I don't know about you but I'm always looking for ways to improve the quality of the music I provide for my clients during my music therapy sessions. Whether it's bringing in my primary instrument, the clarinet, or adding jazzy and funky auto accompaniments on the keyboard, I'm always looking to offer the best musical accompaniments [...]
I realized on Monday that I don't use my primary instrument nearly enough during my music therapy sessions. I have to admit that sometimes I get comfortable using my guitar and my keyboard and forget about all the other interesting instruments I have available to me that I play ~ the clarinet (my primary instrument [...]
I am smack dab in the middle of moving. Our new house is only about 20 minutes away from where we used to live, but with a newly mobile 14-month-old, it has been quite the challenge! Despite having moving boxes everywhere and a missing charger cable for my computer, I just had get this blog post out. [...]
I love the term "menu of services." That's probably because it reminds me of food. For the services we offer at Wholesome Harmonies, I think the term "smorgasbord of services" is a better fit, though. We offer a wide variety of music services for children and teens of all abilities and I think the term "smorgasbord" captures [...]
I’ve been on a library kick the past few weeks. I’ve been having an amazing time planning for my sessions at the library, which include baby and toddler classes and Rockin’ & Readin’ sessions for children of all abilities, including those with special needs. If you lead sessions at the library or if you want [...]
I just got back from taking my little one to story time and our local library and let me tell you, she loves it! Now that she's one, everything is more fun. She's getting into the movements of each song and she's very observant of the librarians when they read. I lead baby and toddler developmental music classes at library branches [...]
A few weeks ago I sent out a survey to my newsletter list and to readers of the blog to find out what topics they would most like to see covered in upcoming blog posts. The top responses were: #1 - session ideas for working with teens #2 - session ideas for working with children #3 - [...]
Hello there! I have been doing my very best to keep on my weekly Wednesday blog schedule. But with a 13-month-old, a new house to move into, and a full work schedule, it's been hard to stay on track! Today, though, I'm back at it and this post is all about the Tuneful Teens E-Book. [...]
Before I launch into today's blog post, I want to give a huge THANK YOU to those of you who took the "better blog survey" I sent out. Sara Devine was the winner randomly chosen to receive a free E-Book - The Rap Pack for Teens! I appreciate your survey responses so much and [...]
In my last blog post, I started a brand new series on how to AMP UP your teen music therapy sessions. I love using fresh, new ideas in my sessions, so I'm happy to share what's worked well with my tween & teen groups. Today, I want to share a musical game I created called the ABCs [...]
