piano department perform sonata repertoire in partnership with student instrumentalists. FREE.

Inside Chamber Music
Wednesday, February 8, 6:30pm
Lincoln Center
Discover the personalities, proclivities, and predilections of Brahms, Debussy, Mozart, and Ravel, in four great works of their chamber music repertoire. Performance by the Escher String Quartet. Tickets are $25.

American Symphony Orchestra
Friday, February 10, 8pm
Carnegie Hall
Immerse yourself in the works of 20th Century Czech composers and see if you can spot Rachel Riggs, of our viola faculty, performing with the orchestra! There is a Pre-Concert Talk at 7pm. Tickets are $15-$54.

A Concert For The Restoration of Vision
Monday, February 13, 8pm
Carnegie Hall
Gustav Mahler’s Second Symphony, “Resurrection”, will be performed. This work draws on images of rebirth and resurrection, which resonate with the experience of restored vision. The concert benefits HelpMeSee, a visionary organization using cross-sector collaborations to create large-scale, affordable, and sustainable approaches to ending cataract blindness worldwide. $35-$149

Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra
Saturday, February 18, 7:30pm
Peter Jay Sharp Theater
Listen to Julliard’s Pre-College students perform Tchaikovsky’s Symphony “Pathetique” and hear the world-premiere of Ewazen’s Concertino for Bass Trombone! (It’s not every day that one gets to hear the bass trombone perform soloistically.) FREE

Vienna Philharmonic
Friday, February 24-Sunday, February 26, 8pm
Carnegie Hall
Come hear one of the greatest orchestras in the world perform works by Bartok, Brahms, Schubert, Strauss, and more! Each night offers a different program. $36-$250.

Ongoing

The Art of Music
Select weekdays at 11:15am
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Highlighting the connections between the musical traditions of different peoples, places, and time periods, this tour gives visitors an appreciation of the Museum’s global holdings of instruments selected for social significance, technical virtuosity, tonal quality, and visual beauty.

Music for Piano
Wednesdays at 1pm
Alice Tully Hall
Juilliard artists share their talent with the community in these free, hour-long lunchtime concerts on Wednesday afternoons throughout the season.

Philharmonic Families
Sundays at 12:30pm and 3pm; Mondays at 10:30am
Merkin Concert Hall
This coming season ensembles of strings, brass, and woodwinds are presented playing music ideal for the youngest listeners. Each concert will explore basic musical ideas through movement, singing, and humor. Subscription prices range from $72 to $87.

Group Class Schedule: Spring 2017

SPRING GROUP CALENDAR
FESTVIAL DATE: Sunday, March 5

SPRING MONDAYS:
Jan. 23, 20
Feb. 6, 13, 27
March 6, 13, 27
Apr. 3, 17, 24
May 1, 8, 15, 22
June 5

(No group on Feb. 20 due to Presidents’ Week, Mar. 20 due to March Break, Apr. 10 due to April Break, and May 29 due to Memorial Day Weekend)

SPRING TUESDAYS:
Jan. 17, 24, 31
Feb. 7, 14, 28
March 7, 14, 28
Apr. 4, 18, 25
May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
June 6 (snow day makeup)
Advance Violin Group Class (Tuesday 5pm) will continue through June 13th

(No group on Feb. 21 due to Presidents’ Week, Mar. 21 due to March Break, and April 11 due to April Break)

SPRING WEDNESDAYS:
Jan. 18, 25
Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22 
March 1, 8, 15, 29
Apr. 5, 19, 26
May 3, 10, 17, 24

(No group on Mar. 22 due to March Break, and April 12 due to April Break)

SPRING FRIDAYS:
Jan. 20, 27
Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24
March 3, 10, 17, 31
Apr. 7, 21, 28
May 5, 12, 19, 26

(No group on Mar. 24 due to March Break, and April 14 due to April Break)

SPRING SATURDAYS:
Jan. 21, 28
Feb. 4, 11, 25
March 4, 11, 18
Apr. 1, 8, 22, 29
May 6, 13, 20
June 3, 10

(No group on Feb. 18 due to Presidents’ Week, March 25 due to March Break, April 15 due to April Break, and May 27 due to Memorial Day Weekend)