Laughter makes the word go 'round!

Kindermusik percription for the day to increase YOUR white blood cells for at least a day and a half. Enjoy this!

"How do you do?"

In our little baby class (Kindermusik Village) we've been doing a little greeting ritual. The grown ups are holding the babies while we meet, greet and shake hands with one another. The babies are taking their job seriously: they study all the adult faces. You can almost hear them think as they look from mommy to mommy's friend or from mommy to a stranger. "So this is what it looks like when mommy greets her good friend." "And this is what she looks like when she is greeting someone new!" Some classes are lucky enough to have daddies to study.

We aren't born knowing how to make these facial expressions nor are we born knowing how to read them!

Did you know the FBI actually has to train their agents in face reading? It's really important. How good are you at reading your spouse's facial expressions?

In our culture today babies are generally too far away from the adults faces to do their studying. They are in the stroller, or the car seat, or the little seat on the grocery cart staring up at the lights. Sling babies have an advantage. They are right there soaking it all in.

I'd love to share more child development tidbits with families:
Free Kindermusik Village demo class for babies
Tuesday 9:30 9/29.
singandtwirl@gmail.com

Reserve your spot.

Who is a musician?

Who do you think is in the audience? Trained musicians? Why did the audience get a kick out of the 3rd (higher) note? These folks are not at a Music Educators conference! They laugh with amazement because they are so surprised that they "GOT IT!" without anyone telling them what the next note sounds like.

It is human to be musical. No matter your age: JUMP IN. It's really so much fun to be making music.

(World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale)

W-O-W. How can anyone afford to CUT music from their budget?

The Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania School District analyzed its 1997 dropout rate in terms of students’ musical experience. Students with no ensemble performance experience had a dropout rate of 7.4 percent. Students with one to two years of ensemble experience had a dropout rate of 1 percent, and those with three or more years of performance experience had a dropout rate of 0.0 percent.
Eleanor Chute, “Music and Art Lessons Do More Than Complement Three R’s,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
April 13, 1998.

Students with band and orchestra experience attend college at a rate twice the national average.
- Bands Across the USA

thanks to the childrensmusicworkshop.com

You must find a way to make it work.....and there are ways.

Music Class for the BABIES!!!

Next Tuesday, September 29 @ 9:30 am, we will be offering a free music & movement class for babies! Yvette Odell, our Kindermusik director, will be leading a free class from our Village Program at our North location under Atlanta Bread Company on Merrimon Ave. in Asheville. (Newborn-18mos.)

More information about the Village program:

Who knew that you would find gazing into your baby’s eyes the most exciting part of your day? In Kindermusik, we understand how precious this time is with your little one. That’s why Kindermusik created Village.

In a Kindermusik Village class, we take those special bonding moments between you and your baby and add in a unique blend of musical learning activities that stimulate and engage all of the senses. Your educator will teach you how to encourage your baby’s learning through vocal play, object exploration, instruments, and creative movement.

What you’ll experience in class:

• Variety of music. Musical diversity builds strong neural networks in a baby’s forming mind, which is why each Kindermusik semester contains an array of styles, sounds, and genres.
• Instrument play. Age-appropriate experiences with child-safe instruments enhances a sense of rhythm and steady beat, develops a keen awareness of the distinguishing qualities of sound, and encourages spontaneity and creativity.
• Dance. A classroom full of baby and adult pairs dancing together helps a little body develop the muscle strength needed to crawl and walk and helps a little heart to fall in love with the sheer joy of responding to music.
• Together time. A Kindermusik class is truly the essence of “quality time,” offering you a place to create special memories with your child, gain new insights into your child’s development, and nurture your child’s natural love of music.
• Expert advice. A Kindermusik educator explains “what-to-watch-for” every step of the way and how each activity enhances your child’s complete development
• Learning continues at home. With the home materials, the learning continues at home with your child’s best teacher—you!

Enrollment includes:

• Developmentally appropriate curriculum for parents and babies, ages newborn to 18 months
• 16-week semester with two different, eight week themes (length may vary by location)
• Weekly 45-minute class that includes new and unique parent and baby activities
• Two sets of At Home Materials—one for each mini-theme—each including a CD of music from class, literature board book, age-appropriate instrument, and art banner
• You’ll learn over 30 songs, lullabies, and nursery rhymes and play over 200 activities together by the semester’s end.

Imagine - Pan Pipes Flute - John Lennon

Today is the International Day of Peace.
So take a moment..........Pray for peace.

Music from around the world....way on the other side from here!

This summer we had a fun time in our Zoo Train (Kindermusik Adventures) dancing to the beautiful didgeridoo music.

I've been interested in this instrument since a friend (Kim, Benjamin's mom!) lent me her didgeridoo to try. I just couldn't get it going. Seems like since I took Trombone lessons in college I ought to be able to get a buzz going! But NO Way!

So a couple weekends ago I was at the Asheville Organic Fest and there was a family looking for shade under a tiny tree and next to them were 3 didgeridoos. That's how I met John Vorus...and had my first didgeridoo lesson. Like he says in this article below, it's easy to play and hard to master.

Look for John Vorus at the LakeEdenArtsFestival this October. He'll be playing with River Guerguerian Project (My nephew, Duncan, will be playing with the group too~I'll say this is one performance NOT to miss.)


The Transylvania Times • 37 North Broad St. • Brevard NC 28712
Vorus Pursues His Passion For The Didgeridoo

Vorus plays his didgeridoo. (Times photos by Lenora Carver)

Lenora Carver, Staff Writer 18.SEP.09
John Vorus said he doesn’t know if he found the didgeridoo or the didgeridoo found him.

“I think it was a co-creation of this between my path and myself,” said the 34-year-old Transylvania County resident.

When Vorus was 19-years-old and living in Detroit, Mich., he discovered his hidden talent for the Australian instrument.

The instrument, which was created over 1,500 years ago by the Aboriginal Australians, was used primarily for accompaniment in ceremonial dancing and singing, according to the Aboriginal Australia Art and Culture Center in Alice Springs, Central Australia.

Traditionally, an Aborigine would go into nature and listen intensely to animal sounds, not just voices but also the flapping of wings or the thump of feet on the ground” said the Center.

“The Aborigine would also listen to the sounds of wind, thunder, trees creaking, and water running. The essences of all these sounds were played with as much accuracy as possible within the droning sound of the didjereedoo.”

The didgeridoo is considered to possibly be the world’s oldest instrument.