Our puppet friends are ready to lead festive lessons! Pitch matching holiday treats, playing jingle bells, leading the sleigh ride, going over the river and through the woods, and the special guest to hear if the concert songs are ready! Here’s Cocoa the Horse...
Creative Moves for Oktoberfest! Here’s some ideas for your classes to make up their own moves during Oktoberfest! Get creative with claps, slaps, taps and flaps! Perhaps shapes, even wooden spoons and cuicas! If you haven’t seen this month’s mini workshop, download it...
Holiday Singalong - Choosing songs for maximum participation of youngest to oldest Looking for that emotional connection with your audience and students? Consider a singalong! When looking for an easy multi-generational song to end your holiday program, here’s a few...
Here’s a successful way to introduce layers of parts to young musicians. Take a peek and see why this engaging approach results in more musical and exciting lessons. Download The Orff Orchestrations Mini Workshop This Mini Workshop shows how to Easily add...
Making a rain stick is easy and a bouquet of flowers (rainbow streamers!) is quick and simple! Here’s how easy the streamers are to make: Gather your old, frayed scarves. This is the only thing you need! 1. Pull on both sides of the tear on your used fraying...
What a surprise when I visited a mixed age music class and heard an 8 year old say “Can we do Deck the Halls? That’s my favorite!" Other children chimed in “Yes! Let’s do Deck the Halls!” Here’s a video to show you how a simple...
The reasons I love using sopranino recorder in my lessons - Orff Exploration Time, a musical start and stop signal! This handy little tool is a part of my online and live training course and used in my lesson plans, both elementary and early childhood. Here's some...
Apple Tree! Who could guess how much this song motivates children to participate! Apples come in many colors and varieties. There are hundreds of recipes calling for apples. There’s several ways to cut apples, and ways to eat them! The Apple Tree* is an absolutely...
I am so thankful for the support of our members! This month, I’d like to highlight a very creative and inspirational member, Kathy Bellavia. I first met Kathy in 2015 and had the joy of Kathy and her son Justin attending my live training in Charlotte in 2017. They...
Planning concerts around a theme is always motivating for me. Choosing songs, creating our own verses and movement, solo singing, playing instruments, and beat keeping are all beautiful demonstrations of what we do in our weekly music lessons. I especially love it...