The Lake Norman Music Academy in Mooresville, NC recently purchased a Clavinova® CVP96 digital piano that will be employed in the academy’s advanced keyboard technique and songwriting/publishing classes. The academy’s commitment to providing the highest quality music education extends to the utilization of the latest technology. This was a major factor in school director Monica Poole’s decision to add the Clavinova digital piano to her keyboard program.

Left to right: Lake Norman Music Academy Director Monica Poole works with students Whitney Pruett, Kristen Curan, Kaitlyn Hutchinson, and Michelle Murphy

Of the many innovative features found on the Clavinova, Poole was most impressed with the Clavinova’s Advanced Wave Memory tone generation and CD quality samples of actual instruments, the capability to provide accompaniment to keyboard students, and the ability to interface with computers. The academy has also acquired a variety of music publishing software that can be used with the Clavinova. Students and faculty can also download a vast number of MIDI files available via the Internet.

“Now our students can learn basic songwriting techniques and apply them by composing on the digital keyboard. They can save the results to the onboard disk drive, then manipulate them through software that will edit and print their work,” says Poole. “Simply put, the Clavinova is fantastic technology in both the teaching environment and the academy’s performing arts program. Performing arts classes will greatly benefit from the Clavinova’s versatility, being able to create everything from full orchestral arrangements to complex rhythmic patterns. The latter will be perfect for the dance component of the program.”

Lake Norman Music Academy is the area’s only full-service music instruction facility. With more than 2,000 students, the Academy offers group and individual music, arts, and drama instruction, as well as after school and preschool programs.

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