There’s a convincing body of research that states the best time to immerse your child in music is from birth to age 9. That doesn’t necessarily mean your newborn should be learning guitar, but that parents and communities can improve a child’s musicality. The goal of lessons at different ages becomes important. Your newborn may…

As adults, we say age is just a number. When we have babies, often adults are looking at them to be sure they’re normal, or something, by checking milestones that happen at certain ages. Music lessons are not one of those checkbox milestones, but there are ways to see if your child might be inclined…

MTMS has chosen Barbershop Quartets as the theme for October. Whether you’re trying Lab Composition station or Music History, you’ll get to learn more about barbershop quartets and what they could sound like. We’ll also have offerings for our youngest students. You may have seen barbershop quartets before. There are four parts: lead, tenor, baritone,…

This month’s lab theme is all about Marching Bands! Did you know that armies have traveled with marching bands (percussion and wind instruments) since ancient times? Modern marching bands in America started with The University of Notre Dame Band of the Fighting Irish in 1845. Whether you’re trying Lab Composition station or Music History, you’ll…