Class was fun today! Your kids are learning and grasping so many concepts! We reviewed scale degrees, our new chord names (using the scale degree - red =1, blue =4, and yellow=5), the magic keys that are in our F major key and G major key, and how to count our bugs with two beams. Seriously, so impressive!

We will NOT meet together for our normal class time next week. Instead, I'll meet one-on-one for our second and final composition private lesson. I'm so pleased with what each child accomplished at our last private lesson and I'm also excited to get them finished. Click the link below to see what time you signed up for:

You still have time to enter my studio Spirit Week contest if you haven't already! If your child would like to bring me a drawing or a picture of what they love about Let's Play Music they still can. I just need it by Friday. Text me when you can bring it and I'll make sure I'm home or you can put it in my mailbox. If it's a digital picture, you can send it to me via email or text and I'll print it out for my gallery wall.

If you'd like, you can check out the official LPM Instagram page to enter their weekly or grand prize contest. Pictures and links below.

The Circus

The official name of this puppet show is Symphony No. 1, 2nd movement by Gustav Mahler.

Mahler named his entire first symphony 'The Titan'. It was originally written as a symphonic poem, meaning that the music followed a "plot," in five movements instead of the traditional four. The second movement, the finale of which we use as our circus puppet show, is labeled "Set With Full Sails." Interestingly, this melody is in an Austrian folk dance form called a ländler (in 3/4 time). For those of you who like trivia, this is the dance from The Sound of Music during which Maria and Captain Von Trapp fall in love.

Check out this youth orchestra performing the music to our Circus puppet show live. These performers aren't a whole lot older than your child! When you click on the link, listen carefully for some new music not on our CD. Ask your child if it makes them think of a possible new character/theme for our show!

I value open and honest communication so please feel free to contact me if you have any questions, concerns, or comments.

Thank you!