MTMS Blog
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Christmas Music
Traditional Christmas carols started somewhere between 1350 and 1550. Before that the holiday music would have been used in traditional liturgy for the season. There’s belief that music started becoming part of the holiday in 4th century Rome. The earliest ones are from bible verses like “What Child is This?” and “O Come, O Come…
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Music Composition
We offer this in the lab, but have you considered that composing music is an art all on its own? This is a skill we try to train, by giving small parameters and allowing the student to choose what that looks like. There are so many interesting things about musical composition. What is the beginning?…
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Sound Branding
Originally I looked into jingles, so that’s part of my main focus today. Jingles may have started as early as 1600. Before radio and television, some products had sheet music to be part of the branding. I’m fascinated what that would have sounded like back then. Depending on the age, if i ask you to…
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November Themes
Music History: The Harlem Renaissance was a period in the 1920s that celebrated Jazz. Now 100 years later our music history station is going to be focusing on that. Listen to some very famous examples and meet some of the most famous musicians of the period! Composition: Matching our Music History station, composition is going…
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Halloween YouTube Playlist!
MTMS is extremely proud of all of our music students. Both teachers and students work hard to make their music come alive. Our Halloween Playlist shows what they’ve worked so hard for, and what they continue to achieve. Come watch it with us! Feel free to share with family and friends. These musical talents are…