Demo Days! Visit a Class for FREE!!!

Saturday August 15 & 22
Webster Groves Presbyterian Church
45 W Lockwood Ave
Webster Groves MO 63119
10:00-10:40am
for newborns to 7 year-olds and their caregivers

Come see what Kindermusik is all about – first hand!  FREE!!!

Come see why it is the best choice for your child!

Come enjoy dancing, singing, listening, playing and pretending with your child.

Celebrate your child with Kindermusik, the world’s leading Music & Movement classes for children – newborn to 7 years & their families for 30 years.

Nurture your child’s cognitive, emotional, social, language & physical development.

Kindermusik’s philosophy is founded upon rigorous research and our fundamental beliefs:

* Every parent is the child’s most important teacher.
* Every child is musical.
* The home is the most important learning environment.
* Every child should experience the joy, fun and learning which music brings to life.

Saturday August 15 & 22
Webster Groves Presbyterian Church
45 W Lockwood Ave
Webster Groves MO 63119
10:00-10:40am
for newborns to 7 year-olds and their caregivers

Please contact Lori for your FREE RESERVATION with your name, child’s/children’s name, birth date/s and phone.
KMwithLori@gmail.com
314.692.8032
www.KMwithLori.com

MORE VIDEOS

“The Chatterers” sax duet

“The Chatterers” sax duet

Lori & Dale, July 2009, University City Summer Band

If you know who wrote this, please let me know!

Youth Bandjos Band!!

Youth Bandjos Band Blog – directed by Music Therapy  colleague, Ginny Luetje.

The little blond boy, Louis, is a Kindermusik grad.

Fretted Instrument Guild of America performs in Peoria IL

For more information or to join the FIGA, go to www.frettedinstrumentguildofamerica.org.

Louis is also in this YouTube video, in the very beginning…blond w/a white shirt.  If you blink, you will miss him!

Inside the Kindermusik “Bubble”

We have learned the hard way in this recession that things are not always as they seem. Banks are not as solvent, General Motors is not as mighty, real estate is not as valuable.  In fact, it seems as though we are in an epidemic of inauthenticity: character, genuineness, good faith, and sincerity are under siege. It’s no fun to read the paper anymore.

But from within the Kindermusik bubble, the world looks like it always has. The Kindermusik classroom bursts with authenticity: tender teachers, proven curricula, friendship, music, smiles. Perhaps what Kindermusik can teach all of us at times like these is that some things are truly timeless.  Just as a playground swing still brings delight to a child as it did before iPhones, Twitter, and debit cards, Kindermusik wraps parent and child in bona fide warmth. Provides a true, joyful, and nurturing place where we can come together, share our children, and sing.

Nothing fancy, mighty, solvent, or newfangled.

But valuable? Authentic? Genuine? Sincere?

In a room full of children? Always.

contributed by Michael G. Dougherty (CEO, Kindermusik International)

University City Summer Concert Band 2009

Come Join Us for Our 13th Season

University City Summer Concert Band 2009
Tom Poshak, conductor

Lori plays Alto Sax in this band.

All concerts begin at 7pm and last about an hour w/a short intermission.  It is an informal setting.

Market in the Loop, 6655 Delmar, University City MO  63130

Even though it is Summer, we are in the shade between two buildings. There is no glaring sun!!

Some seating available or bring your own lawn chairs.

Bring your children!!

This 90-member (give or take) plays show tunes, marches, and old favorites.

For our last piece each concert, we play “On the Mall.” Children are invited to come up to the front and conduct the band and receive their very own UCity Summer Band pencil!

The Band was on Channel 5, KSDK, news on July 14.

Tuesday, 6/23/2009

Tuesday, 6/30/2009

Tuesday, 7/07/2009

Tuesday, 7/14/2009

Tuesday, 7/21/2009

Tuesday, 7/28/2009

Feedback from Kindermusik Family

This is what Kindermusik is all about!  Thank you, Leigh, for taking the time to write.  www.KMwithLori.com

I just wanted to write you an email at this moment, as I am hearing one of the sweetest sounds ever…… There is no TV on in the house and what I hear happening in the foyer is my two toddlers, initiating their own game of “music class.” They are sitting down on the rug, singing the welcome song, just as they do in class. They are, one by one, singing the ‘Welcome to my Backyard’ songs, getting instruments out to accompany each song (we added our own scarves and extra instruments to the bag), then they sing, “scarves a-way,” etc. It is so funny. What I am so pleased about is that they would rather be playing with music, leading one another in activities, using their imaginations, than just sitting watching TV. Don’t get me wrong, we do watch TV in the house, but it is refreshing to see how much they enjoy music and how it is furthering their development. We have you and Kindermusik to thank for this pleasure!

Please feel free to share my thoughts with someone who may evaluate you.

Leigh
Mom of Tanner 4, Addison, 2

Parents’ Picks 2009 Nominee

Kindermusik with Lori Burkhardt has been nominated for Best Music Class in Nickelodeon’s Parents’ Picks Awards!  I need your help to win! You can vote (click the logo) for my Studio once a day, every day, from now until July 15. Thanks for your support!

Kindermusik with Lori Burkhardt NOMINATED FOR NICKELODEON’S PARENTSCONNECT PARENTS’ PICKS AWARD FOR Best Music Class

Nationwide Online Poll Allows Parents to Nominate Favorite Family Resources through July 15

WHAT: Nickelodeon’s ParentsConnect, the online resource for parenting advice and community, is allowing parents to pick the best of their local communities with its second annual Parents’ Picks Awards.  Kindermusik with Lori Burkhardt was of St Louis nominees for Best Music Class. Users can vote online for nominees until July 15, and ParentsConnect will announce the winners online on Aug. 15. The 2009 award winners will be featured on ParentsConnect throughout the year.

HOW TO VOTE: The Parents’ Picks Awards will identify winners in 52 major U.S. cities. Categories include: best museum for families; best toy store; best playground/park; and more. Users can vote for nominees online at www.parentsconnect.com/parentspicks until July 15 to help determine the “top picks” in their city.

Parents’ Picks businesses are nominated based on recommendations from Nickelodeon’s local city editors that live and work in the cities they cover, in conjunction with the sites’ user feedback. User votes ultimately determine the winning venues in 30 different categories.

PARENTSCONNECT BACKGROUND: Featuring the tagline “We’re not perfect, we’re parents,” Nickelodeon’s ParentsConnect is the online resource providing parenting advice and community, celebrating the reality of parenthood and making parents’ lives easier. Geared towards parents with kids of all ages, from babies to teens, the site offers unique features like personalized profiles that help parents connect with each other; advice from top-tier parenting experts; a digital multi-media scrapbook; seasonal crafts, recipes and activities; a weekly meal-planner; a weekly newsletter focusing on the behavior and development of your child; and guest celebrity editorials. Each age-related section on the site provides users with daily content to help them through both large and small parenting challenges.