Band, Orchestra, Choir, Oh My!
It’s recruiting season for many school Band, Orchestra, and Choir programs. If your child hasn’t already told you that the older ensembles (an ensemble is a group of musicians performing together) came to perform for them, they probably will soon. Katy students are lucky to…
How Effort-Focused Praise Creates Confident Kids
Learning new activities like piano lessons or sports can bring on frustration for kids, especially at first. Piano teachers often hear, “I can’t do it,” when a student attempts something even slightly challenging or new. This makes sense to us as adults: When we start to…
There’s No Such Thing as Talent — Or Is There?
Playing a musical instrument well has often been associated with whether or not someone has talent and how much talent they are believed to have. Karen is good at the piano, her brother is not. Karen must have more musical talent than her brother… correct? The…
