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Please sign up for a spot. We’re very excited about sharing our progress at MTMS. Learning music is great for your brain, learning to practice is a great tool for discipline as well, and performing also gives you benefits.

Increase your processing ability: Musicians have superior working memory to non-musicians. Scientists have studied the positive impact on fine motor skills, learning, verbal and nonverbal reasoning, and learning.

Enhance self-discipline and focus: While we practice at home, giving that performance with an ensemble or to an audience requires a lot more attention. Partly this is because you must focus on the task at hand while blocking out distractions.

Performance also strengthens bonds between people who play in ensembles. It can give us cohesion and social connectivity. This is also true on a larger scale of playing music together in communities or larger groups. Please don’t stop the music- it’s amazing for people at all levels.

As adults, we say age is just a number. When we have babies, often adults are looking at them to be sure they’re normal, or something, by checking milestones that happen at certain ages. Music lessons are not one of those checkbox milestones, but there are ways to see if your child might be inclined to start formal lessons.

Toddlers are able to identify rhythms and clap along, sing or dance. Having instruments around the house to play may be a sign that the child is interested. Does she want to play? Has he expressed interest in learning to play? Your school-age children may be learning to play in ensembles and need individual lessons. Check out our Preschool Music Class if you have a small child who loves music.

Every instrument can be noisy, so be ready for practice time. Regular practice teaches your kid discipline and perseverance. Your child needs to love the instrument, or at least have a great reason to learn it. Everyone involved should figure out how much space the instrument will take in the home, what time is available for practice and lessons as well as how far the lessons are from home.

My daughter tried drum lessons when she was 6, and she had exactly 4 when she wanted to switch to the banjo for the next 3 lessons. She wasn’t ready to stick to an instrument until she was a little older and started violin in 4th grade. My son, on the other hand, has always wanted to do drums, and took piano for two years as his entryway because the school district required it. We moved, he’s still in private lessons with MTMS for drums, and he loves it.

At MTMS, we’re ready to teach your kid about music. We start piano, drums, and violin as early as age four. We’re ready when you are. Can’t wait to be there for your musical journey.

MTMS has chosen Barbershop Quartets as the theme for October. Whether you’re trying Lab Composition station or Music History, you’ll get to learn more about barbershop quartets and what they could sound like. We’ll also have offerings for our youngest students.

You may have seen barbershop quartets before. There are four parts: lead, tenor, baritone, and bass. While they sing a capella (without instruments), they may also dance or add spoken words. The organizations that promote these singing groups proclaim it is an American tradition-it is international (United States, United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Germany, Ireland, South Africa, Finland, Sweden, New Zealand, Australia, and Canada.)

This month’s lab theme is all about Marching Bands! Did you know that armies have traveled with marching bands (percussion and wind instruments) since ancient times? Modern marching bands in America started with The University of Notre Dame Band of the Fighting Irish in 1845.

Whether you’re trying Lab Composition station or Music History, you’ll get to learn more about marching bands and what they could sound like. We’ll also have offerings for our youngest students.