It was a great pleasure to participate at the workshops, held by Michel Widmer. At the end we also recorded a short interview.

There were plenty of useful information available. What I found best were approaches how to use boomwhackers (great activities can be found in his book - see below) in groups and ideas how to make instruments yourself. If you are a music teacher, you have to be a 'sounds collector' also. We always get some new instruments on our travels. However, it is really not too difficult to make some instruments on your own.

If you are interested in better ways to do music education - join us at the webinar and learn what does Gregorian Chant have to do with preschool music education . The webinar will take place on Thursday, 30th July. Click here to register! 

We have participated at the Orff summer school in Salzburg between 5th and 12th July. It was a wonderful experience. The whole city of Salzburg is devoted to music - Mozart is present everywhere.

The summer school was very fulfilling - a lot of new ideas and a lot of new friends from around the world.
Orff Schulwerk fits very well with what we do and teach. Everyone is able to participate in making music and enjoy in the process. 

Some movies really show very well how important is the music education for kids and what is the best way to do it.

My personal favorite is the evergreen Sound of Music

The Sound of Music movie is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. It is a beautiful story about the influence of music to the education and development of children (and sometimes adults, too). 

I also loved the movie Music of the heart. It shows what a good music teacher is all about and how important is a good teacher to children.

The movie Mr. Holland's Opus shows how much satisfaction can a teacher get, even if he doesn't expect it.