Dear Parents and Students

These are a few updates for this term:

Spring Recital 2025
Term 4 keeps getting busier for everyone every year. And so, a big thank you to those students who made time to participate in the recent Spring Recital. As usual, short video clips of the performances are uploaded on the studio’s website at https://www.de-muso.com.au/news. Apologies to the three students who were not recorded due to the video camera malfunctioning mid-way.

End of Year 2025
This year, piano lessons will end in Week 10 of the term – the last lessons are on Saturday 14 December. While many students still have upcoming piano exams, I’d like to encourage them to complete their 40-piece challenge and learn a festive tune or a new piece for next year’s Autumn Concert.

Autumn Concert 2026
The main concert will be held in Term 2 Week 2 next year. The venue has been booked and the full details are as follows:
Date : Sunday, 3 May 2026
Time : 3:00 pm – 4.30 pm (or later, depending on the programme)
Venue: Knox Community Arts Centre, Auditorium
Corner Mountain Highway and Scoresby Road
Bayswater VIC 3153

Dear Parents and Students

We’re well into spring time and so it’s time for the Spring Recital. This smaller concert ‘for students only’ will be held at my home in Week 5 of this term.
The details are below, and I’d appreciate if students’ attendance could be confirmed by Friday 31 October.

Date: Sunday, 9 November 2025
Time: 2.30pm – 3.45pm
Venue: 84 Bridgewater Way, Rowville (main house)

With warmest regards,

Deborah de Souza

Dear Parents and Students

One particularly observant student recently remarked, “It’s already the middle of the term!” Actually, it’s way passed the middle of term, and so time for a quick update.

Studio Activities
Term 3 always seems to pass by extra fast as many students are busy preparing for their piano exams. Accordingly, studio activities this term have been centred around increasing practice, improving musical knowledge, and honing aural and sight-reading skills.

Spring Recital 2025
Like last year, the Spring Recital will be held in mid-Term 4. This is a mini-concert to provide another opportunity for students to perform for an audience, albeit a smaller one comprising only their peers and in a possibly cosier environment.

Date: Sunday, 9 November 2025
Time: 2.30pm – 3.45pm
Venue: 84 Bridgewater Way, Rowville (main house)

End of Term 3
The last day of the term is Saturday 20 September. Normal lessons for Term 4 resume on Monday 6 October.

Deborah de Souza

Dear Parents and Students

This term, the studio will be closing 1 week earlier for the Term 2 School Holidays.  The last day of piano lessons for this term is Saturday 28 June, and lessons will resume on Monday 21 July for Term 3.

In Term 2, we had the Autumn Concert and video clips of the concert have since been put up on the website.  Once again, thank you to all those students and their families who participated in the concert.

Coming up next is the Spring Recital at my home in Term 4. More details will be given next term.  

Do keep healthy and cosy this winter,

Deborah de Souza

Just a couple of updates as we near the end of the year:

Dear Parents and Students

A quick update as we near the end of Term 1. The last day for piano lessons this term on Saturday 5 April, and piano lessons resume a little later next term on Tuesday 22 April because of the Easter Monday holiday.

Also a reminder that we have the 2025 Autumn Concert coming up in Term 2. It will be held on Sunday, 25 May, 3:00 pm at Knox Community Arts Centre. More details about the event will be provided at the beginning of Term 2.

To all families who are celebrating, Happy Easter, and to all students, Happy Holidays.

Deborah de Souza

Dear Parents and Students

I hope your families had an enjoyable holiday season and a great start to 2025.
This is just to confirm that piano lessons will resume in the 2nd week of the new school term, that is not next week but from Monday 3 February onwards.  And, if they haven’t already been practising, it would be good if students start playing their pianos and keyboards in preparation for the resumption of their lessons.

With best regards,
Deborah de Souza

Just a couple of updates as we near the end of the year:

Spring Recital 2024
Thanks to all the participants of this year’s late Spring Recital. Term 4 is always a busy time for families and so I really appreciate those who were able to attend. Short video clips of their performances have been uploaded on the studio’s website.

End of Year 2024
Piano lessons will end the week of 16 – 21 December. Students’ family members/friends are most welcome to sit in for the last lesson of the year as they’ll be encouraged to play their favourite Christmas songs.

Autumn Concert 2025
The venue for the main concert has been booked. Like this year, it will be held in the middle of Term 2 next year:

Date :   Sunday, 25 May 2025
Time :   3:00 pm – 4.30 pm (estimated ending time)
Venue:  Knox Community Arts Centre, Auditorium
             Corner Mountain Highway and Scoresby Road, Bayswater VIC 3153

Warmest regards,

Deborah de Souza