Yes, scheduled classes are coming to an end, but summer vacation offers many musical opportunities for your child. May we suggest:
- Enjoyable, stress free practice time
- Attendance at live concerts to experience new and interesting musical styles
- Solo or ensemble performances at church, civic groups, or family gatherings
- Growth in musical taste and understanding by listening to a variety of music
- Private lessons
You, as a parent, can serve as a surrogate music educator b guiding your child towards musically oriented activities. Please encourage your child to find some avenue of musical expression and not let his/her artistic language become dormant. It is the most important gift you can give to your child.
Music is an interactive language. When one plays or sings, the listener as well as the performer is actively engaged in the exchange. The weeks ahead can provide an opportunity for your child to be the performer and the listener. Through this, he/she may may gain a new level of understanding and appreciation of music.
For the returning students, we have exciting plans for the coming year and we anticipate continued positive growth in our music program.
Thank you again for being a strong advocate of music in our schools and, in particular, for your support of the music department here at Fountain Woods School.
Have a great summer!
"Musical training is a more potent instrument than an other form of education, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul." --Plato
