Thousand Acre Woods

Jazz Meet was a lot of fun today! Students played their jazziest music, wore their jazziest outfits and created some jazzy tunes. Lots of smiles, snaps, and sweetness for Valentine’s Day! Well done kiddos!

Christmas recital is today! Looking forward to watching my students perform and show off all their hard work and skill! 🎄

Are you a homeschooler or adult student looking for an early afternoon piano lesson? I have a couple of spaces available for the 2025-2026 lesson term.

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For aspiring musicians ages 3-5
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This week students of Thousand Acre Woods studied the life and works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It’s so rewarding when students enjoy the study and then on their own create beautiful things like this. 💕🎵

Next week students of Thousand Acre Woods will be studying the life and works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. 🎵

Mozart’s Childhood Fear of the Trumpet

As a child, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had a deep fear of the trumpet. According to Johann Andreas Schachtner, a family friend and biographer, Mozart’s fear was so intense that merely holding a trumpet in front of him felt as threatening as pointing a gun at his chest.

Schachtner recounted an instance when Mozart’s father, Leopold, attempted to help him overcome this fear. At his father’s urging, Schachtner played the trumpet in Mozart’s presence, but the young composer turned pale and nearly collapsed, showing clear signs of distress. Had the playing continued, Schachtner believed Mozart might have suffered a fit.

However, this fear was not entirely unreasonable. The trumpet of Mozart’s time was vastly different from today’s version. The natural trumpet lacked valves and required significant skill to play properly. In the late 18th century, the trumpet’s role in the orchestra diminished due to its unpredictable nature and the declining skill of players. Many trumpeters, including Schachtner himself, were multi-instrumentalists rather than dedicated trumpet players.

Despite his early fear, Mozart later composed for the instrument, including his Trumpet Concerto in C major, KV 47c.

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