Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Miscellany...
For classes next week...don't forget to bring a Teddy Bear (or rat or doll or other favorite thing to hug) and your songbook....
And...here are the dates/places for our Summer Sample Classes:
Mon. 6/23 11am @ Mobius - Downtown
Fri. 7/18 10:30am @ Liberty Lake Library
Thursday time, date and location to be announced for Northside families
Sat. 8/16 10:45am @ City Yoga
Mon. 8/25 11am @ Mobius- Downtown
And...here are the dates/places for our Summer Sample Classes:
Mon. 6/23 11am @ Mobius - Downtown
Fri. 7/18 10:30am @ Liberty Lake Library
Thursday time, date and location to be announced for Northside families
Sat. 8/16 10:45am @ City Yoga
Mon. 8/25 11am @ Mobius- Downtown
Friday, May 30, 2008
Summer and Fall....
So I have decided to take a break for the whole summer! WooHoo! So many of us all have summer plans including my other teachers Erinn (she's goin' back East for a visit) and Shannon (she's finishin' her thesis)...so we three will be taking a teaching break.
If you find yourself missing Music Together tooooo much, you are welcome to join us for one of our few sample classes that we will be holding in various parts of town...(and if you are a Mobius member, watch for a class or two there)
Otherwise, have a superb summer season and we'll see you for class in September. Stay tuned for pre-registration for the Fall...it will be happenin' online very soon!
If you find yourself missing Music Together tooooo much, you are welcome to join us for one of our few sample classes that we will be holding in various parts of town...(and if you are a Mobius member, watch for a class or two there)
Otherwise, have a superb summer season and we'll see you for class in September. Stay tuned for pre-registration for the Fall...it will be happenin' online very soon!
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Where did you get those (fill in the blank)?
Many of you have asked where I purchase things we use in class.
Here are some ordering links for you:
1) Step Bells
2) Animal Casinets
3) Those favorite red drums!
Here are some ordering links for you:
1) Step Bells
2) Animal Casinets
3) Those favorite red drums!
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Wahoo for Spring!
As the weather will be getting nice (again) and hopefully staying nice, think of which songs from this collection will be great to sing OUTSIDE!
May there always be sunshine...and blue skies
Cloud Song-lay on your backs on a grassy hill and find pictures in the clouds!
Sad Little Puppy-have you hugged your dog today?
Hop Old Squirrel-on your nature walks, at the park, in your backyard
Hello Everybody-don't forget to say hello to the sun!
May there always be sunshine...and blue skies
Cloud Song-lay on your backs on a grassy hill and find pictures in the clouds!
Sad Little Puppy-have you hugged your dog today?
Hop Old Squirrel-on your nature walks, at the park, in your backyard
Hello Everybody-don't forget to say hello to the sun!
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
South Hill Monday 9:30am...
is now FULL!
We still have availability at other classtimes however.
Registration continues next week!
We still have availability at other classtimes however.
Registration continues next week!
Monday, April 14, 2008
Check out this amaaaaazing story of a young musician!! Heartwarming and inspiring!!!
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Demo Class in Liberty Lake
Want to try out a class?
We'll be doing a demo class at the Liberty Lake Library during their Storytime
on Friday, April 18th at 10:30am.
It's a great way to experience Music Together!
We'll be doing a demo class at the Liberty Lake Library during their Storytime
on Friday, April 18th at 10:30am.
It's a great way to experience Music Together!
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Registration for Spring '08 is now open!
Hi everyone! Meet our new teacher at Upbeat Music Together!!
Erinn and I are excited to have you in class!
Melinda
P.S...and Happy St. Patty's Day!
Erinn and I are excited to have you in class!
Melinda
P.S...and Happy St. Patty's Day!
Labels: Erinn, Erinn Epp, registration, spring, spring 2008
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Sneak Preview on Spring-MARACAS
Hi All,
My web designer hubby will be adding Spring Registration this week, but wanted to first post all that MARACAS info here:
Spring Classes start in Mid -April beginning with our very first Saturday class on April 19th on the South Hill. Erinn Epp, my new friend and colleague right from Princeton, NJ, will be teaching that class for me. Stay tuned for her bio...she was trained by and worked right with Ken Guilmartin, the founder of Music Together, for several years. We are sooooo lucky to have her!
I'll be teaching the remaining classes at the same times and locations beginning April 21st:
South Hill classes will be on Mondays again at 9:30am, 10:45am and 4:30pm.
Northside class on Thursdays at 10:15am and Liberty Lake on Fridays at 9:30am.
Next semester's classes run 9 weeks as well!
Stay tuned!
Melinda
My web designer hubby will be adding Spring Registration this week, but wanted to first post all that MARACAS info here:
Spring Classes start in Mid -April beginning with our very first Saturday class on April 19th on the South Hill. Erinn Epp, my new friend and colleague right from Princeton, NJ, will be teaching that class for me. Stay tuned for her bio...she was trained by and worked right with Ken Guilmartin, the founder of Music Together, for several years. We are sooooo lucky to have her!
I'll be teaching the remaining classes at the same times and locations beginning April 21st:
South Hill classes will be on Mondays again at 9:30am, 10:45am and 4:30pm.
Northside class on Thursdays at 10:15am and Liberty Lake on Fridays at 9:30am.
Next semester's classes run 9 weeks as well!
Stay tuned!
Melinda
Thursday, February 28, 2008
African Music from the Week...
Husha My Baby is towards the end of your CD, so make sure you are getting to those ending songs...isn't it a beautiful story-song?
Some of the other music you heard in class was from Ladysmith Black Mambazo...off their Warner Bros. Collection:
and also from the South African Story thru Music, Gift of the Tortoise:
Some of the other music you heard in class was from Ladysmith Black Mambazo...off their Warner Bros. Collection:
and also from the South African Story thru Music, Gift of the Tortoise:
Friday, February 22, 2008
Week 5
We are approaching week 5 out of 9 of the STICKS collection...are you noticing that your child is becoming more and more familiar with the songs in her book? Does he ask to listen to the CD constantly? Repetition is the mother of all learning, hence the reason I encourage you to listen/sing/read the songs often. They are making the connection now that they know the songs we do in class!!! I love this timeframe of our learning together.
You can continue to help your child experience a love for music by:
1) playing the CDs in the car and at home...start it in the middle or push random too!
2) reading through the songbook like a regular book on her bookshelf
3) turning the CD off sometimes and playfully singing with your child a capella (without any other music-just your voice)
The goal to all of this is that your child achieves Basic Music Competence, which is the ability to sing in tune and keep a beat. But really, it's not a goal...because the playful, non-performance approach that we take helps it all occur naturally!
As Yoda says:
Do, No Try!
You can continue to help your child experience a love for music by:
1) playing the CDs in the car and at home...start it in the middle or push random too!
2) reading through the songbook like a regular book on her bookshelf
3) turning the CD off sometimes and playfully singing with your child a capella (without any other music-just your voice)
The goal to all of this is that your child achieves Basic Music Competence, which is the ability to sing in tune and keep a beat. But really, it's not a goal...because the playful, non-performance approach that we take helps it all occur naturally!
As Yoda says:
Do, No Try!
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Valentine's Week!
So this Valentine's week in class, we'll be doing some songs about love that are not in the STICKS collection...like the traditional sweet children's song:
A tisket a tasket a green and yellow basket
I wrote a letter to my love but on the way I dropped it
I dropped it, I dropped it, and on the way I dropped it
a little boy picked it and put it in his pocket
As far as Music Together music, we'll be free-dancing to the Love Song of Kangding before we try some Tai Chi with it next week.
See you soon!
Melinda
A tisket a tasket a green and yellow basket
I wrote a letter to my love but on the way I dropped it
I dropped it, I dropped it, and on the way I dropped it
a little boy picked it and put it in his pocket
As far as Music Together music, we'll be free-dancing to the Love Song of Kangding before we try some Tai Chi with it next week.
See you soon!
Melinda
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Roll That Little Ball Round the Room...
Well, mamas and papas, I am gearing up for the start of the winter session (which begins the week of January 21st) ...and I just have to share my most recent purchase for our class: these adorable balls from Crocodile Creek, out of Durham, NC...
They are so cute and the best part: natural rubber, no PVC's, vinyls, etc.
I love supporting companies that care about our kids and our environment!
See you soon!
Melinda
They are so cute and the best part: natural rubber, no PVC's, vinyls, etc.
I love supporting companies that care about our kids and our environment!
See you soon!
Melinda
Friday, November 23, 2007
WINTER 2008 Registration is now open!
Join us this Winter for Music Together!!!
We'll have 9 weeks of music and movement
with the STICKS Collection.
Classes start Monday, January 21st on the South Hill-choose 9:30am, 10:45am or 4:30pm
Thursday, January 24th in North Spokane -it's a 10:15am class
Friday, January 25th in Liberty Lake at 9:30am.
Register now online www.upbeatmusictogether.com/register.html
or print out the form on that page and mail it in!
Come and warm up with your little one:)
We'll have 9 weeks of music and movement
with the STICKS Collection.
Classes start Monday, January 21st on the South Hill-choose 9:30am, 10:45am or 4:30pm
Thursday, January 24th in North Spokane -it's a 10:15am class
Friday, January 25th in Liberty Lake at 9:30am.
Register now online www.upbeatmusictogether.com/register.html
or print out the form on that page and mail it in!
Come and warm up with your little one:)
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Movement is important for Music Learning
Here's an article from the NY Times about movement and music! It is the biology of the brain to get up and move when we hear music, NOT to sit still!
Hooray for Music Together classes around the world, where children are enoucouraged to move to music!
Hooray for Music Together classes around the world, where children are enoucouraged to move to music!
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Happy Spookaween!
Here's a link for the old African American Spiritual version of this song
we'll do this week in class!
we'll do this week in class!
Saturday, October 13, 2007
NINO Percussion
I'm sooooooooooo excited to have just purchased some additional instruments for our Play Along Basket...a set of NINO Percussive Instruments:
NINO is considered the industry standard for the highest quality percussion instruments for children available on the market. All of the NINO products have been tested by the Landesgewerbeanstalt Bayern, Germany (LGA), Institute for the Testing of Goods and Quality Monitoring. All the NINO instruments have been awarded the LGA Test Certificate which certifies that they comply with the European Community Directives 88/378/EC and 87/357/EC for safety and quality—much stricter directives than their American counterparts.
Most of NINO's wooden instruments are made of Siam oak. This fine hardwood is grown on plantations in Thailand, most of which were planted long ago for the production of latex. As a result, Siam oak meets all of the international standards (including CITES regulations) for environmentally friendly woods.
NINO is considered the industry standard for the highest quality percussion instruments for children available on the market. All of the NINO products have been tested by the Landesgewerbeanstalt Bayern, Germany (LGA), Institute for the Testing of Goods and Quality Monitoring. All the NINO instruments have been awarded the LGA Test Certificate which certifies that they comply with the European Community Directives 88/378/EC and 87/357/EC for safety and quality—much stricter directives than their American counterparts.
Most of NINO's wooden instruments are made of Siam oak. This fine hardwood is grown on plantations in Thailand, most of which were planted long ago for the production of latex. As a result, Siam oak meets all of the international standards (including CITES regulations) for environmentally friendly woods.
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Fall is in the air and Classes are around the corner!
I love this time of year...and the Flutes Song Collection which we will be using has some lovely fall songs.
Please note that the 10AM Monday class is now full! I still have some room in each of the other three classes, however.
"We'll see you soon again and then we'll make music together again...."
Please note that the 10AM Monday class is now full! I still have some room in each of the other three classes, however.
"We'll see you soon again and then we'll make music together again...."
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Interesting article!
ARTICLE
Even in people who are genetically pre-disposed to perfect pitch, exposure to music as a young child is still the key!
Even in people who are genetically pre-disposed to perfect pitch, exposure to music as a young child is still the key!
Friday, August 31, 2007
Schedule
Fall Registration is now open!
Please note a couple of things:
1) The other South Hill class will be offered on Mondays as well...from 4:30pm-5:15pm.
It starts getting dark so early, that this should be a nice time that working parents might be able to join us without running too late.
2) 10% off this semester for returning families!
Hope to see you the first week of October!
Melinda
Please note a couple of things:
1) The other South Hill class will be offered on Mondays as well...from 4:30pm-5:15pm.
It starts getting dark so early, that this should be a nice time that working parents might be able to join us without running too late.
2) 10% off this semester for returning families!
Hope to see you the first week of October!
Melinda
Thursday, August 23, 2007
See you in the Fall!
One of these mornin's,
You's gonna rise up singin'
Then you'll spread yo' wings
An' you'll take to the sky.
But till that mornin',
There's ain't nothin' can harm you
With your Daddy an' Mama Standin' by.
You's gonna rise up singin'
Then you'll spread yo' wings
An' you'll take to the sky.
But till that mornin',
There's ain't nothin' can harm you
With your Daddy an' Mama Standin' by.
Monday, August 6, 2007
Ahh...those harmonies were pure heaven!
Doing "She Sells Sea Shells" in a round was absolutely beautiful last week!!!! The harmonies were lovely and at the high point, created a wonderful GooseBump moment! WOW!
We're going to do it again in classes this week, but families can try the same thing at home since we sang against the CD.
You can read a little anecdote about the history of this tongue twister here:
We're going to do it again in classes this week, but families can try the same thing at home since we sang against the CD.
You can read a little anecdote about the history of this tongue twister here:
Monday, July 23, 2007
The Summer Song Collection has begun!
This session is only six short weeks, so we have a lot of music to pack in!:)
HIGHLIGHTS SO FAR:
Monday night is full with Daddies and that is so awesome! What a great thing for these little ones to see and remember their dads making music right along with them.
Tuesday morning is one full class! But we are loving all the mamas and babies!
Remember, you can always feel free to make up a class that you must miss at any of my other classes including Wednesday morning in Liberty Lake, where we have a truly intergenerational experience with all the grandmas that join us!
Happy Week!
Melinda
HIGHLIGHTS SO FAR:
Monday night is full with Daddies and that is so awesome! What a great thing for these little ones to see and remember their dads making music right along with them.
Tuesday morning is one full class! But we are loving all the mamas and babies!
Remember, you can always feel free to make up a class that you must miss at any of my other classes including Wednesday morning in Liberty Lake, where we have a truly intergenerational experience with all the grandmas that join us!
Happy Week!
Melinda
Saturday, July 7, 2007
Final Semester Goodbyes
What fun we had during the last week of classes!
In case you all are wondering what exactly was that song you heard during the Bubbles (you know, the one that made you remember in that instant why you love your child so very much...)...well, that was Isreal Kamakawiwo' (see his bio) singing a mix of Somewhere Over the Rainbow and What a Wonderful World. Several years ago, the Volkswagon folks did a great commercial actually of a little person in his carseat, riding along...blowing bubbles...just enjoying life! Children are incredible reminders to us to do just that...ENJOY LIFE!
Have a great summer if I don't see you for Summer Session...which by the way starts the week of July 16th! Register online now!
In case you all are wondering what exactly was that song you heard during the Bubbles (you know, the one that made you remember in that instant why you love your child so very much...)...well, that was Isreal Kamakawiwo' (see his bio) singing a mix of Somewhere Over the Rainbow and What a Wonderful World. Several years ago, the Volkswagon folks did a great commercial actually of a little person in his carseat, riding along...blowing bubbles...just enjoying life! Children are incredible reminders to us to do just that...ENJOY LIFE!
Have a great summer if I don't see you for Summer Session...which by the way starts the week of July 16th! Register online now!
Saturday, June 9, 2007
Semester Highlight for Me
I have to say that breaking a guitar string while jamming with my Monday class on "This Train" was way cool!!!! That makes me kinda like a Rock Star, ya?
Only two weeks of Spring classes left...I've already planned my last session's tearjerkers as I have loved my classes this semester and hope all the mamas (and two da-das, and a grandma and a grandpa) and all the little ones have loved them too!:)
Only two weeks of Spring classes left...I've already planned my last session's tearjerkers as I have loved my classes this semester and hope all the mamas (and two da-das, and a grandma and a grandpa) and all the little ones have loved them too!:)
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