MTMS Blog
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January Themes
Composition: New Year, New Lab Stations! We will be focusing on video games! Listen to some of your favorite video game soundtracks and try to make some of your own! If you have any questions please feel free to ask a lab attendant. Music History: Let’s learn about video game music! It’s some of the…
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Happy New Year + Goals!
It’s 2022. It’s all right if you haven’t completely settled on your goals for the year. There are all kind of people and all kinds of resolutions – so feel free to get a bit creative with the process. The new year is one of the most common times to create and attempt change through…
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Tongue Twisters
Surprised they have a place in music and speech? I was reminded of a phrase in a song this morning, “Around the rugged rock, the ragged rascal ran,” as well as the Dr. Seuss book Fox in Sox. When we recite those tongue twisters, we get a rhythm to it. Singers use these to learn…
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December Themes!
This December, the young students get to use another note-naming game that helps to learn the notes of the staff! We also have some brand new winter coloring pages that teach students music while getting into the holiday spirit! Composition: It’s that time of year again. You are probably sick and tired of the same…
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Christmas Music
Traditional Christmas carols started somewhere between 1350 and 1550. Before that the holiday music would have been used in traditional liturgy for the season. There’s belief that music started becoming part of the holiday in 4th century Rome. The earliest ones are from bible verses like “What Child is This?” and “O Come, O Come…