Erin's Music Studio

07/17/2023

I’ve accepted a job at Our Lady of Peace teaching K-8 Music. I’m super excited about this opportunity and can’t wait to meet all of my new students!

06/18/2023

Happy Father’s Day 2023 ❤️

01/27/2023

Teaching Around the World-Germany today(Kindergarten)-I brought in a cd that had German writing on the cover so the kids could ”see the language”, instead it turned into a lesson on what is/was a cd!

05/30/2022

Musikgarten laundry day!

04/05/2022

Week Of The Young Child
“Music Monday! Incorporating music throughout the day can help children develop gross motor skills, creative thinking, listening skills, self-regulation and so much more!”
(naeyc)

03/25/2022

This semester I’m so excited to be teaching all 7 Musikgarten curricula!
Family Music for Babies 2, My Day (toddlers),Cycle of Seasons Spring (preschool), At Home in the Marsh/Meadow (pre-k), Amerindians (k), At the Keyboard book 1 and Adult Piano book 1.

After 18 months of only teaching At the Keyboard and mostly over zoom, it feels great to be back in the classroom!!!!

Thank you Balanced Family Academy for allowing me to sing and dance and have fun with your amazing students!❤️ 🎼

01/14/2022

“That music looked like art show music”-Ken (preschool) after observing a Cycle of Seasons class dancing with scarves to The Tortoise by Saint-Saens.

09/13/2021

02/06/2021

The Importance of Music Study
Edward S. Lisk, Conductor, Clinician, Author
Music is a powerful force in human learning and a language that cannot be denied. A child searches for expression and creative opportunities to share with others to satisfy their need for communication. The foundation for comprehension is enhanced significantly through the fine art of music by developing a child's critical listening and thinking skills through the nuance, inflection, and subtleties of rhythmic and lyrical expression. Becoming sensitized and being able to recognize and respond to music’s fine art of detail provides a depth of understanding and a value appreciation that enhances the development of the total individual. This is not found in any other school learning experience.
Through music performance, we expand academic achievement and create a productive, successful life attainable through the fine detail of artistic production and performance. Through music study, students experience the beauty of musical expression. Beauty, compassion, feeling, appreciation, sensitivity, love, peace, tolerance, sympathy, warmth, empathy, self-esteem, cooperation, and respect…… These are but a few “living or life priorities” hidden in music study! No other discipline addresses these “living or life priorities” found within music.
Edward S. Lisk
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02/06/2021

https://dailycampus.com/2021/01/27/music-and-the-brain-why-schools-should-really-fund-music-education-more/?fbclid=IwAR1aBGd0CxJAPAspinzZoUC_JIOq4Z9fjkQLqiNX-PaMltmUUjUbv_SQyNw

Back in high school, if there was one thing I could rely on every year, it was the annual threat that the music program would be cut. Usually, by the time the budget passed in April, these threats became meaningless and the program was saved. However, it was frustrating to hear that every year, the....

05/19/2020

I’m so thankful for Musikgarten. I’m using this “extra” time at home to take some awesome webinars.

I’ve already completed Year 3 of Music Makers at the Keyboard.
Tonight I’ll complete Adult Keyboard.
My Dad just completed Adult book 3 yesterday. He was my guinea pig.

Today I signed up for 4 more classes!
Why is focused listening so important?
Parent Orientation
Classroom Management and
Parent Education

❤️🎶