Homework Assignment

So Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons I have blocks of music lessons. Recorder, flute, clarinet, and piano, oh my.

Well, I like to ask my kids what songs they like, and then learn them on their instrument. Today one of my students told me he didn't know what songs he liked. So I asked what type of music he listens to...and he doesn't listen to music. At least not intentionally. So I told him in broken Spanish, "your homework assignment is to go on the computer and find a song you like. Any song." And that I'd see him in a week.

I couldn't believe it at first, but it's actually pretty possible for the kids not to hear music unless someone else is playing it, or at church. It seems pretty unimaginable to me, and I'm always trying to find ways of making all sorts of music more accessible to the kids. Because I'm glad that there were so many people in my life who did that for me.