Let’s Play – Music for Young Children Review

My music style could be called eclectic at best as I grew up dancing to bluegrass and singing along to Les Mis. A year of piano, a year of the flute, and several years of choirs and musicals contributed to my musical upbringing. As a little girl I remember loving to sing Christmas hymns with my mom at the piano or listen to my grandmother playing the organ every Sunday morning. I still have a musical itch to learn to play the piano myself, but that is for another season.

Until then, I am uber excited to enroll Lily in Let’s Play music classes at Brigham Larson Pianos in Pleasant Grove.

. The amazing Karmel Larson, who I met through American Mothers Inc., teaches the classes and I just couldn’t wait to get Lily into a demo this summer to see how she would like it.

Lily was enthralled at getting to go to a music class in a real music store. She had never seen so many pianos! Her music lesson was 45 minutes long and she had the biggest smile on her face. I observed and loved how seamlessly the “facts” of music were woven into the fun the teacher and children were having. Here’s a little sample of what the class looked like:

 

 

 

For this activity, the children were learning ascending and descending pitches through full body movement. They also placed their own notes on the staff determining if Mrs. Karmel would sing high or low. Mrs. Karmel’s high notes were pretty impressive and the kiddos gave her lots of opportunity to practice them.

Lily thought it was so cool that she was able to play the primary chord song with Mrs. Karmel. Love how hands on these classes are.

 

 If you are interested in a demo class, you can get more information at Brigham’s School of Music Blog. 

Classes begin in August when school starts back up so be sure to sign up soon if you are interested. I can’t wait for Lily to start!