What Qualities Do Music Lessons Build?
Parents often tell me that something shifts in their child after a few months of music lessons. Not just in how they play, but in how they approach things. How they talk about what they’re working on.
When I hear that, I usually smile, because I know exactly what’s happening. It comes down to two qualities that our music teachers work hard to develop in every single student.
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The First One: Curiosity
Our teachers are very good at finding what excites and energizes a music student. Once they find it, they feed it.
They encourage music students to explore, to ask questions, to wonder what else they might be capable of.
That curiosity about music has a way of becoming curiosity about themselves. About what they can learn and who they’re becoming as musicians.
That’s a wonderful thing to watch unfold.
The Second One: Pride
The other quality I hear about most, and the one I’m genuinely proud of, is pride.
Real pride. The kind that comes from working hard at something and getting to the other side of it.
What I love most is what music students do with that pride.
They want to share it. They want to play for their grandparents at Thanksgiving. They want to perform at the nursing home down the road. They want someone they love to hear what they’ve been working on.
That impulse to share something you’re proud of is a beautiful thing, and it tends to grow the more a child experiences it.
Two Qualities That Will Serve Your Child For Life
Curiosity and pride. Those are the two qualities I keep coming back to when I think about what we do here at Note-worthy Experiences®.
They first appear in music, then start appearing everywhere else.
If you’d like to see what this could look like for your child, I’d love to have a conversation.
