Music Together January 2014 – Singing in the New Year! Singing in the New Year! 2014 is here and we hope everyone had a wonderful holiday break! Registration is still open for the Winter Semester which starts the week of January 13 and we hope to see everyone back in class soon! If […]
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Jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis on Arts Education
Jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis on Arts Education At a time of year that invites both retrospection and prediction, jazzman Wynton Marsalis and Harvard president Drew Faust offer a thoughtful argument for the critical importance of arts education. In an USA Today essay, trumpeter and composer Marsalis notes that today’s emphasis on job preparation is misguided […]
Music New Year Resolutions
Music New Year Resolutions By Espie Estrella About.com New Year’s Resolutions, yes we all have them, some may even have more than others. Whatever your goals are for 2014 keeping a list is a good idea to remind you where you need to improve and focus on. Here’s a list of possible resolutions for music […]
Guitar maker to restore Elvis collection
Guitar maker to restore Elvis collection by Andre Gallant Online Athens Athens guitar maker Scott Baxendale will begin in February making trips to Memphis to repair, restore and document Elvis Presley’s guitar collection. Most of the maintenance on the collection, which Baxendale estimates is less than 25 guitars, is “general,” he said. Baxendale will set up a workstation […]
Creating a Musical Home Environment
Creating a Musical Home Environment By Dr. Robert A. Cutietta PBS.ORG Your child spends more time at home than any other place. This is especially true at preschool age, but even after kids begin school, home is still the predominant source of most experiences. It’s the parents’ responsibility to create the environment in the home, […]
Mozart Effect
Intelligence is defined as the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills. This simple fact was my first cause for skepticism when I saw an article that has been circulating entitled, “The Mozart Effect myth: research finds music doesn’t make you smarter.” There is a direct correlation between learning any new skill to increased […]
Music has the power to shape a child’s mind
The Independent by Kate Youde Parents may not appreciate the screeching of violins and recorders during the hours of practice, but new evidence suggests music lessons help children improve their language skills. Scientists have discovered that playing an instrument significantly enhances the brain’s sensitivity to speech. Schools which fail to make music a core subject […]
More adults taking music lessons
Democrat and Chronicle December 8th, 2013 Music lessons for adults If anyone deserves to be in this practice room at the Hochstein School of Music & Dance, standing beside a grand piano and joyfully belting out “O Sole Mio,” it’s 84-year-old Joe Mancini. As a boy in Rochester, Mancini fell hard for his Italian parents’ […]
December 2013 News Music Together
Thankful for 2013, Excited for 2014! Thank you for choosing to be part of the Hummingbirds Music Together program in 2013! Most importantly, thank you parents for being powerful role models in helping your children grow and develop musically and choosing to do so with Hummingbirds Music Together! We look forward to singing in 2014 […]
Music Together November 2013
Music Together November 2013 The Holidays are ALMOST here! It is always hard to believe how fast Fall goes and how quickly we go from enjoying the leaves turning colors to the busy winter holiday season. Your Hummingbirds Music Together friends are gearing up for an exciting and busy time with multiple events and we […]
November 2013
NOVEMBER 2013 Private Recording Sessions Want to record a demo recording to promote or just for keepsake? Get that professional sound that you can keep forever. You’ll need it to book that first gig too! Set up a time with professional recording engineer Chris Emmerson today! You’ll receive a professionally mastered CD and MP3 recording […]
Music Together winter semester starting soon!
Leaves Are Falling All Around! While it seems like we just started the Fall semester, we are already halfway through! This is one of our favorite times in each semester – when we have all learned most of the music and we are more confident to sing a little louder, share and laugh more during […]
International Day of Peace
Hummingbirds Music Together to Celebrate United Nations’ International Day of Peace Saturday, September 21 Peace Day Sing Along to take place at the Grosse Pointe Public Library – Woods Branch Music Together, the leading international early childhood music education program, will commemorate the United Nations International Day of Peace (September 21) with family music events […]
Music Literacy
Hummingbirds Music Together Offers New Music Literacy Program for 5, 6, & 7 Year Olds IN the Grosse pointes and surrounding areas GROSSE POINTE, MI, August 28th, 2013 – Hummingbirds Music Together, available through the Grosse Pointe Music Academy, will now offer Music Together Big Kids®, a specialized music and movement program especially developed […]
Key of C Major
The key of C major, also called the C major scale, is a commonly used key for guitar players, piano players and other instruments. It is easy to teach the notes of C major on the piano because all of the white keys make up the key of C. Diatonic and Chromatic are words used to […]
Circle of 5ths
The circle of 5ths, sometimes referred to as the circle of 4ths and 5ths, is a chart that reveals many patterns of melody and harmony in music. Many students will brush it aside as another boring theory assignment but the Circle of 5ths is actually the key to easy memorization of so many music concepts. […]
Nashville Number System
The Nashville Number System is a simple way of naming chord functions as numbers rather than their formal letter name. In the equal temperament tuning system their are 15 key signatures. They all differ in name but the chord function is always the same. For instance a guitar player might be teaching his band a […]
Playground Sessions
Brittney M. Walker Eurweb.com July 28, 2013 Playground Sessions *Quincy Jones is crossing over into music education. He and Chris Vance are co-creators of the music edition of a Rosetta Stone type learning software called Playground Sessions. The new application will help children and adults learn how to read and play music by understanding the basics of piano playing. “The concept […]
American Idol Detroit Auditions 2013
American Idol Detroit Auditions 2013 Hey Detroit, American Idol is holding Auditions on July 21st. Check out all the links below for rules, FAQ, and everything else. Detroit is the largest city in Michigan and the larger Detroit Metro region boasts an impressive population of 5.2 million people. The city was founded by the French […]
Music Class for Toddlers
Summer Music Class – July 2, 2013 Summer music class opportunities abound for your baby, toddler and preschooler with Hummingbirds Music Together! In June we wrapped up our Spring Semester, held demos at the KickStart Your Summer event at the Ford House, hosted our first Sing and Sign free music class at the […]