julie Eleven-year-old Amelia is studying guitar with senior instructor Mark Grundhoefer, and piano with senior instructor Chelsea Sefzik. After Amelia recently won Metro Music Maker’s first Spirit Week songwriting contest with her song, “Go Team,” Mark interviewed the budding young songwriter. Why did you choose to study guitar?“It’s good accompaniment for songs, and you can use it … Read more
Kenzi Podell, a music therapist, is fresh off of passing her board exam to become a licensed music therapist. She learned a lot through the process of becoming a music therapist, and she wanted to share that hard-earned knowledge with others who are coming behind her in the process. Whether you’re just getting started on … Read more
Eleven-year-old Andy is studying piano with senior instructor Chelsea Sefzik. (He also recently began taking violin at Metro Music Makers!) Chelsea sat down with Andy recently and asked him some fun questions to get to know him better. Why did you choose to study piano?“Because my brother plays the piano and I like it because it’s … Read more
Kenzi Podell, a music therapist, is fresh off of passing her board exam to become a licensed music therapist. She learned a lot through the process of becoming a music therapist, and she wanted to share that hard-earned knowledge with others who are coming behind her in the process. Whether you’re just getting started on … Read more
1. How long have you been teaching at Metro Music Makers, and what do you teach?“I’ve been teaching here for two years, and I teach violin, viola, guitar, voice, ukulele and piano.” 2. What is your first musical memory?“My first classical concert. . . It was Joshua Bell, a violinist. He inspired me to take … Read more
Thirteen-year-old Rini is studying piano and voice with senior instructor Aria Taboada. Aria sat down with Rini recently and got to know her a little better so we could share her with you! Why did you choose to study piano?“I like piano because it’s very versatile. You can play lots of different genres on it!” What kind … Read more
Kenzi Podell, a music therapist, is fresh off of passing her board exam to become a licensed music therapist. She learned a lot through the process of becoming a music therapist, and she wanted to share that hard-earned knowledge with others who are coming behind her in the process. Whether you’re just getting started on … Read more
written by Metro Music Makers instructor Mark Grundhoefer It can be the most frustrating experience. You’re driving your car and a melody pops in your head. You sing it over and over all the way home. You run inside and grab your instrument and start to search the for the notes. You fumble and can’t … Read more
Guillermo Guerrero has been studying piano for around five years and voice for the last year. His teacher Kristen Van Dyke enjoyed interviewing him for this article, saying some of his answers really made her laugh. Why did you choose to study piano and voice?Piano: “I like learning fun, famous music.” Voice: “Singing is something to express … Read more
written by Metro Music Makers instructor J.T. Lee When we’re young musicians, often we have the luxury of time, especially when it comes to performance prep. We spend months prepping for minutes on stage. I remember being in high school band—we started working Christmas music in October. The crazy thing was that we played the … Read more
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