News

• Dylan & Tyler Lescure Senior recital: Saturday, June 11 @ 1:00 PM UUCF Chapel. Works by Beethoven, Mozart, Mussorgsky, Chopin, Gershwin, Rocherolle, Gottschalk, B. Joel and Pachelbel/G.Winston.
  
  
• The Senior recital featuring Charley Baxter-Gagen, Jennifer Case, Michael Flynn, Dylan Lescure & Tyler Lescure has had a venue and time change! The day is Feb. 26, but the time is now 6PM and the location is Fairfax Unitarian Congregation of Fairfax. Hope to see you there!
  
  
• We do not follow the Fairfax County Public Schools schedule! Scroll to the bottom to see the SNOW POLICY for Bock Studio.
  
  
• Piano Olympics today, December 11, 2010 at Jordan Kitts 8500 Lee Highway Fairfax, VA 22031. Performances by students of The Bock Studio.
  
  
• Honors Recitals for Nov. 6 & 20th will take place in Vienna & Fairfax. The winning students are: Nikhil Shirolkar, Mike Flynn, Sonia Gupta, Kate Vidrine, Chi Ying Lau, Tyler Lescure, Allison Pham, Kathleen Pham, Lauren Chang, Mark Jaskot, Laura Manno, Noah Koellisch, Sarah Koellisch, Joel Groetsema & Krissy Brant.
  
  
• Michael Flynn's winning composition, "Blue Grooves" was performed June 2 at Principia College in Elsah, IL. Also, Mike was commissioned to write a composition for the chamber music group "Musical Remarks" of Loudoun County. His septet for flute & strings was performed in August. Mike is a student of the Bock Studio. Kudos to his composition teacher, Jacob Kohut!
  
  
• Fall 2010 scheduling is nearly complete! If you do not have your registration in yet, please contact Ms. Bock as soon as possible! Openings are as follows:
  
  MaryEllen Bock, piano - Thursday afternoon
  Heather Duke, piano - Monday & Friday afternoons
  Natalie Naudus, voice & piano - Thursday afternoon
  Gary Rodriguez, guitar - Monday & Friday evenings
  Jacob Kohut, composition - Thursday afternoon/evening
  
  
• MaryEllen Bock is conducting private pedagogy sessions for local area teachers who need coaching in teaching and piano business set up. Please contact her through the contact page for info.
  
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• The Bock Studio adds a new teacher! Welcome to our composition/theory teacher:
  • Heather Duke: Piano,beginning voice
  
  
  To find out about any of our teachers, please contact the office through our contact page.
  
  

Regular Snow Vacancy Policy
Except in extreme snow emergencies, we will be teaching when Fairfax County schools open late, close early or are closed all day. If you cannot get to your lesson due to the snow and would like an alternative, you must call as early as possible before your lesson time and let us know you are missing your lessons due to the snow. When you cannot make it to your lesson due to snow, your time slot becomes a "Snow Vacancy." So when you call early, you allow us to use your time otherwise; for example, we can offer a later time student (who may not blocked in by snow, but is worried about icy night driving) your earlier time. In that case, we will provide either: a snow-group lesson during the summer term with other students of a similar level a summer lesson to replace the snowed out lesson.
If you do not call before your lesson time or by noon, whichever is earlier, you restrict our use of that time, therefore no alternative will apply to you.