Working with many age groups is so much fun for me! This week, I saw everything from babies to adults with special needs. Each group had me saying “this is my favorite!” Here’s a few highlights.
Yesterday, I had “Toddlers Make Music” in the morning. We practiced our bell ringing (from the classic Kids Make Music, Babies Make Music Too) for our upcoming Holiday Open House for Music Rhapsody studio classes.
Me: Shake those bells and shake them…..
Tots: high (reminding them to hold bells up high and use their high voice)
Me: Shake those bells and shake them
Tots: low (reminding them to bend over to hold the bells low and use a low voice)
Me: Shake those bells and shake them
Tots: high
Me: Shake those bells around we
Tots: go! (showing them to turn in place)
Here’s some Bell Ringers from a past performance.
Then in the afternoon, we worked on a 5 part arrangement of Jolly Old Saint Nick! We’re not just Recorder Rookies anymore! But these students first learned the melody from Recorder Rookies Set 2, (Music Rhapsody Members: this is in your Module 1 lessons). The students remember the simple version we learned and how the color coding made it successful from the start. The goal here was not to rush and play it for our parents at the end of our rehearsal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJg5NvCR3lg&list=PLcGAMvU2YN-UGy0ARyr1yKsJ0VwpkVmwu&index=2
Thanks to Abbie for her kind words on this video. If you have not taken the training, have a listen!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID_iTPTceH0&list=PLcGAMvU2YN-WDhnC-oyphGbmUbBXUYm3r&index=1
