Greenville County Youth Orchestra Concert — Tonight! January 30, 2007
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The Greenville County Youth Orchestra announces the Winter Orchestras Concert. The concert will be presented in the auditorium at Wade Hampton High School tonight, January 30th, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5, but all students are admitted for free!
Concerts are a terrific way to expose your budding musician to music. The Greenville County Youth Orchestra provides the added benefit of young performers, children the same age or a little older than your children, which is highly motivating to the young musician.
Tonight’s concert features Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue performed by Carolyn Carrier, a graduate student studying piano performance at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro.
For more information visit the website or call Gary Robinson at 241-3557.
How the Music Happens January 25, 2007
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You may not realize just how much it takes for your teachers to prepare for each class spun for you on a weekly basis. Aside from the broad range of educational backgrounds represented at PCMS and the time each teacher spends at home learing new songs and activities for each class, our Kindermusik educators come together at least once a semester to troubleshoot classroom issues, share creative ideas, brainstorm about ways that we can serve our families better, and to just plain be encouraged as educators!
Isn’t it good to know that the musical education of your children is in the hands of dedicated people who not only love children and music and know about children and music, but are committed to making every class experience the best it can be, both developmentally and musically? We think so!
To attend, or not to attend? January 24, 2007
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Hopefully, that’s not your question when it comes to attending the Clemson Shakespeare Festival this week! Performances of Romeo and Juliet can be seen by adults for $18 and by students for $10. Performances of Henry V can be seen for nothing! The brainy types among us might be interested in attending the Albert Hamilton Holt Colloquium, a lecture entitled “Shakespeare and Tourism.” The lectures are free, as well.
If you need to brush up on the plays themselves but are pressed for time, check out this site for reasonably detailed synopses of the plays.
shapeshifting January 21, 2007
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This blows my mind, but what would a child think about it? Children are blessed with imaginations that know no bounds, especially when it comes to reality and fact. I’m interested in buying the extremely inexpensive egg cuber for a few reasons: will it bother or delight my child that his hard boiled egg is no longer egg shaped, but is square? What else can the egg cuber cube? Is a square egg more edibly appealing than an egg shaped egg? And, most importantly, what will my child have to say about it?
Encourage your children to think and imagine by asking questions and providing activities that stimulate their brains and their creativity. Young inventors, dreamers, artists, and musicians are encouraged when the adults in their lives take time to be with them and to listen to the words that are coming out of their mouths.
tokyo string quartet January 20, 2007
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While the tickets can be a bit pricey, treating your children to live music, particularly music performed by top-notch musicians, is one of the best ways to inspire them to think and live musically, from listening choices to the nitty gritty of a practice routine. Attending concerts with your child is also a great way to connect and to show your child that you believe in their musical interests and talent.
The Tokyo String Quartet will be performing at the Peace Center’s Gunter Theater. Works by Haydn, Takemitsu and Beethoven will be performed. Tickets are $40 and can be purchased here.
From the Peace Center website, a few things that the press have to say about the Tokyo String Quartet:
‘The musicians provided a rich, if not voluptuous, sound; excellent technical control; some gorgeous solo playing and impeccable ensemble playing.’ ~ Houston Chronicle
‘Far and away, the Tokyos offered some of the best playing one could ever hope to hear and see.’ ~ The Hamilton Spectator
‘Throughout, these men shape the music not just from phrase to phrase but from movement to movement, creating beautifully formed aural sculptures.’ ~ Toronto Star
getting ink done January 20, 2007
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tattoos for tots takes the joy of drawing on oneself to another level. not only are the temporary tattoos and other products fun to look at, they stimulate learning and literacy by putting words with images.
no needles involved.
hat tip to molly mcginn.
Sign Language and Preschoolers January 19, 2007
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Preschoolers love something new, they love language, and they love secrets. Sign language can mean all three of those things to a preschooler. Why not learn some new signs yourself and teach them to your preschooler? Aside from being a load of fun, having a way to communicate with one another without making a peep can come in handy!
Sign Language is easily learned by preschool-aged children. Signing can:
– Create an environment for understanding without words.
– Help children avoid frustration when words don’t come easily.
– Foster language refinement – can clarify.
– Provide ways to communicate with non-hearing people as more children are “mainstreamed” into preschools.
– Help children attend more easily — requires eye-contact (children are overloaded with sound in environment)
– Make language active; children are active participants in the learning process.
– Foster self-esteem — gives children more control in expressing themselves and is an acquired skill.
– Lessen conflict in the classroom — channels kinetic energy positively.
– Be a quiet way to “correct.”
Taken from Imagine That! Hello Weather, Let’s Play Together teacher manual.
If your child is young enough to enroll in Kindermusik’s Sign & Sing (ages 6 months to 3 years) then upon enrolling you and your child will be able to learn over 50 signs over the five week course, not to mention the batch of new songs and fun activities you will experience together. If your child is older than 3, she will learn a few signs in her Kindermusik classes, but you may want to check out this awesome online sign language resource!
birth of the pooh January 18, 2007
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it’s a.a. milne’s birthday. how should you celebrate?
- read pooh stories
- make something to eat, honey
- learn some honey trivia
- sing pooh songs
- snuggle together and watch some classic pooh
hat tip: kiddley
Free Story Time! January 13, 2007
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Here’s a great change to earn Referral Rewards, current Kindermusik families! PCMS will be hosting story times for children ages newborn to 7 years on January 20th at both of our locations. Story times are not open to our currently enrolled families, but you can earn something great for yourself if your friends enroll on your recommendation. Pass the following information along to your friends so that they, too, can experience the joys of making music with their children!
enjoy a FREE
“Snowflakes & Songs”
Story Time as you sing, dance, and play with us!
Saturday, January 20th
For parents and children ages newborn to 7 years.
Reservations requested – space is limited.
Call 232-5010 today!
Also, now registering for Spring classes which begin Jan. 29th!
Piano Explorer Magazine Composition Contest January 13, 2007
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We would love to have each of our very own PCMS piano students enter into this year’s composition contest! See the following information below regarding the contest from your January issue of PE Magazine.
Theme: Spring
Escape the cold and snow and start thinking about spring! This year’s composition contest theme is springtime.
Instructions:
- Write a piece about springtime. Think of how it makes you feel, the flowers growing, birds returning, or whatever you want.
- Write your name, age, address, phone number, and teacher’s name on the back of the music.
- Optional: draw a colorful picture to accompany your piece.
Important Rules:
- You or your teacher must subscribe to Piano Explorer (which all PCMS piano students do!)
- Please, send only solo piano music.
- Write your name, age, address, phone number, and teacher’s name on the back of the music.
- All submissions must be postmarked or faxed by March 15. We are not responsible for pieces that are lost or unduly delayed in the mail.
- All compositions must be written by students. Parents and teachers may help write down the notes.
- Do not quote other pieces of music in your compositions. We will not be able to print such pieces due to copyright laws.
- Keep a copy of the music for yourself; we cannot return any submissions.
Deadline: March 15, 2007
Address to send your compositions to:
Piano Explorer
Composition Contest
200 Northfield Rd.
Northfield, IL 60093
Fax:
847-446-6263
Good Luck!
