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  Susan Bucher I'm very excited to be a member. Your workshop in Hot Springs was amazing! It just needed to last longer!

  • Thu at 9:45 AM
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  Lynn Kleiner wrote a new blog entry:

  Summer 2014 Lynn Kleiner Workshop details

  Good morning Music Box members! We are excited to announce that the US summer training workshops in Redondo Beach, CA (June 27, 28, 29th, and 30th, 2014)   and St. Louis, MO (July 7-10, 2014) will be: Days 1, 2, & 3 - Babies, Toddlers, Kids, Big Kids...

  • Tue at 11:32 AM
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  Lynn Kleiner Good morning Music Box members! We are excited to announce that the US summer training workshops in Redondo Beach, CA (June 27, 28, 29th, and 30th, 2014)   and St. Louis, MO (July 7-10, 2014) will be: Days 1, 2, & 3 - Babies, Toddlers, Kids, Big Kids,...  moreGood morning Music Box members! We are excited to announce that the US summer training workshops in Redondo Beach, CA (June 27, 28, 29th, and 30th, 2014)   and St. Louis, MO (July 7-10, 2014) will be: Days 1, 2, & 3 - Babies, Toddlers, Kids, Big Kids, and Young Musicians (infant - age 5) $449 and Day 4 - Elementary, Orff, & Recorder $175. Registration for Days 1-3 includes the bonus Day 4 Elementary workshop (though, this is not a requirement for Simply Music Rhapsody Licensing). We are happy to offer the early bird special of $395 for the full workshop and $150 for the Elementary day for those registering before April 1, 2014. For more information or to register visit www.musicrhapsody.com/Teacher-Training-Program/ or call the office at (310) 376-8646. I hope to see many of the passionate and talented teachers in Music Box this summer!  less

  • Tue at 11:27 AM
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  Susan Bucher has just signed up. Say hello!

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    Lynn Kleiner Welcome to the Box Susan! I hope its a valuable resource.

    • Mon at 9:47 PM
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  Sasami Ashworth → Brendan McCreary: Nice article. Glad to get my students improvising on Orff early! You'd be surprised how many of my CLASSICALLY TRAINED friends from conservatory are pretty useless without sheet music and a stand haha. Thanks for posting.

  • December 7
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  Lynn Kleiner Simply Music Rhapsody teachers: How is your holiday concert preparation going?? We are very excited for our Annual Holiday Open House in fewer than two weeks! It's always a fun time trying to get 10 toddlers (and their adults) to stand on the "stage&...  moreSimply Music Rhapsody teachers: How is your holiday concert preparation going?? We are very excited for our Annual Holiday Open House in fewer than two weeks! It's always a fun time trying to get 10 toddlers (and their adults) to stand on the "stage" tape line in class during the weeks of holiday concert practice! Good luck!  

  

  • December 7
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  Lynn Kleiner → Jennifer Martin: Yes, the Prokofiev listening activity with parachute is an elementary favorite! If you are ever looking for specific lessons, tips, or materials, you can ALWAYS use the search bar at the top right and type in key words, such as "parachute," &quo...  moreYes, the Prokofiev listening activity with parachute is an elementary favorite! If you are ever looking for specific lessons, tips, or materials, you can ALWAYS use the search bar at the top right and type in key words, such as "parachute," "elementary," or "movement." Just to get you started: If you download "Our Favorite Shenanigan for Preschool and Elementary" (FREE for Music Box members) in MB Downloads, you will find lesson directions for Louisiana Saturday Night, Cotton Eyed Joe, Chimes of Dunkirk, Zemer Atik, and more. "Carnavalito" with parachute and percussion is really fun and there is a video from my workshop of "Carnavalito" and "Los Machetes" movement for elementary students. I hope you are doing well Jennifer, let me know if you need anything else! : ) Lynn  less

  • December 7
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  Jennifer Martin Did the Lt. Kije Troika parachute/scarf activity from the kids can listen book with my 3rd graders this week and they LOVED it. Any other idea for parachute/movement activities?

  • December 7

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  Brendan McCreary wrote a new blog entry:

  Brain study suggests classical musicians should improvise

  Please read this article!
   
  "Researchers have found that listeners engage with classical music more when musicians improvise.
  A collaboration of researchers from Imperial College London and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama examined the elec...

  • December 7

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  Sue Keeble has just signed up. Say hello!

  • December 3

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    Lynn Kleiner Welcome to the Box Sue! Let me know if you need help with anything. This is an awesome group of teachers!

    • December 6
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  Glenna Rutan Help!  I just purchased Star Medley Lesson and when I click download, this is the message I receive, " Sorry, we could not find requested download file."     Anyone else having this problem?

  • December 1

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    Lynn Kleiner Hi Glenna, should work now, but we will e-mail the document to you right now anyway :-)
    Enjoy!

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  Lynn Kleiner posted a new video:

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  Music Box Tour

  Here is a Music Box tour for new and old members to gain a few tips about using the site!

  • December 1

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  Lynn Kleiner commented on Lynn Kleiner's video: I like for you all to see the reality of my real life classes! Not everyone wants to do this at 10am on a Tuesday morning! ha. Everyone will look adorable doing this on the stage at the holiday open house and the ones who don't want to go on the stage w...  moreI like for you all to see the reality of my real life classes! Not everyone wants to do this at 10am on a Tuesday morning! ha. Everyone will look adorable doing this on the stage at the holiday open house and the ones who don't want to go on the stage will have fun watching. I just have to reassure the parents that its not all about the performance.  

  • November 30

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    William Rustrum I tried this earlier this morning. The children loved the stars, but they were distracted as a couple of the children had just come in after having painted their hair with black paint. :) ahhhhh, just another Monday in preschool. Still, I like how you did...  moreI tried this earlier this morning. The children loved the stars, but they were distracted as a couple of the children had just come in after having painted their hair with black paint. :) ahhhhh, just another Monday in preschool. Still, I like how you did this in the video. Good stuff, and I plan on using it for my Holiday concert. :)  

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    Lynn Kleiner Its always so sweet for a holiday concert and of course, its especially nice since its festive with our sparkley stars yet it does not say Christmas so it fits all settings around holiday time. Ha, I'm laughing about that black paint. Some days, you ju...  moreIts always so sweet for a holiday concert and of course, its especially nice since its festive with our sparkley stars yet it does not say Christmas so it fits all settings around holiday time. Ha, I'm laughing about that black paint. Some days, you just cannot compete.  

    • December 2
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  Lynn Kleiner posted a new product:

  

  Star Medley

  Description: This download contains the MP3 recording of Lynn Kleiner's "Star Medley," from Kids Make Music, Babies Make Music Too! (Alfred Music). Get the lesson plan in Music Box Downloads and watch the whole lesson in Videos. You can purchase the KMM CD at www.musicrhapsody.com
  Note: When downloading this song, it will state that you are downloading a pdf file. Rest assured that you will be downloading a zip file of the song which you can un-compress once downloaded.
  SKU: MB11012
   ...  moreDescription: This download contains the MP3 recording of Lynn Kleiner's "Star Medley," from Kids Make Music, Babies Make Music Too! (Alfred Music). Get the lesson plan in Music Box Downloads and watch the whole lesson in Videos. You can purchase the KMM CD at www.musicrhapsody.com
  Note: When downloading this song, it will state that you are downloading a pdf file. Rest assured that you will be downloading a zip file of the song which you can un-compress once downloaded.
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  • November 30
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  Lynn Kleiner shared Lynn Kleiner's video. Stars/Starlight/Twinkle and solo singing all in this adorable festive medley for holiday performance, class, or year-round singing and dancing! Find the lesson plan and medley recording in Downloads!
  Lynn

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  Star Medley

  Find the Star Medley lesson plan, which includes detailed lesson suggestions and notation for the four songs, and the MP3 track from Kids Make Music in Music Box DOWNLOADS. This medley is part of the annual Music Rhapsody holiday open house performance an...

  • November 30

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