November 22, 2009
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At the Top of Their Lungs

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January-February 2008
by Erika Alexia Tsoukanelis, from Chronogram 
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Outside the classroom, children show the impact of the Music Together experience in how they express themselves and relate to others. Lucas has been taking classes since he was three months old. His mother reports of her ten-month-old that if he is upset when they are, for example, at the grocery store, she can calm him down by singing a song from the class. Lilly has learned how to walk and how to dance at the same time. Four-year-old Elizabeth, introduced to Music Together at six months, was able to comfort a little girl who began to cry after her nanny dropped her off for a play date. Elizabeth sang “They Always Come Back,” Music Together’s song about separation anxiety.

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Parents frequently report that they have rediscovered the delight of creating music. They thought they were tone-deaf or inept dancers, and they have been able to release this self-judgment and have fun with their children.

Like the people of Ghana, those involved in Music Together—administrators, teachers, parents, and children—have made music a way of life. It is not performance, it is play, and it enriches all they do.

 

Excerpted from Chronogram (Aug. 2007), a regional magazine dedicated to stimulating and supporting the creative and cultural life of the Hudson River Valley and Capital region of New York state. Subscriptions: $36/yr. (12 issues) from Chronogram Subscriptions, c/o Luminary Publishing, 314 Wall St., 2nd Floor, Kingston, NY 12401; www.chronogram.com.

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