Category: MTMS Blog Posts

Music and Your Dog

I’m not sure how many of our students have dogs, but do they occasionally howl along with your music? It’s a sign they like it.

There’s actually starting to be a lot of research about dogs and music. People are able to create playlists for their dogs and search for calming music on YouTube specifically for the pups. Why? Turns out music is therapeutic for dogs, too, and with good reasons. There’s a lot of noise in the world if you’re a dog. You can hear ranges far better than humans, and in our current stage of development there is a lot of noise pollution. Even electronic devices in our homes can bother their finely-tuned ears, not to mention other sounds like vacuum cleaners and everything going by outside. If you think your dog could use more of a break from environmental (not nature sounds, but the rest) this article has more tips.

Super Bowl Marching Band

If you didn’t catch the halftime show, here’s a replay: Video Ad (youtube.com)

If you did catch it live- I want to bring your attention to the Marching Band. Yes, that’s in our music lab theme and it’s really great that they gave us an amazing example of what a marching band can do (and actually the whole thing is pretty awesome).

So, that is Jackson State University Marching Band and they’re also called the Sonic Boom of the South. They spent ten days in Las Vegas to get ready for the halftime show, and I can’t say enough great things about them. Want to see more of their performances? Click here. They have 300 members, and you can see they work really hard.

February Theme: Marching Band

This month in the music lab check out the stations for Marching Bands. If you didn’t know, OSU has the largest band in college football with 228 members. Local high schools also have marching bands, perhaps you’ve seen them at the games.

Marching bands make interesting shapes and move during the music. Below are a song and a show done by Marching Bands to give you a good idea of what the students are learning.

Winter Benefit Concert

On Sunday, January 21, the annual MTMS Winter Benefit Concert will happen from 3-6pm at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 4456 Morse Rd, Gahanna. Your entry fee for the concert is to one non-perishable food item for GRIN (Gahanna Residents in Need).

This concert will be set in one-hour afternoon sessions. Our students will delight friends and family alike with their hard work and great music – you don’t want to miss this exhibition. MTMS is extremely proud of every student and the progress they make with their music. We will be cheering them on with you.