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The Best Way to Fight Summer Boredom
Let’s face it, kids usually love Summer vacation more than their parents. They look forward to video games, texting and YouTube while parents worry about giving them activities to stimulate the brain and help them enter the new school year ready to go. So the challenge is to find something fun (for the child) as…
Ukulele Lessons Now Available
Let’s Learn the Ukulele John explains why the Ukulele is a great starter instrument The Ukulele is quickly becoming one of the most popular instruments for beginners. Chart-topping artists such as 21 Pilots are introducing the instrument to new audiences, creating a new wave of enthusiastic players. The are several reasons for the ukulele’s new…
Music Makes a Great Gift
Why Give Music Lessons? Very few of us look forward to Holiday shopping, and choosing the right gift can be tricky. I’ve wandered through stores, and the countless pages at Amazon, trying to find the right gift. Yet the fact remains our gifts are likely to be soon forgotten or discarded. Experiential This is…
Three Ways to Help Your Child Practice
As a music educator, I have found one of the greatest frustrations of parents is when their child doesn’t want to practice. It’s a familiar cycle – the child starts the lessons with great enthusiasm, only to lose the desire when it comes to practice time. Why is this? Music is a skill that you…
The Struggle Is Real & It’s Good For You
More often than not, when a student starts something brand new, they will utter, “This is hard,” and not want to continue. This is especially true if it’s something they didn’t already want to know. Younger students often don’t yet have the experience to know that through struggling comes growth. Even adults will sometimes give…
Practice, Practice, Practice.
The most important part of music study takes place at home, not just at the lesson. At home, the student tries out new ideas, sings or plays their assignment as specified, plays old songs, and has fun experimenting with something the coach has not assigned. Studies have shown that maximum retention occurs if practice takes place within 24 hours…
Solo Singing Versus Choir Singing
Singing in a choir can be great for a singer’s musicianship. Sight reading, vocal blending, harmonies, all of these skills are part of choir singing. However, singing in a choir does not always prepare one for stepping up to the front of the stage and singing a solo. Why? Because often the very skills that…
Finding The Right Music Lessons
Your relationship with your child’s music instruction studio is an important one. Music lessons have been long proven to bring a great deal of benefits, including academic and social, but this can be undermined by not having the right studio. Here are a few things to consider when choosing music lessons. Employees VS Contractors…
What Makes A Music School the “Best?”
No music studio I have ever seen will tell you they are second best. Every studio claims to be the best – but by what criteria? You will see studios tout their popularity awards, but did you know some of these awards can be bought? I keep being awarded the “best music lessons” award for a…