I have two hundred elementary students who are ready to begin learning the exciting and life-long skill of playing piano. In my music classroom, they are mastering reading, writing, improvising and creating through music. They amaze me every day with their talent, creativity and excitement for making music. Everyone of my students from 2nd to 6th grade is ready to begin learning to play piano and further their already awesome musical talent.
Playing piano is the best way to truly understand music and how it works, give that gift to over 200 kids.
The excitement that my students have for making music overwhelms me each day. I see the amazing musicians that they are becoming and want to give them every opportunity to grow through music! Our school is located in a small, rural community.
My Project
Music is an extremely power tool for our minds, it flows into our brains so readily, that we use it to help children learn other things! It is also the best tool we have for understanding and relating our emotions. I believe music is our "language of emotion" that allows us, like spoken language, to communicate our experiences.
Giving students the ability to read, write, and express their own experience through music has the ability to fundamentally transform lives.
Learning to play the keyboard, especially at a young age, is invaluable to being able truly comprehend and express one's self through music. Only through playing the piano is it possible to grasp the relations between notes and harmony, and play them all at once!
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