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What Age Should My Child Start Music Lessons?
There’s no single “right” age to start lessons — but there are patterns worth knowing, from toddler music play to teens picking up an instrument for the first time. Here’s how to think about timing by age and stage.
Choosing the Right Instrument for Your Child: A Guide for Parents
Choosing the right musical instrument for your child is a decision that can shape their relationship with music and foster a lifelong passion. This guide aims to assist parents in navigating this exciting journey. Assessing Musical Interest Understanding your child's...
How to Choose the Right Music School for Your Child (14 Key Factors)
Choosing the right music school for your child can feel overwhelming. With so many options—different teachers, programs, and approaches—it’s hard to know what actually matters. The truth is, not all music programs are created equal. Some focus on performances, others...
Unlocking Creativity: How Music Lessons Benefit Cognitive Development
Discover how music lessons support cognitive development by improving memory, focus, problem-solving, and creativity. From private lessons to voice coaching, music education helps students grow both musically and mentally while building confidence and self-expression.
5 Instruments To Learn For Beginners
Learning to play a musical instrument is a rewarding and enriching experience. It opens the door to a world of creativity and self-expression. If you're a beginner looking to embark on your musical journey, you're in the right place. In this article, we'll explore...
Musicology 101: The Life and Legacy of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
This is a series done by one of our previous instructors, Alec Arnett. Subscribe to the channel to be in the know when new episodes come out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBpbQGMQXeM Hello, I'm Alec, and welcome to the Red School of Music’s Musicology Series....
Teaching and TikTok with Katherine Rosenfeld Behind the Red Curtain
Introducing Katherine... CHELSEA: Welcome, everyone, I am so excited to announce our special guest with you today. Her name is Katherine Rosenfeld. And I met her on Instagram and I saw some amazing TikTok videos and reels that she was doing. And I'm like, This girl is...
8 Vocal Warm Ups To Use For Voice Lessons and Singing Music Lessons with Chelsea
Sharing Vocal Warm-ups Hey everybody, Chelsea Melcher here. Today I am going to share with you some of my favorite warm-ups. So before we go any further, I do not own these warm-ups. I did not create these warm-ups, these warm-ups have been passed on to me through...
How to Avoid Musical Burnout
The Best Way to Tackle The Most Common Problem in Musicians If you're just singing or playing your pieces through, you're not actually getting any better. Hey guys I'm going to talk to you today about what to do when you start getting tired of the piece of music that...
Mindset, Yoga and Wellness for Musicians Interview with Kimberly Hankins
Introducing Kimberly... CHELSEA: I am so excited to introduce our special guest to you today Her name is Dr. Kimberly Hankins and so can really for those of us that don't know you, welcome and give us a little bit of background information about you. KIMBERLY: Thank...
What to Do in Your Rehearsals
Be Present and AttentiveIf a director has to say hey remember this one, they're gonna get annoyed. Two you're wasting everyone's time.Hi there! Chelsea Melcher with Red School of Music here and today we are going to talk about what to do in your rehearsals. First,...
Transitioning From Music Major to Professional
A Bit of Story-tellingHey guys it's Chelsea Melcher here. I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself. If you're new to following me and to have you get to know me a little bit better. So I started off as an opera singer. I'm still an opera singer but I also do a...
Why I Love Music Majors So Much
Oh, look at all these things that I can do. But after I graduated, I had to buy my own piano.I had thousands in student loan debts to payoff.They were like: Oh, okay fly away!
How to be Your Best Under Pressure
Introducing Calvin... Chelsea: Welcome! I'm so excited to introduce Calvin Strachan. So Calvin, tell us a little bit about yourself. Thank you so much for coming on. Calvin: Yeah. Hi nice to meet you Chelsea. Good to see everybody, hey everybody as well. I'm a speaker...
The Most Important Question Parents Can Ask Their Young Dreamer
I'm going to pivot a little today and talk to parents, guardians, or supporters of students looking to pursue a career in music. There can be a lot of questions and overwhelm for someone supporting a student and I want to start that conversation with you. Let's start...
Black History Music And All Things In Between With Justin Swain
With Black History Month this February, Chelsea sits down with Justin Swain to talk about black history month and all things in between.If you'd rather listen instead of reading, check out the podcast version below! There's also a video version on YouTube found...
The Truth They Don’t Tell You About Performing As A Musician
Hey there! How are you doing today? You feeling okay? Having an okay week? Today our truth monsters are gonna come out. We're gonna talk about the truth about performing, and we're gonna get a little real today. So buckle your seatbelt and get ready for this ride.If...
Intro for Performance Anxiety
Hey everybody it's Chelsea Melcher here at the Red School of Music. I'm here to let you know what we have in store for you with our confidence in stage fright video series, what it is and who it's for and who I was inspired by in order to create it for you. We have a...
How to Deal with Jealousy, Comparison and Negative Emotions
Have you ever felt jealous of someone else's success? Has someone else ever gotten something that you really wish that you could have gotten or maybe you felt like you deserved? These are all common things: jealousy, competition. They are all around us in the...
Red School of Music Fall Awards Ceremony 2020
Intro: Chelsea & Paul Melcher Welcome to the awards ceremony of this year's recital! How this is gonna work is that we have two categories: we have the primary intermediate which is kindergarten through eighth grade and then we have the advanced which is high...
My Most Embarrassing Moments Onstage: High-Heel Horrors
We’ve all had some embarrassing moments in our lives. Especially for performers, we’ve had our fair share of embarrassing moments. Or if you haven’t, you’ve at least had some daymares or nightmares about what could go wrong. This week, I talk about one of my most...
5 Ways to Stop People Pleasing and Caring About What Others Think
Sometimes, we do things differently when others are around because we’re worried about what they think. Sometimes, we’re so worried about cracking, or making a bad sound that we’re not really able to think about the music that we’ve worked so hard on and we absolutely...
5 Ways to Get Out of Your Breaking Point
Some days are awesome, and some days are just freaking hard. And we need some tips and tools to be able to handle that. We can love the good times but we have to be able to embrace the bad times too. In this episode, I talk about what to do when you’re at your...
Master Class with Natalie Ballenger
Today, you get to read about an exclusive master class done by a wonderful amazing singer and colleague and just a wonderful person in general, Natalie Ballenger. I met Natalie when we did Ohio Light Opera together. It was really fun, and it was a crazy summer. Since...
How to Practice Your Music with People at Home
Practicing can definitely be a struggle—and I hear you. I hear you, because I struggle too. Sometimes it’s just a general motivation that we need, a general kick-in-the-butt. In this article, I discuss some of the struggles that we have with practicing, and some tips that can help with those struggles.
What It’s Like Being a Performer During the Pandemic
Being a performer during a pandemic is incredibly challenging. I feel extremely grateful to have the music school, because I know that some of my colleagues who are just performers are waiting for an unemployment check every month. In this article, I will talk about...
Five Ways to Support Your Balance: Managing Responsibilities to Find Your Balance and Live a Happier Life
Sometimes you might feel guilty that you’re not doing the very best work that you could do. Sometimes, you might be frustrated that you’re not being the best parent, best spouse… but how can you possibly when you’re trying to do it all, all of the time? Read on for...
Finding Your Motivation In Quarantine: Rising Up Amidst the Negativity
This article is based on a video that I recorded a while ago at the beginning of quarantine, for students. This was right when they found out that the school was gonna be online for the rest of the semester when things were shutting down. And they were super...
How to Get Out of a Rut in Practicing Your Music Pieces
We practice our pieces a lot. And sometimes in practicing our pieces so much, we get sick and tired of them. In this article, I talk about what to do when you get tired of your music, and an effective practice method that I teach that can be very helpful to truly make...
My Favorite Moments in my Career as a Music Teacher
Being a music teacher is a beautiful blessing and I have gotten so much fulfillment from teaching. In this article, I write about the history of my teaching, how I became a music teacher, and how the music school came about. I discuss some of my favorite moments in...
How Teaching Music Changed My Life
I love teaching. When I was growing up, I had a music teacher who was an amazing impact on my life growing up. He was so much more than just a music teacher. He taught me so many things about music, music theory and singing, and everything that I could possibly know. He was my foundation for that.
The Best Music Apps for Kids — And What They Can’t Teach
Short answer: Music apps are a genuinely good low-pressure way to get a kid interested in music — but they're an on-ramp, not a destination. If your child is engaged enough with an app to ask for more, that's usually the exact signal that it's time to look at real...
Featuring our piano students hard at work!
Need a boost to spark a little inspiration? Being quarantined can be a bummer, we know. That's why we want to share with you our Red students hard at work! Some of our students have made full use of their time at home by working on their music. Check these out, and...
Chelsea and Paul did so much to prepare me for college…
The following was written by Stephanie Milroy, a former student of RED Music School. She is currently studying music performance and North Central College in Illinois. Chelsea and Paul did so much to prepare me for college, I think we spend a year total, if we...
Ben Gelber of NBC4 highlights special Opera Project Columbus program with Red Music School students
From the NBC4i website: Watch the video: COLUMBUS (WCMH) — A unique program this holiday season provided a group of central Ohio students an opportunity to participate in a youth internship program. Opera Project Columbus, a non-profit arts foundation now in its sixth...
Brookdale concert and please remember to practice!
When students are so incredibly talented there is a way of 'giving back'. The Brookdale residents are some of the best audiences we've ever had! This is not a high pressure event, rather a chance for students to put a new piece they've been working on in front of a...
Five Life Lessons I Learned From My Music Teacher
1. Patience: I learned that anything that you are going to be excellent at requires a firm grounding of patience and a close relationship between a personal work ethic and realistic and non-realistic goals. My teacher always had recordings of artists that were...
Congrats to Students that Performed in Encore’s Addams Family
Congratulations to all of the students involved in Addams Family!! If you haven't seen it yet you can still see it tomorrow at 3pm! An extra special congratulations to Stephanie Milroy, Kacie Patterson, Kayden Cordell, Sarah Jane Klaus, Emma Jane Klaus, and Lindsay...
Students perform in Beauty and the Beast
We're so proud of all our students involved in Beauty and the Beast! Please go see this show today and/or tomorrow! This is a production as part of the Summer Theater Workshop in Marysville, Ohio.
Student Plays in Annie Jr!
Congratulations to Joseph Digney in a fantastic performance of Rooster in Annie Jr!! We're so proud of you and all of your hard work! If you haven't already gone to see it, you won't want to miss this show!!
New Member to our Hall of Fame!
Congratulations Amelia Russell for making it into the RED Music School Hall of Fame! Amelia has excelled in learning scales, cadences, and arpeggios (with contrasting motion too) for ALL MAJOR SCALES! Congratulations Amelia and keep up the good work!
Eating Healthy Can Help You Make Better Music
You've probably been told at one time or another that 'you are what you eat.' Being a musician is much like being an athlete. Just like an athlete, a musician needs to take care of his/her body to perform his or her best and to prevent injuries. "Good nutrition is the...
Students in Summer Theater!
Looking for something special to do this summer? Come out and support our students and other talented young people in summer productions. Summer Theater Workshop presents: Disney's Beauty and the Beast Featuring students: Micayla Kesterson, Gigi Bix, Sarah Arend, and...
Bunsold Middle School Choir Concert!
Congratulations to all involved with the Bunsold Middle School Choir Concert! We're so proud of all your hard work and solos! Congratulations Sean Richardson, Alexa Mata, Rachel Morgan, Kacie Patterson, Caroline Geraghty, and Ben Hoang!
Students perform in Aladdin!
Congratulations to Gigi Bix, Sidney Sagraves, and Luke Caltrider for their outstanding performances with Creekview's production of Aladdin! We're so proud of you!
Congrats students who excelled at the OMEA for voice!
Congratulations to Stephanie Milroy, Olivia Martin and Micayla Kesterson for your outstanding work and excellence at the OMEA for voice this year! We're so proud of you!
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