Selah Music and Arts

07/23/2025

🤔 TRUE or FALSE?⁠
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Playing piano uses more parts of your brain than playing sports.⁠
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What do you think?⁠
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A) True — It’s a full-body workout for the brain!⁠
B) False — Sports are more physically and mentally demanding⁠
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💡 Answer: A — TRUE!⁠
Playing piano engages your visual, auditory, and motor systems all at once. It strengthens memory, focus, coordination, and emotional expression!⁠
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That’s why music lessons aren’t just fun—they’re incredibly beneficial for developing minds.⁠
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🎶 Want to give your child a joyful, purpose-filled musical experience? Visit www.SelahMA.com to book a trial lesson today!

07/09/2025

👀 Quick Tip for Piano Parents: It's important to slow down when practicing a new piece, and make sure you're diligently learning the music, sticking faithfully to the sheet music. However, when your child practices, every now and then you should ask them to “play it as if it’s a performance!”⁠
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This simple mindset shift helps them grow not just in skill, but in confidence and musicality.⁠
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07/02/2025

🎶 Siblings in Sync — Ava & Grace, Judah & Caden 💛⁠
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There’s something extra special about learning music side by side with a sibling. 🎹🎵 Ava and Grace, Judah and Caden — your support for one another and your shared love for music is such a joy to witness.⁠
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Each of you showed incredible heart and hard work this semester, and it truly shined in your recital performances. We’re so proud of your growth and so thankful to serve families like yours!⁠
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At Selah Music and Arts, it’s an honor to walk this journey with students and their families. 💛⁠
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📍Lake Worth/Boynton Beach | Music lessons with heart and purpose⁠
🔗 SelahMA.com

06/27/2025

Selah Music and Arts will be closed from June 30th through July 4th, with lessons resuming on Monday, July 7th. We encourage all our families to take this time to rest, celebrate, and enjoy their summer! ☀️🎶⁠
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As we celebrate Independence Day next week, we’re grateful for the freedoms we enjoy and for the opportunity to nurture creativity and purpose in the next generation. We pray your holiday is filled with joy, rest, and meaningful moments with family. 💛🎹⁠
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Have a safe and fun-filled Independence Day!⁠
— Kevin at Selah Music and Arts⁠
📍Lake Worth/Boynton Beach | www.SelahMA.com | 561-568-8716

06/25/2025

🎵 MUSIC TRIVIA TIME!⁠
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This composer began writing music at just 5 years old and was performing for royalty by the time he was 6! 👑⁠
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He went on to write over 600 pieces of music—including symphonies, sonatas, and operas that are still performed today.⁠
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Who is he?⁠
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A) Ludwig van Beethoven⁠
B) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart⁠
C) Frédéric Chopin⁠
D) Johann Sebastian Bach⁠
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Slide through the pictures for the answer! 🎹⁠
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🧠 Learning music builds memory, creativity, and confidence—and here at Selah Music and Arts, we believe every child has the potential to create something beautiful.⁠
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💛 Ready to start your child’s musical journey? Visit www.SelahMA.com to book your first lesson!

06/11/2025

🎵 Did you know? Learning to play piano can actually boost a child’s reading and math skills! It builds memory, pattern recognition, and confidence—all through music!⁠
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At Selah Music and Arts, our lessons are about more than just notes—they’re about growing the whole child.⁠
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✨ What benefits have you noticed since your child started lessons?

06/04/2025

🎶 A Family Full of Music 💛⁠
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From Sienna’s focused dedication to Reid’s lively spirit… from Jackson’s intrigue and yearning to Will and Robbie’s joyful playing as they discover their passion for music— each of these family members brings something truly special to our Selah Music and Arts family. 🌟🎹⁠
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It’s been such a blessing to teach this amazing crew and watch them grow not only in musical skill, but in kindness, character, and confidence. Their love for music (and each other!) was shining bright at our 2025 Spring Recitals.⁠
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We’re so thankful to work with families like this one. What a joy! 🫶⁠
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👉 Follow along for more recital moments from Selah Music and Arts!⁠
📍Lake Worth/Boynton Beach | Music lessons with heart and purpose⁠
🔗 SelahMA.com

05/28/2025

💛 Feeling so grateful for the families who make Selah Music and Arts what it is! Every lesson is a gift, and every child brings something uniquely beautiful to our studio.⁠
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Thank you for choosing Selah Music and Arts—for entrusting us with your child's music education. We are honored to be a part of their journey to discovering their love for and passion for music!⁠
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Here’s to another season of growth, joy, and purpose. 🎹

05/23/2025

Memorial Day is just around the corner, and as we head into the long weekend, we’re sending warm wishes to all our families! We’re grateful for the heroes who gave their lives in service to our country, and we celebrate the freedom their sacrifice has given us.

Just a quick reminder: Selah Music and Arts will be closed on Monday, May 27th. Lessons will resume as usual on Tuesday, May 28th.

Have a safe, fun, and relaxing Memorial Day weekend—we’ll see you soon!

05/21/2025

🎹🌼 Watching Students Grow —⁠
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From her very first lesson to now… what a joy it’s been to watch Tori blossom! 🌱🎶 Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of watching her grow not just in age, but in confidence, skill, and heart. ⁠
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This year’s recital was something special — Tori sang and played the piano with such grace and maturity. It’s moments like these that remind me why I love what I do.⁠
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Here’s to many more years of music, growth, and joy. ⁠
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👉 Follow along as we share more highlights from our 2025 Spring Recitals!⁠
📍Lake Worth/Boynton Beach area | 🎶 Music lessons with heart and purpose⁠
🔗 SelahMA.com

02/12/2025

This one goes out to the students who feel uninspired after page one. We’ve all been there 😂 DON’T BE A PAGE ONE PLAYER! Practice what you CAN’T play more than what you can. You got this!

The art of mastering the first page…(also called “ bad practice” )

You find a new piece. It looks amazing. You can already hear yourself playing it. Your audience, aka your cat, will be impressed. Smooth. Effortless. A masterpiece. You sit down and start.

The first notes? Perfect. You’re a genius. The music flows. This will be your piece. Then, you turn the page.

Chaos. Tiny, fast notes. Jumps that make no sense. Blurry chords. You stare at the page. You stare at your hands. This is not what you signed up for.

No problem. You’ll be disciplined. Slow practice. Hands separate. Metronome on. Counting out loud. No skipping the hard parts.

That lasts a day. Maybe two. By day three, you have a new plan. Play the beginning again. Just to “warm up.” It sounds great. Might as well play it again. And again. The hard part? It can wait.

Weeks pass. The opening is flawless. The theme? Beautiful. The hard part? Still a disaster. But who needs that section anyway?

You decide to “study” instead. Watch performances on YouTube. Compare interpretations on TikTok. Three hours later, you’ve learned a lot. Except how to play the middle section.

You sit at the piano again. The beginning is still perfect. The tricky part? A train wreck. You sigh, close the score, and tell yourself you’ll fix it tomorrow.

One more piece where you know the beginning. And nothing else.

( I wrote this post after being inspired by my students this week 😂)



Piano on the picture from Markson Pianos