Unlocking Your Child’s Musical Potential:
Sing Together- car rides, religious services, sporting events, concerts, create your own musical stories
Ask Them- How do you read music? What song are you learning in class? How do you play the recorder?
Share Musical Experiences- contradances, concerts at L.L. Bean, get up and dance together at a wedding!
Teach Them- Your favorite song as a child, your favorite dance, a lullaby you sang to them as a baby, how to play an instrument that you know.
Resources
Importance of Music
Why Singing to your Infant/Toddler is Important https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VyWGlSXN5E
Importance of Singing TEDx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_HOBr8H9EM
Power of Classical Music TED Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9LCwI5iErE
How Playing an Instrument Benefits Your Brain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0JKCYZ8hng
Choir- The Core of Who We Are (Eric Whitacre) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN9FUcA25aI
Resources for Parents:
PBS Parents: Creating a Musical Environment www.pbs.org/parents/education/music-arts/creating-a-musical-home-environment/
5 Ways to Support Your School Music Program http://www.nafme.org/advocacy/5-ways-to-support-your-music-program/
Music Camps/Summer Programs:
MSYM (Maine Summer Youth Music) https://umaine.edu/spa/msym2017/
New England Music Camp nemusiccamp.com
For Your Little Ones:
Laurie Berkner Band laurieberkner.com
Rick Charette www.rickcharette.com
Elizabeth Mitchell youaremyflower.org
Dan Zanes danzanes.com
Local Music Groups and Organizations
Check listings for events near you or get involved with a community music group!!
Community Choir
Maine Music Society www.mainemusicsociety.org/index2.html
Vox Nova Chamber Choir voxnovachamberchoir.org
Midcoast Community Chorus www.mccsings.org
Portland Community Chorus www.portlandcommunitychorus.org
Community Band
Acadia Wind Ensemble www.acadiawindensemble.com
Bangor Band http://bangorband.org
Casco Bay Wind Symphony www.cascobaywindsymphony.org
Orchestra
Portland Symphony Orchestra http://www.portlandsymphony.org/content/education/families/
Maine Youth Rock Orchestra https://www.maineyouthrockorchestra.org
Bangor Symphony Orchestra www.bangorsymphony.org
Mid-Coast Symphony Orchestra www.midcoastsymphony.org
Folk Dance and Music:
American Folk Festival www.americanfolkfestival.com
Folk Dance Brunswick folkdancebrunswick.com
College/University:
University of Maine School of Performing Arts umaine.edu/spa/
Bates Performing Arts Ensembles www.bates.edu/music/ensembles/
University of Southern Maine usm.maine.edu/music
Bowdoin Department of Music https://www.bowdoin.edu/music/index.html
Other:
Downeast Brass http://www.downeastbrass.com
Maine High School Marching Band Shows https://mebda.org