Trombones - Stars and Stripes

Thanks to Joshua for bringing in his trombone to your Kindermusik Young Child 2 class last week! I'm sorry I could not play it for you...I did take trombone in college as a secondary instrument but that was many years ago.

I think you will enjoy seeing some wild trombone music in action. This one is hard to play on the piccolo! (But fun.)

Dance of the Reed Flutes

When I first saw this video I thought of my all boy Kindermusik Young Child I class. As they were learning to properly hold the glockenspiel mallets and respond on cue, ready to play, they looked so professional. Notice how the musicians in this video snap to ready position! I think they are having fun!
Yvette
St. Mark's Bottle Band
Thanks to Julie S.

Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker suite (Part 1)

Here's some music to dance to!
To my Young Child 1 students (Jack, Joshua, Zachary, Ravi, Cameron, Nicholas, and Johanna) can you find the brass family?

And the piano-like instrument...what's that?? It's a percussion instrument called the Celeste. Isn't it heavenly?
Enjoy.
Yvette

The Courageous Put Music At the Top of the Education Priorities List

Andrea Peterson, the 2007 Teacher of the Year “The beautiful thing about music is that it can give kids skills that transfer over into their reading, writing, and math.”
Watch Andrea on ed.gov

Your Kindermusik children have a great beginning and as Kindermusik says: A great beginning never ends....So what after Kindermusik then? When they're 8 and can read music because we've been singing, dancing, clapping and reading the quarter notes, forte, syncopation......everything musical? Then what? Keep it going. Piano, orchestra, band, choir....lots and lots of possibilities.

When I meet a child too old for Kindermusik I like to ask: What instrument do you play? (just as if it was completely the most logical thing for a student of that age to be doing.) If they say piano or guitar or trombone I congratulate them. If they say "I don't play anything" then I tell them they must start right away! Dream it into happening! I say go talk to your parents about this.

Here's a special announcement for homeschool families: Holland Sinfonia! begins in September.
Through the LMHSC (Lake Michigan Home School Connection, Inc.) both orchestra and band will be offered. I'm very excited to be conducting the orchestra! And rehearsals will be at the Kindermusik Studio. How convenient is that? Chris Monteiro will be leading the Beginning and Intermediate Bands

We will be practicing all the things Andrea Peterson talked about in the video clip above....raising achievement: focus, team work, hard work ethic.......and great habits.
If you are interested or have questions please contact either sinfonia@lmhsc.org or me at singandtwirl@sbcglobal.net.

Yvette
Thanks Molly for keeping us up with all the great info you share.