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Due to inclement weather, UMS will be closed tomorrow--Monday, January 26th.

Stay safe and warm!

Happy Holidays from UMS to you all! Enjoy the season, enjoy time with family and friends, and we will see you all in 2026!

A huge thank you to everyone who came out to support these incredible musicians for our final recital of the year! Everyone did amazing. 🎼

Recitals are always fulfilling. Not only for the students, but for the teachers as well. Getting to see the growth of these students, the energy they bring to the stage, and the professionalism that they exude--is what makes teaching music worthwhile everytime.

And, as always, thank you to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Lexington for allowing us to use their gorgeous sanctuary space to perform!

Here's to the current and future generations of musicians!

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UMS is closed this week for our Session A (Spring) break!

See y'all next week! 🤘

UMS will be CLOSED tomorrow!
Stay safe and warm!

Have a Happy Holiday season from the crew over at UMS! ⛄️❄️🧣

Can't wait to see everyone in January! But for now, enjoy your time with friends and Family and have a Happy New Year! 🎊🎉🎊

It was a fabulous recital this year! Lots of festive tunes, lots of powerful songs, and LOTS OF TALENT!!! Great job to all of the performers!!

And a big shout out to and for putting together a backup band with me, so a few of the students could play with a full band! 🤘 YOU GUYS ROCK 🤘

A perfect article to kick off recital day! Learning, and teaching, music is a joy on so many levels. I am excited to see what all of our students have put together!

Few adults play musical instruments, and even fewer do so in a group, Caroline Mimbs Nyce writes. What health benefits might they be giving up? https://theatln.tc/oglkQfzJ

“Kids receive plenty of music education, but as people get older, they fall out of practice. Many stop picking up their instrument,” Nyce writes. “This is unfortunate, in part because plenty of research shows that adults could benefit from playing music.”

Playing music helps build larger brain networks and new pathways. “Musicians tend to have better attention than nonmusicians,” Nyce continues. “Banging on a drum or tooting a horn can also relieve stress, reduce burnout, and help with anxiety and depression. For older people specifically, research has shown potential cognitive benefits along with a possible decrease in dementia risk.”

Adults may be skipping out in part because music education is associated with childhood and coursework. And after people grow out of music education in their childhood, they tend to think that music is a special talent, Nyce writes, not something that just anybody can learn.

“Of course, people are busy; they simply may not have the luxury of sitting down to study Bach once a week, much less the money to pay for an instrument or private lessons,” Nyce writes.

Playing music in groups has additional benefits, such as allowing adults to feel more trusting of and connected to one another, and to the world in general. But while it’s easy to go to a park or gym and pull together a game of pickup basketball, “piecing together people at the same skill level to play a concerto or even just jam in a garage is another matter.”

Nyce herself recently began to play the recorder. “I plan to keep learning,” she writes, “not because it strengthens my neuropathways per se (though I certainly don’t mind that), but because making music, even when it’s silly—perhaps especially when it’s silly—is just a whole lot of fun.” https://theatln.tc/oglkQfzJ

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Reminder!
The studio is closed this week for Summer Break! Enjoy your time off and we will see you next week!

REMINDER:
The Concert Recital is rescheduled for June 1st from 2-4p!

The Studio is closed this week for Spring Break! Enjoy the time off and we will see you again the week of April 8th!