Tuesday, October 16, 2007

In Other Music News...

We began our study of Handel today. The children listened to the Vox Music Masters CD as they played some strange version of pirates/orphans/50s girls in poodle skirts. This evening, after tucking the boys into bed, the girls and I got started on Handel at the Court of the Kings. I continue to be impressed by the books in this series. They always begin with a great hook -- usually something a little scandalous -- to pique the children's interest.


With Bobo's second year of piano in full swing, Elbow's brand new violin lessons, and our composer studies, I'm feeling like we actually might be a bit musical. I use 'we' loosely. I was the one who went kicking and screaming through 8 years of piano lessons. I sing miserably - though I prefer to be called 'loud' and 'enthusiastic.' But that's only half the story. Their father, mind you, sang in Carnegie Hall. That must qualify for something.

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