“Did you like?”
“Look, the violinist is playing!”
“Ohhh listen to the flute!”

I listen to this sentences and many other when I conduct the Concerts for infants and toddlers in the Rome Auditorium and abroad.

The day before the concert I meet the parents for a conference and I say to them more or less: “This concert is FOR your children. We do not fear their spontaneous sounds, babbling and movements while we’re playing. It is instead very important that you, parents, never speak

Dear ECMMA friends,

This is the last post about the principles of Dr. Gordon making the case for an excellent repertoire of music for children to listen to in order to develop their music aptitudes.
I choose to write about the last two - repetition and variety - together, just because they could sound one the opposite of the other.
I truly believe that educators and parents should just observe the children to understand what they need to grow and develop their aptitudes and competences.Read More...

Continuing about the principles Dr. Gordon stated for a good repertoire of music to listen to and to sing to children I will talk today about “complexity.” When during a workshop I talk about complexity I often perceive skepticism from the students I am teaching. They instinctively think that children should deal with simplicity.

This is a big mistake that consists in the underestimation of the huge absorption and learning possibilities of a child in her early years. The fact is that adults

I decided to present my first post discussing one of the five principles Dr. Edwin E. Gordon stated to ensure a good listening experience for young children in order to develop their audiation. It was not by chance that I started with “silence.” I personally consider it one of the most important. The other ones are ‘brevity’, ‘variety’, ‘complexity’ and ‘repetition’, and I would like to dedicate a post to each one.

Some people like to say that the young children have a short attention span

Dear ECMMA members,
I said an enthusiastic "yes!" when I was asked to start a blog on the ECMMA website and I have to say that I am really honored.

First of all because I have really a strong estimation of your Association. Second, (could sound strange), this is the first blog I have in my life and it is not in my language because I am Italian and I write from Italy.

Please forgive me for my written English.
I hope to be able to give interesting inputs in a language that is not mine

Silence is something that no longer exists for many children and adults in our society.

When even the last song plays on the radio, or the television is no longer on, or cell phone ringtone would be not present, we still wouldn’t have real silence.
That “invisible” (excuse me for the pun) sound that comes out from the air conditioning engines or ventilators or refrigerators is always there... Always.
I think that we could compare the effect that background sound makes to music listening,