ROCKWALL, TX (May 23, 2023) Applications are now being accepted for the Rockwall Music Teachers Association’s Glynda King Music Education Scholarship. The scholarship was created in honor of Glynda King – a beloved piano teacher, friend, community pianist and RMTA member, who passed away in August of 2021 after battling pancreatic cancer. Scholarships shall be […]
ROCKWALL, TX (Aug. 2, 2022) The Rockwall Music Teachers Association recently announced the recipients of its newly established Glynda King Piano Leadership and Service Scholarship. The scholarship , which was open to the entire community, was created in honor of Glynda King – a beloved piano teacher, friend, community pianist and RMTA member, who passed […]
ROCKWALL, TX – December 2, 2020 — More than 75 piano and voice students, from beginner to advanced skill levels, participated in the Rockwall School of Music’s Fall Competition on Saturday, Nov. 14. Music professionals from the area were brought in to judge the competition. Students could participate in either the competitive or non-competitive category. […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — January 24, 2019) For the second year in a row, Mitchell Jackson, a Rockwall High School piano student has advanced to State. His piano composition, A Hero’s Dark Side, will be adjudicated at the PTA Reflections State Contest. Nearly 60,000 students participate in the annual program and less than three percent advance […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — January 29, 2018) On Jan. 20, 59 piano students performed in the Rockwall Music Teacher Association sponsored Scales Olympics. Students played scales, chords, inversions, and arpeggios in the level matching their ability. Each student performed a piece of music of their choice and then were given a selection to sight read. Pictured […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Jan. 29, 2018) Piano students of Michele McDonald’s Rockwall studio recently participated in the Rockwall Music Teacher’s Association Scale Olympics event. Students are required to perform for a judge a series of scale, chord, arpeggio and sight reading exercises as well as a prepared, memorized piece of music. Six students achieved the 3-Year […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Jan. 3, 2015) It’s not often that one finds a passion and gets to use it in a special way – and for a good cause to boot. But that’s exactly what 17-year-old Rockwall-Heath senior McKenna Blenk gets to do each and every Saturday, using her pianist skills to perform for the […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – June 2, 2015) Young musicians from the studio of Michele McDonald recently finished a busy season by performing an awards recital at the First Presbyterian Church in Rockwall. Students in grades 2-12 performed in a free-to-the public recital sharing some of the works they had prepared for a number of events during […]
ROCKWALL, TX (March 20, 2014) On any given week, nearly 350 students pass through the doors of the Rockwall School of Music for private or small group instruction in piano, guitar, drums, violin, viola, cello, bass or voice. With more than 3,000 sq. ft. and 12 distraction-free, soundproof teaching studios, the facility itself is noteworthy […]
(Rockwall) June 7, 2013 – Students of Michele McDonald of the Hubbard Chamber Music Series actively performed in a number of events this past season. All performed in the Rockwall Music Teachers Fall Festival and Spring Competition with most students receiving high marks or placing in the competition. Several students were also active and successful […]