Orange Roots Lesson 14

We have come to the end of our 3 year Let's Play Music journey. I have loved teaching and growing with your kids. We have a station day and a recital left.

Don't forget to have your child fill out their performance practice log. They get a extra prize AND will be more prepared and relaxed on the day of the recital.

When they come to the piano (the order will be listed on the program) they need to say their name, say the name of their song, and say 1 thing interesting about their song (use any of the answers on homework # 11). After performing they need to stand beside the piano and bow as the audience applauds. We practiced this in class, so they know what to do, but having them practice the entire performance (introducing, playing, bowing) will help things go more smoothly at the recital.

Finally: this is not about perfection, it's about celebrating what they have accomplished. The right way to do it is for you child to have a fun and happy experience. Period. Whatever that looks like is right.

Do you know the lesson of the bamboo?? It is no coincidence that our 6th and final semester is called Orange Roots. This is not the end of your child's musical journey, we’ve built the roots for them to continue to grow every day in every way as a musician! By now, your child has attended seventy-five classes: 3,675 minutes of classroom instruction. You've found babysitters for siblings so you could be in class on parent week. You've arranged schedules and meal-times and errands so your child could get to all seventy-five classes on time. You set up a daily practice plan and played with your child and assisted in hundreds of hours of practice. You helped with homework. And now something wonderful is finally happening: your child is learning some serious music theory, performing some fantastic songs, and even composing and transcribing their own music. Even now the effects of Let's Play Music are just beginning to show. Just wait until middle school, high school, even college: you will be amazed at how much there will be to show for these 3 years of nurturing the complete musician within your child.

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