60 Minutes: El Sistema - Music makes a difference in Venezuelan slums

Wow... This video is amazing. It's about 13 minutes long, and tells the story of a revolutionary program to teach classical music to poor children beginning at a very young age in Venezuela, and the social revolution it has created over the past 30 years. Here's a link to a news story on the BBC about the Youth Orchestra and its' fame and the far-reaching effects of this kind of program.

All-State Information Update

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All-State Festival update:
Congratulations to all the students who qualified for the All-State Festival competition this year! The State chairman will be posting assigned performing times on May 8th. We will contact the students who registered for the State festival with their times as soon as they are posted for us. The festival is on Saturday, May 17th, 2008, and will be held at the Texas State University Music Building, in San Marcos, Texas. You can find driving directions to the university at Google Maps using this link: Driving Directions to Texas State University. There are many hotels nearby for those wishing to spend the night. Here are a few: Hotels near TSU San Marcos boasts many attractions, including the Prime Outlet Mall on Hwy 35, the Aquarena, river tubing, and many other exciting things to do. You can visit the City of San Marcos visitor's website for more information about things to do in San Marcos: http://www.ci.san-marcos.tx.us/tourism/

We hope you have a great trip, and wish all the students the best of luck at
the festival.

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Oopsy Daisy!

Last week, several students were missing from our usually rambunctious Wednesday morning Kindermusik Imagine That! Class, and the 3 girls who were in class that day had a blast doing all the circle dances they knew... Ring around the rosy, Looby-Loo and of course, Oopsy Daisy!



For information about our Kindermusik classes, please call 713-306-4023.

All-State Festival Studio Information

Eligibility: Superior Rating at Gold Cup Festival
Date: Saturday, May 17, 2008
Time: (TBA after registration)
Location: Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas
Entry Fee: $26.00 per event (NON REFUNDABLE)
Deadline: April 1, 2008 - NO EXCEPTIONS

The All-State Festival is an opportunity for each student to compete against other students state-wide in their event/level.

The music is chosen from the lest in the NFMC Festival Bulletin. Solos are required to be memorized. Duets and Hymns may use music while performing.

Vocal and Instrumental (non-piano) entrants will be responsible for an accompanist fee. The accompanist will meet with each student for at least 2 private practice sessions and then travel to San Marcos to be available for the student at the festival for both the private adjudication and the All-State performance, if a student wins. The accompanist fee is $60 per event, and must be paid by May 1st.

If you have questions, please call the studio at 281-992-9800 or email Ms. Margo at msmargo at HarmonyMusicStudio.com

Gold Cup 2008

We had a wonderful turnout for the first annual San Jacinto Federated Music Club Gold Cup Junior Festival on March 1 and March 8. Students taking music lessons from our studio performed in Patriotic/Folk Song Piano Solo, Piano Solo, Piano Duet, Hymn Playing, Guitar Duet, Flute Solo, Musical Theater Vocal Solo, Art Song Vocal Solo, Musical Theater Vocal Duet, Art Song Vocal Duet, and Patriotic/Folk Vocal Solo events.

We are immensely proud of all of the hard work these students did in preparing for this festival, and commend them all for their participation. We'd also like to congratulate all the students who earned a Superior rating (including Superior Plus and Superior Minus) as they are now eligible to move ahead and compete in the TFMC All-State Music Festival for the chance to win an All-State Musician award as the most talented performer for their event and level in the entire state of Texas! You can visit the TFMC website at http://www.texasfederation.com/ but please direct questions about the festival to your teacher or visit the studio to sign your student up. Registration is due April 1 - No Exceptions will be made for late entrants, and space will be filled on a first-come-first-served basis for registration, which may be limited due to time and space constraints.

Call the studio at 281-992-9800 or email info at HarmonyMusicStudio.com for more information about lessons or events.

Kindermusik: Imaginative Play

Various studies have linked pretend play with language and literacy development. These studies further suggested that fantasy play incorporates aspects of adult speech as well as the opportunity for children to increase their vocabulary as they create themes and scripts and communicate these ideas to each other.

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” A. Einstein

 

It's not too late to enroll for Kindermusik classes. We are a couple of weeks into an exciting semester but we can pro-rate your tuition. There are still a few openings and even a couple of classes that are just waiting for one more student to register before they begin. Just call Ms. Tabby at 713-306-4023 or email kindermusik at HarmonyMusicStudio.com for information.