Julie, Age 9, Trumpet

Julie, Age 9, Trumpet, Meridian Idaho

A little about Julie...She has been playing the trumpet at the point of this video for only two weeks. She had previously studied the cello with her mom for a year and a half and continues to study the piano. When she grew out of her 1/2 size cello her mom asked her if she wanted to get the next size cello or try out another instrument. She has listened to her brother play for four years now and quickly said that she wanted to learn the trumpet. Her older brother, Riley, and her love to play tumpet duets. Julie was a previous spotlight here on Amazing Kid Musicians playing "Lightly Row" on the cello. She loves to practice and really enjoys her lessons with Dennis Keck, a well-known trumpet performer and teacher.

Rainbow Piano Technique - Day 3

On August 10, 2011 we spotlighted Olivia who is 6 from Georgetown, Utah. I asked her mommy teacher how it was going and she wrote the following:

"It is more independent with the rainbow book.  I don't have to tell them what to do as much as the other Bastein books.  I ordered the pdf document; it was only 10 bucks. We'd been doing the other books off and on for a while, but without letters or finger numbers she was really struggling and with this she just picked right up.  Maddy, age 4, and Jack, age 2 like it a lot too. With Jack I use symbols along with the colors like sun, pumpkin, fireman, and sky. I don't like how similar the colors are though like on the right hand there's two kinds of oranges next to each other and two kinds of green and blue and stuff like that right next to each other.  Also on the "easy" songs the hands are supposed to move around in one song, so I have rearranged the pages a little bit. There's only like four songs that don't have the hands moving or don't have eighth notes. I like the concept, but I don't like the songs that she put together."

Olivia, Age 6, Piano

Olivia, Age 6, Piano Georgetown Utah

This video is of Olivia on her third day after starting lessons using the Rainbow Piano Technique with her mom. Her cute little voice singing, "Quarter, quarter, half-note...whole-note-hold-it" is awesome! Olivia's mommy teacher wrote, "We'd been doing the other books off and on for a while, but without letters or finger numbers she was really struggling and with this she just picked right up." Great Job Olivia!

Grace, Age 7, Fiddle

Grace, Age 7, Fiddle, Meridian ID

Grace has been playing violin/fiddle since she was two and a half. Her mom didn't plan on starting her that young but once her older sister gave her a fiddle she was hooked. This video is of her at the Idaho Open Fiddle Contest during the second round.

Lucas, Age 6, Violin

Lucas, Age 6, Violin, Germany

Lucas began taking private violin lessons when he was four years old. His violin teacher was the renowned Vladislav Goldfeld. When he was seven he won First Place at the Spanish television TVE, this time in Valencia. At age 8, he won the international violin competition "Gradus ad PARNASSUM" the first in Lithuania Price. (See Source)

Max, Age 9, Guitar

Max, Age 9, Guitar

In addition to playing the accoustic guitar and taking private guitar lessons, Max enjoys singing and writing his own music. Max is working to get noticed by a record label company and hopes someday to land a recording contract with one of them. In addition to the accoustic guitar, Max also play the electric guitar. Here is a video of Max playing Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven."

Olivia, Age 9, Piano

Olivia, Age 9, Piano, Meridian Idaho

This is Olivia age 9 at the school talent show May 2011.  She is playing Miniature Sonatina by Joseph Kuffner (adapted).  She has been playing on the piano since she was 2.  She has been taking lessons for 1 year.

Jacob, Age 7, Drums

Jacob, Age 7, Drums, Glendale Arizona

When asked when he started drums, Jacob answered "At 8 months old, my father held my hand and made me feel the pulse of the rhythm. I started to tap my hand to the downbeat of music. As my father explains to me, it would take 6 to 8 consecutive quarter beats for my timing to become shaky. At 18 months, my father had me sit behind a full 5-piece drum kit where he taught me how to play 2/4, 4/4, 6/8, 12/8, 5/4, 7/4, 9/4 and swing. I still feel a little weird watching myself play at that age in the video clips. If it weren't for my father, I probably would have not discovered drums at 8 months old or at any age for that matter. Since he is such an educated musician and an accomplished composer/keyboardist, I still have a lot to learn from him." (See Source) This video is of Jacob when he was seven years old.

Kanai, Age 7, Piano

Kanai, Age 7, Piano, Japan

This sweet little girl sure has something amazing to share! I couldn't find any information on how old she was when she started but from the sounds of it, she was pretty little. I hope you enjoy this video.

Gigue

by Bach

Rhema, Age 7, Voice

Rhema, Age 7, Voice, Plano TX

Rhema began singing the same time she began talking. It was less than a year ago Rhema recorded her first song, Amazing Grace and quickly became an Internet singing sensation. She takes tremendous inspiration from her mother, Wendi Marvanne, who sadly lost her battle with ovarian cancer on November 8, 2008. It is Rhema's greatest hope to make her mother proud, both as a singer and as a servant of God, which is why she also performs at churches, non-profit organizations, charities, hospitals and special events. (See Source). This video is of Rhema singing at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas.



Amazing Grace

July 30, 2010



Emily, Age 6, Piano

Emily Bear, Age 6, Piano, Rockford IL

Emily was initially discovered by her grandmother while her parents were out of town at the age of two. Her grandmother was in the other room and heard someone playing the piano and was amazed that it was her. She has studied with Emilio del Rosario, a teacher at the Music Institute of Chicago, and Mary Sauer, the principal keyboardist with the Chicago Symphony. She loves to play classical, jazz, and her own compositions. (See Source). This video is of Emily practicing at the Coronado Theatre in Rockford, IL before supporting the Ramsey Lewis Trio later in the day.



"Ellen's Song"

Emily Bear
(This song is an original composition)

Written for Ellen on occasion of Emily's appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres show.

See this and more of Emily's videos (HERE).

Reed, Age 6, Piano

Reed, Age 6, Glendale, CA

Reed has been learning the piano for just under a year. He and all of his friends take lessons from his mother, Heather. As you can see from this video, he enjoys the social aspect of music the most right now. This video is from May 2011, his first piano recital.

Rain, Rain, Go Away

Folk Tune

Julie, Age 8, Cello

Julie, Cello, Age 8, Meridian ID

Julie has been playing the cello for nine months. She studies with her mom, Lacey Holzbauer, and says she wants to grow up and to be just like her. She loves to try new songs and picks new things up really quick. This video is from the elementary school talent show June 2010.

February 10, 2010

June 2010

Lightly Row

Folk Song

Accompanied by Lacey Holzbauer