Let's Play Music Convention 2013

I had such a great time at Let's Play Music's official teacher convention this month!  Let's Play Music teachers gathered from all around the country to attend this valuable training experience.  We attended amazing workshops and we all got great ideas of ways to hone in our teaching skills and make great things happen as we gear up for another year of Let's Play Music classes!


 
Some of the composition winners for 2013 were able to be there and play their songs for us.  I was super impressed with this little boy's composition and his courage to play it in front of a big crowd of Let's Play Music teachers! This little guy is about 7 years old! WOW! What an amazing little musician.

If you're interested in having your 4 or 5 year old start this amazing 3-year program you can click here to go to the registration page. I have a few more spots available for classes that start in the fall.  Join us!  You and your child will LOVE this experience and the superior musical foundation they'll gain.

Recital Rehearsal

Welcome back!  I hope everyone had a fun, relaxing spring break! We're back to class and officially getting ready for our recital coming up on April 27th.  Click here to go to the Recital Practice page for the general list of songs to practice, and just let me know if you have any questions about the assigned songs that your child will be highlighted on.

And remember, next week is our recital rehearsal/party so we are combining both Tuesday classes.  Students will come Tues. April 16th from 4:15 - 5:30 pm.
**Please have your child wear their recital shirt as we'll be taking class pictures that day. Thanks!

Spring Break - No Class this Week

 

 

No classes this week. April 1st - 5th.
I hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend!

Have a fun spring break, and I'll see you back in class next week starting on April 9th.

Registration is now open for the 2013-2014 session of Let's Play Music!

I'm so excited to start registration for a new year of Let's Play Music!  I will be teaching 1st year, 2nd year and 3rd year classes this year, and I'm thrilled to be adding Sound Beginnings classes (a precursor to Let's Play Music) for 2-4 year olds as well!  Classes start in August and follow the 2013-2014 school year.  Register now to secure your spot.  Classes fill up fast!

Click Here to register online.

For questions please feel free to contact me:
Lily Hight
letsplaymusic.lily@gmail.com
801-995-9526

Let's Play Music

Let's Play Music is a music theory course that emphasizes total musicianship through piano playing, singing, classical music, note reading and ear training...and it's accomplished through PLAY!  Children start the 3-year sequential program at age 4-5.

Let's Play Music classes (ages 4-5):
Tuesday 10:45 - 11:30 pm; register now
Tuesday 1:00 - 1:45 pm; register now

Sound Beginnings

Sound Beginnings is a fun new curriculum that is specifically designed for ages 2-4 and their parents. By providing a solid music and preschool foundation, Sound Beginnings prepares students for success in Let’s Play Music and Kindergarten! The curriculum is organized into four non-sequential semesters. Each semester is four months long and provides experience with important music concepts and skills through different songs and games. Classes include singing, movement, games, stories, and activities, focusing on different concepts each semester.

Sound Beginnings classes (ages 2-4):
Tuesday 9:15 - 9:45 am; will open when 10:00 am time is full
Tuesday 10:00 - 10:30 am; register now

I LIKE BUGS!!!

Welcome back from our holiday break!  We're going to have so much fun in our Blue Bugs semester!  Here are some of the fun new things we did today:

We learned a new cadence pattern today, So-La-Ti-Do.  Learning cadence patterns help us hear the ending patterns in music.  They bring us back to "home."  Learning to recognize patterns is essential in music training as we train the ear and learn skills that will aid us in reading and playing music.

I'm impressed with how well the students are remembering their solfeg syllables and hand signs and how well they played their major scales up and down on their bells. We learned the actions to our Clickety Clack song, learned how to skip, and sang and played a sad, slow song about our old horse "Paint."

We also introduced our Bug Rhythm song which will help us with rhythmic notation and subdiving a beat.  These cool rhythm bugs are going to teach us a lot!

Last, but not least, we learned a new puppet show today!  Triumphant March is a song from the opera "Aida" by Giuseppe Verdi. We have so much fun performing our puppet shows while learning to listen intellegently to classical music and recognizing classical form.

Hooray for Blue Bugs!

Done With The Red Balloon Semester...on to Blue Bugs!

We've completed our Red Balloons semester which is packed full of invaluable ear training, rhythm development, and staff awareness activities.  Way to go 1st years!
Check out all the great musical skills we're developing!

Have a wonderful holiday break! We'll see you for the start of our Blue Bugs semester on January 8th!

Below is a list of the learning activities we've accomplished so far along with each activity's purpose: 

New Puppet Show This Week!

In Let's Play Music we love our puppet shows! They help us appreciate and listen intelligently to classical music. The children learn to distinguish the different sections, instruments, and themes while doing actions that tell a story.

We've had so much fun performing "Aragonnaise" from Carmen by Georges Bizet (aka "The Magical Lamp")!  We're now moving on to our "Waltz of the Flowers" puppet show which is a song from "The Nutcracker" by Pytor Tchaikovsky. The children received new puppets to color and create this week.  I can't wait to see how they turn out!