Halloween is the perfect day to “trick” your family and friends with spooky sounds on your instrument. We’ve got advice from our staff members on how to create sound effects that will make your spine tingle. Morgan Minyard in her rad dragon costume shows us her favorite Halloween sounds on bassoon. And don’t worry, if … Read more
When we put out the call to teachers for their Student of the Month nominations, something very special happened. Both Karina’s piano teacher and her violin teacher with Metro Music Makers nominated her. With such a resounding endorsement, we just had to award her this honor and find out more about her. Miss Melanie, Karina’s piano teacher … Read more
Metro Music Makers instructor Angelina Barrett explains how using certain note and finger patterns can help with making your violin sound funky.
Metro Music Makers music therapist Sara Longwell shares about adaptive lessons, and explains some tools that music therapists frequently employ to meet students where they are.
Meet J.T., musician by day, pro-wrestler by night (in his dreams).
Metro Music Makers instructor Chelsea Smith shares three secrets that can assist in the rehabilitation of the voice and often speed up the process of healing when you’re sick or tired.
If you’ve ever spent a significant amount of time practicing, only to find you haven’t progressed as much as you should, maybe you need to practice smarter, not harder. Metro Music Makers instructor Aria J. Taboada shares how you can do just that.
Thank goodness she didn’t get squashed in all those home plate run-ins. Meet Metro Music Makers instructor and crafter extraordinaire, Chelsea Smith.
Metro Music Makers offers music therapy and adaptive lessons for children with a variety of diagnoses, including ADD/ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, emotional and behavioral disorders, cerebral palsy, down syndrome and much more. But what if your child doesn’t have a specific diagnosis? Can music therapy or adaptive lessons still be implemented successfully?
Mistakes happen. As much as we prepare and practice, they’re inevitable. We can say “practice makes perfect,” but there will always be that one moment when our brain goes somewhere else and causes us to fumble around with what we’re playing or singing and just blow it. How do we recover? Instructor Dave Colquitt shares some ideas on how to make the most of our mistakes.
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