Showing posts with label hudson river school of music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hudson river school of music. Show all posts

Friday, February 5, 2010

Hudson River School of Music Play-In

There's nothing like seeing a bunch of little kids concentrating on playing a very difficult instrument. Imagine holding an instrument under your chin in a very awkward position (I thought it was awkward when I tried, years ago), standing still (hard for a kid), using one hand to press strings to get a note and the other hand to make the sound. It's not easy.
Bow on head helps kids focus on not plucking, swinging the bow like a bat, etc.



And something I really like about all this is that there are all sorts of kids here. Kids with many different interests - martial arts, baseball, soccer, football, dance, John Deere tractors. And they all are into this as well. Very cool.