Have More Fun ~ Take the Stairs!

Many of us use music to make the more mundane things in our lives more fun.  These folks at a subway station in Stockholm found a creative way to take this to a whole new level (no pun intended)!  Watch this, and see if it would make you take the stairs more often.
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Halloween Week 2009

It’s time for Halloween Week 2009 with Julie’s Music Brioso!  During next week’s classes, feel free to come to class in costume.  Miss Julie will be dressed up, too!  We’ll take some pictures and do some fun Halloween-related activities during class.
For more Halloween fun, click here and check out Miss Julie’s Monster Mash-Up video.  You [...]

All the Single Ladies, Baby!

Some of you may be old enough to remember that Tom Jones had a TV variety show in the late 60’s and early 70’s.  I have it on authority from my parents and older cousins that I used to stand in front of the TV (with a jump rope as my “microphone”) and dance and [...]

The Beatles For a New Generation

With the release of the remastered Beatles collection, as well as the Rock Band game, I was feeling a little nostalgic this past week.  Luckily a whole new generation can now discover the true genius of these unassuming men from Liverpool.  Here are the Castillo Kids, a very talented trio of siblings, doing a cover [...]

Rachmaninov Had Big Hands

Here’s a fun little video a fellow Kindermusik educator shared with me.  Even though the folks in this video Igudesman and Joo, may have stolen the idea from someone else, it’s very entertaining.  As someone with very small hands herself, I think I need to get me some of these!

Enjoy your [...]

Perpetuum Jazzile – Awesome a Capella Group!

My most popular blog posting by far is of an a capella group called Straight No Chaser singing their rendition of “Twelve Days of Christmas” (watch it here for old time’s sake).
One of the great things about the Straight No Chaser performance is that it draws from “Africa” by Toto.  I thought I wouldn’t find [...]

Great Children’s Music Resource

Any of you who have experienced Kindermusik classes know that the songs and recordings are high quality, age appropriate, and designed to enhance the young brain in all kinds of ways.  Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of much of the children’s music available today.  Therefore, I was pleasantly surprised to stumble upon Beat Boppers [...]

Gift of Music Lasts a Lifetime!

I have written many posts in this blog about the beneficial effects of music on young children.  Here is a video of an older couple playing the piano together at the Mayo Clinic, which shows how music can keep us feeling young throughout our lives.  Enjoy!

(Thanks to fellow Kindermusik educator Bonnie [...]

Do, a Deer…

It probably won’t surprise you to hear this, but I am a sucker for old musicals. Of course, one of my favorites is “The Sound of Music.” I cry nearly every time I watch it–partly because the music is wonderful, and partly because I am saddened that Julie Andrews (who I’m named after, [...]

April Showers…

…bring May flowers, as they say.  Now you can have both the sound and the beauty at the same time with this new Lullatone tool.  It’s easy to create something that sounds lovely.   Give it a try, and have a great week!
(Thanks to Helen Peterson for turning me on to this.)