MTMS Blog
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Summer Music Playlist!
Students are encouraged to participate in the Summer Music Playlist! MTMS is proud to offer several opportunities throughout the year to show off those new skills and new learned music. All polished, performance-ready pieces, even simple or non-summer related music is welcome for the playlist. Please submit your video to the MTMS Receptionist or your…
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Music Apps – What do YOU use?
We ask this question in the lab this week, and I’m curious to send it to the crowd. There aren’t many answers this early in the week, so check the picture below. My husband uses Amazon music. I use Amazon music, Spotify, and Pandora at different times, as well as Youtube for something specific. My…
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Juneteenth
In honor of Juneteenth, please check out the link and see the roots of African American music. With so many limits on those who were taken in the Transatlantic Slave Trade, music was one of the outlets that remained open to create. I find it so interesting that songs changed not just singer to singer…
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Summer Music Fun
Ready for a change in the music curriculum? It’s summer and a perfect time to try something a little different. Some fun ideas to add to your repertoire: pop songs or movie/video game music, challenging songs like longer, more advanced classical pieces, or even just a piece of music you’ve always wanted to try. A…
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June Lab Theme
Every month MTMS has one theme for the lab portion of the lessons. For June the theme will be Beethoven’s Orchestral Music. Beethoven’s composition style bridged the gap between the Baroque era and the Classical era. There is also a focus on his Fifth symphony (also known as the world’s most famous symphony), the first…