Austin/Round Rock Instructors, Adam Carney, Jody Moseley, Chris Stone and Katie Kerwin just put on an open mic for any students who wished to participate. And WOW! did they. Childbloomers packed the New World Cafe. Students from the most beginning to the most advances...
The Childbloom Christmas Guitar Choir will accompany a reading of O’Henry’s ”Gift of the Magi” on Dec. 13 in the Round Rock City Council chambers. This group is comprised of 24 Childbloom students. The performance is...
Aytahn Benavi received 1st prize at the Texas A & M Jr. youth guitar competition in October. He competed against 14 other players from around the state. He performed two pieces. He started guitar lessons at age 5 with Childbloom Instructor Chris Stone and now...
The University of Houston’s Classical Minds festival featured two youth competitions that included young players from around the United States and beyond. We are pleased to announce that two Austin/Round Rock students of Kevin Taylor received top awards at that...
Austin Bella Corda is a unique performing group of older Childbloom students. They play music from the Medieval to the Rolling Stones. Bella Corda™ Groups have performed in Washington, South Carolina, St. Louis, Dallas, Ft. Worth, San Antonio, Houston, and...
12-year old Childbloom student, Aytahn Benavi was awarded 1st prize at the University of Dallas Youth guitar Competition on March 1. Aytahn competed in the under 14 category. There were dozens of competitors from around the state and beyond. Aytahn began his studies...
When the Harry Potter books began to appear I had no interest in them. However, I had never seen such a phenomenon of mass interest in reading among kids. The fever reminded me of when Elvis hit the scene back in the 50’s and the Beatles in the 60’s. But...
POKEMAN GO PRACTICE By Kevin Taylor Many Childbloom parents have discovered that having time to practice during the summer doesn’t guarantee practice. There is nothing inherently motivating about having a lot of time on your hands. Hands just have more time to be...
6 FABLES OF PRACTICE By Kevin Taylor As many of you parents know, the issue of home practice is a thorny one. Taming the music monster is not easy in this day and age of recreational screen time, social media and the distractions of the 21st century. Since I’ve been...
Several weeks ago I had a young student in a class of four whose head really looked like it was going to explode. I had set an assignment for the class to learn a new tune. They all did it – except for this one 8 year old student. Now he wasn’t a slacker....
