Wishing You a Colorful Day!

I was reminded last night about the great Bravia ad campaign. It features music of Jose Gonzalez, Rolling Stones, and others. And also features brilliant colors...

“If you dream as big as you can dream, anything is possible.”

Beijing!

An estimated four BILLION people will tune in tonight to the Beijing Opening Ceremonies. I've Tivo'd the evening because I don't want to miss a minute!

Above is a beautiful picture from New York Times showing a performance of drummers during the Opening Cermonies.

Hello to Sarah Peel Li and all of our Kindermusik Educators in China! We are so excited to see your home over the next few weeks!

YEA: Youth Education in the Arts

One might say that Kindermusik is Youth Education in the Arts, but there is a stellar group, YEA, that runs the Cadets Drum Corps, a competitive marching band made of students under the age of 21. These groups compete all summer, practice a grueling show 7 days a week, all in the pursuit of perfection.

My husband marched with them when he was in college. He joined some of his friends last weekend for an amazing show in Allentown, PA. His friends, Cory and Kurt are bass drum alumni and this group (50+) traveled from across the US for this memorable reunion:




Mira! El Sistema en Venezuela



Watch this when you have 12 minutes and a box of tissues. (to view the presentation in larger screen, simply click on the icon with rectangles in the bottom of the viewer)

Rockabye Baby!

I noticed these CDs at my friend's shop in Brooklyn. If you haven't heard about them yet, Rockabye Baby rearranges rock tunes that Mom and Dad love into very pleasant music designed for little ears!

Visit the website to listen, you'll never think of Green Day the same way!  What do you think about a reverse plan to turn Kindermusik into rock albums!?!

"Let's Wake Up and Do This!"

LOVE this article in New York Times today. It features high school students who save their hard-earned money to come to summer band camp at Florida A&M.

Imagine if each of us woke up with such vigor and brought that to our families, workplace, and Kindermusik classes.

I think I could learn a thing or two from these kids.