Mindful Music Moments – Musical Theatre Preparation

Our talented teachers and staff have created this video to provide parents and caregivers with insights and tips to help your child prepare for musical theatre performances. We hope you find these tips valuable and helpful! Please don't hesitate to call us at (780) 570-5699 if you have any questions...we are here to help.

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Benefits of Music in the Lives of Young Children

Children learn more effectively through their daily experiences and activities than anything else. Bringing music into their lives as a part of their weekly routine provides a wide range of benefits for everyone involved in the child’s life. Some examples of these benefits are listed below!   For Children:   Development of early literacy, language,  and communication skills! From the very early stages of a child’s life, music allows children to practice and memorize words and sentence structures. For the little ones, even the ABC’s are a crucial literary skill that will stay with them forever! Early brain development is…

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Hearing Protection – Musicians Listen Up!

We all agree certain things – like rock concerts, jack hammers and motorcycles – are loud and could damage our hearing, but we may not realize that listening to music or podcasts with our earbuds is causing any damage, but it’s very possible that repeated exposure to what we think isn’t very loud, is actually causing damage to our ears. The same is true when it comes to music lessons. Due to the negative connotation of “noise”, we don’t like to consider music as such; however, in the context of this article, that’s exactly what it is. This means that when…

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How To Prevent Vocal Strain

“There is one thing I should say, and it’s important: Young Broadway singers and anybody who is an orator of any kind – lawyers who have to speak in court or pastors or anyone who has a lot of stress on their vocal cords: You should do the maintenance. You should do whatever it takes to feel fresh and good.”    – Julie Andrews, Actress & Singer   Each time you use your voice, you place strain on your body. This is something you should take into consideration before giving a lengthy speech or singing. It is highly recommended that you…

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May Newsletter

Catch up on Crescendo News… Here is our Crescendo Newsletter May (click below!). It has information on music lessons, important dates, and more. PLEASE NOTE REGISTRATION DATES HAVE CHANGED FROM THE DATES ON THE NEWSLETTER TO: Year-round students (summer & fall) may register Saturday, May 29th. Registration opens for existing 10-month students (continuing to the end of June) Saturday, June 5th. Saturday, June 12th – Registration is open to the public.

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