This weeks theme for Music Mania is "Folk Music." By folk I of course mean "American Folk" or "Mountain Music." Of course, I already believe no matter what age you are, you are going to love folk music because of its peppy energy and silly lyrics. But, it never hurts to...
This week's theme for Music Mania is Composers! As I imagine, like many teachers, I wondered for a moment how I was going to get kids into learning about composers. I was able to come across a great C.D. called " Peter Ustinov reads The Orchestra ." This C.D. is actually based from the...
You may notice after a period of time that your own child may become bored with their studies within classical music. Don't be discouraged or worried! As a classically trained musician I also went through a period of time where I became bored. Sometimes you become used to one type of song and dance...
I've noticed not only as a former child musician but now as an adult musician/teacher that getting young children interested in classical music is almost like pulling teeth! Some kids just aren't interested in the classics. So, how do you get them interested? The Director of Education at the...
Two New Zealanders come to New York City to make it big in the folk music world. They have an incompentant agent who manages the band out of his "day job" office in the New Zealand Dept. of Tourism, and one fan, who borders on stalking them. Shot on location in NYC, this is one of the freshest...