Kids After School Activities: Music Lessons

There was a time when most kids used to take piano lessons as an after school activity. Well, the times are a changing since synthesizers and a host of other musical instruments have become available. While some schools have pianos used in school plays and musicals, most schools today incorporate the latest musical technology which they can use to “take on the road” visiting nursing homes or perform at other functions.

Kids who idolize certain bands will want to take up instruments such as bass guitars, drums, violins, and the newest sensation - the piano synthesizer which functions as a complete band.

In fact, most kids today are able to compose their own works using the synthesizer, and may even have the full range of apparatus to record music at their disposal.

While piano purchases are on the decline, it is still considered a unique art form for classical music. What is on the rise is music that, while it doesn’t quite soothe the savage beast, nonetheless has engaged many kids to participate in its art form.

Music is a wonderful activity for any kid. It is as much a part of our culture as any other form of expression. Kids who take music lessons should be applauded for engaging in an activity that inspires creativity, invokes emotion, and creates new and exciting rhythms and sounds unique to the musician.

Whether it is country, hard rock, pop, new age, jazz, or instrumental; kids who want to learn music should be afforded every opportunity to do so. Many kids have been inspired by such greats as Quintin Marsalas, Kiss, Purple, the Beatles, the Dixie Chicks, and other great performers throughout the years.

Music is to the soul what poetry is to the mind.