
Julie's Music Brioso
"Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks, and invents."
--composer Ludwig van Beethoven

Julie's Music Brioso Announcing...Julie's Music Brioso Spring 2010 Kindermusik class schedule! Online registration will open up December 7. Contact Julie in the meantime with any questions. Come join us in January!
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Julie's Music Brioso Music education is ... "terribly important, extremely important--because when you are a child, you are in a receptive age." --Eugene Ormandy, conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra

Julie's Music Brioso Check out Julie's blog for info on music, science, and the brain--and see Bobby McFerrin play the audience! (Yes, you read that right.)
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By chance, a friend forwarded a video clip (below) of world-renowned musician Bobby McFerrin "playing the audience" at an event. The clip is terrific, but more on that later. The event was the World Science Festival, held in June 2009, and the event, called Notes and Neurons, was an entire session...

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"Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent."
--writer Victor Hugo

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"Music to me is like breathing--I don't get tired of breathing, I don't get tired of music."
--musician Ray Charles

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"When a child learns by experience that music forges direct links between self and world, self-expression becomes more fluent; the music helps interpret 'who I am'."
--"Growing Up Complete", the report of the National Commission on Music Education

Julie's Music Brioso Take a look at this video of a cool subway station in Stockholm. If I were there, I'd grab a friend and play Chopsticks (if you've seen the movie "Big" you know what I mean)!
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Many of us use music to make the more mundane things in our lives more fun. These folks at a subway station in Stockholm found a creative way to take this to a whole new level (no pun intended)! Watch this, and see if it would make you take the stairs more often.

Julie's Music Brioso Check out Miss Julie's Monster Mash-Up video. You can create one of your own as well. Happy Halloween, everyone!
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Halloween Monster Mash-Up will inspire your creativity for Halloween whether you choose to be Dracula, Wolfman, the Mummy, or a Witch. Brought to you by Oriental Trading Company, celebrating over 75 years of fun.

Julie's Music Brioso Check out this awesome video about the benefits of music on the young brain!
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I have written several blog posts about the benefits of music playing, listening, and education for young children. This wonderful video sums it up better than I ever could. Enjoy it, and congratulations for giving your child the gift of music!

Julie's Music Brioso I hope this makes you smile today!
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Some of you may be old enough to remember that Tom Jones had a TV variety show in the late 60’s and early 70’s. I have it on authority from my parents and older cousins that I used to stand in front of the TV (with a jump rope as my “microphone”) and dance and sing along with his show. My parents ...

Julie's Music Brioso More evidence that music education for young children rocks!
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Here is yet another source that sings the praises of music education in young children. New Jersey Family Magazine recently posted an article on their website entitled “7 Surprising Benefits of Music Education.” In a nutshell, the article states what Kindermusik educators have known for years. Mu...

The Fall semester has gotten off to a great start. There are still openings in several of my classes. You and your friends who might be interested about these: * Village (newborn to 18 months) has 3 openings, and we still have 4 more weeks to Do-Si-Do...

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With the release of the remastered Beatles collection, as well as the Rock Band game, I was feeling a little nostalgic this past week. Luckily a whole new generation can now discover the true genius of these unassuming men from Liverpool. Here are the Castillo Kids, a very talented trio of sibling...














