Monday, December 22, 2008

Friday, December 12, 2008

When Should My Child Begin Private Instrumental Instruction?

As a general rule, most children are not ready to begin formal instrumental training before the age of 6 or 7 for piano or string instruments, and most instructors will not accept students younger than 8 or 9 for other orchestral or band instruments. Before that, they tend to lack the size, stamina, and outcome-oriented commitment to make lessons a pleasurable and successful experience. Children are individuals, with a wide range of aptitude, but all children possess the ability to enjoy lifelong music making, and this ability can be greatly influenced by how we choose to approach their earliest experiences.

Kindermusik contains all of the needed elements to develop a child who is musically aware and who has the solid foundation to make lessons a natural and joyous next step. Children who grow up in Kindermusik have had chances to succeed, be nurtured and encouraged in their early creative explorations, and develop a core of music theory instilled through voice, body, and mind. Music for them is a natural part of their environment, and they have gained the language of note, rhythm, and expression to help them as they select which instrument they most wish to make their own. Many experts agree that early musical enrichment lays a foundation for musicianship which may accelerate later progress on an instrument.

Children who graduate from Kindermusik for the Young Child have a strong basis in theory, musicianship, and instrumental technique. More importantly, they have been allowed to develop the whole child through music, in a supportive and reassuring atmosphere, which lays the groundwork for a lifetime of positive outlook not only towards music learning, but towards learning in general.

Friday, December 05, 2008

Holiday Sing Along

Join my family and I for an evening filled with winter fun! We will go on a sleigh ride, play in the snow, go ice skating, and sing favorite holiday songs all in the warm and cozy Kindermusik studio! Hot cocoa and cookies will be served!

Leave the kids behind for the pajama party where we will sing, dance, play with instruments, make a craft, watch a movie and have relaxation time (or drop them off if you can't attend the sing along). You get to go out for a night of shopping, dinner, whatever! Please RSVP so that I can gather enough worker elves to keep all of the children busy and safe!

Friday, December 19,
Family Sing Along 6:00-7:00 pm
$10 per Family
Pajama Party 7:00-9:00 pm
$10 per child ($5 per child if you attend the sing along!)--ALL AGES!
Kindermusik with Brenda Studio


Directions: Parkade Center is just East of the West Blvd. exit off of I-70. Enter Parkade through the main South facing doors (between MOX and the Cafe). Go down the stairs and the classroom is at the bottom of the stairs on the right! 601 Business Loop 70 W. Columbia, MO 65203

I hope to sing with you then!

Brenda Haynes, MEd
Director and Kindermusik Maestro
Among the Top 5% of Kindermusik Educators Worldwide
573-881-1574
brenda@kindermusikwithbrenda.com
www.kindermusikwithbrenda.com/
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Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Don't forget that the value of this class follows you home all week long with the learning that you and your child do with your home materials! Priceless!!