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Let's Play Music Podcast

Let's Play Music Podcast

By Shelle Soelberg

We enrich lives with the power of music. Our music programs for children harness that power and go beyond just teaching music. Our podcast focuses on reaching dedicated parents and teachers who value the development of the whole child. We explore music education, early childhood education, music history and music theory to provide both insight and methods for teaching children through music.
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Ep. 5 - How music is suicide prevention with Marsali Hancock

Let's Play Music PodcastOct 26, 2020

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Ep. 13 - The Making of a Soundtrack with Jess Soelberg Productions
Oct 01, 202144:26
Ep. 12 - Music and Brain Development with Sharlene Heybermeyer

Ep. 12 - Music and Brain Development with Sharlene Heybermeyer

Sharlene Habermeyer, M.A., the author of Good Music, Brighter Children, was inspired to write the book after finding out that music helped her severely learning-disabled son. As a result, she researched the effects music had on the developing and mature brain. She has spoken at various conferences, seminars, and schools across the United States as both a keynote and featured speaker. She holds a master’s degree in education from Pepperdine University, California and has taught college. 

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Sep 18, 202138:56
Ep. 11 - Motivation is the Secret with Aaron Garner

Ep. 11 - Motivation is the Secret with Aaron Garner

Want to motivate your child to practice piano but don't know how? Aaron Garner, PhD in Piano Pedagogy and CEO of Piano Marvel shares his secrets he's used with his own children and with students over the years.  "Motivation," he says, "is all about relevancy. If you can make piano practice somehow relevant to the student, they will be motivated to practice." 

Join as we discuss the sneaky and supportive ways to get your child motivated to practice piano! (links discussed in podcast below)

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Aaron Garner studied piano performance at Brigham Young University and the University of Southern Colorado. He did his graduate studies in piano performance and pedagogy at the University of Northern Colorado. His diverse experience of teaching music in the public schools (K-12), 2 universities, several large studios and a private studio helped him create a unique system of teaching.Some of Aaron’s significant contributions to the field of piano pedagogy are SASR (Standard Assessment of Sight Reading), Piano Marvel (teaching and assessment software), Scale Ninja, Learn to Play the Hymns Boot Camp, and a collection of hundreds of student compositions. Currently Aaron is CEO of Piano Marvel and does seminars across the country on student motivation, sight-reading, group teaching, student ensemble performance, composition, and performance video creation.

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Piano Marvel Home Page

SASR - Standard Assessment of Sight Reading -  The SASR has been developed over the past 5 years into a sight  reading tool, unlike anything you’ve seen before. The SASR features over  2,000 sight reading excerpts divided into 90 levels.  As you take the SASR test, Piano Marvel will  automatically select excerpts that will challenge you. It’s like an  intelligent sight reading test that gives you an amazing sight reading  workout at the same time!

Family Ensemble 

Christmas Challenge 

Keep Focused Game 

Aug 23, 202128:44
Ep. 10 - Developing Musicianship with Jason Neumann

Ep. 10 - Developing Musicianship with Jason Neumann

Join Jason Neumann and I as we discuss musicianship, musicality, talent, growth, and the educational approach to developing each of them. Jason’s perspective as a piano teacher, high school choir teacher, and most recently, a Let’s Play Music Presto teacher, gives him unique insight into developing musicians. In this discussion, we dig into solfege, rhythm & movement, dictation, audiation, tonal memory, and adding chords to a melody, as well as developing young musicians from an authentic place and connecting to the way the music lives in each. 

May 30, 202147:45
Ep. 9 - More than Just Baby Talk with Kelsey Fenn
May 03, 202151:14
Ep. 8: A Study on Musical Learning in Utero with Dr. Krystal McCoy

Ep. 8: A Study on Musical Learning in Utero with Dr. Krystal McCoy

Have you wondered what your fetus can hear? What he/she can learn?  Science has discovered that ears develop at 14 weeks gestational development and can process auditory input at 22 weeks gestation. We are delighted to have Dr. Krystal McCoy on this episode!  Dr. McCoy holds a doctorate of Musical Art in Music Education and is currently the Director of Choral Activities at Southern Utah University. Recently, she conducted a study of the effects of music on her own fetus and tracked the results. Join us for an amazing discussion! 

Mar 29, 202133:57
Ep. 7 - A Deaf Music Teacher works her Magic - Annalee Dinkel
Mar 15, 202148:46
Ep. 6- Solfege for Adult Musicality with Christopher Sutton
Nov 10, 202039:07
Ep. 5 - How music is suicide prevention with Marsali Hancock
Oct 26, 202045:00
Ep. 4 - Singing in Tune with Topher Keene

Ep. 4 - Singing in Tune with Topher Keene

We all know someone (or maybe it's you?) who 'can't carry a tune in a bucket', right? In this episode, our guest is Topher Keene, Grammy quarterfinalist, conductor, educator, mentor and - you guessed it - singing coach.  Topher shares with us the mechanics behind singing in tune, then shares with us how to teach someone to sing in tune.  Parents of infants and young children will love what he has to say about early exposure. Older children and adults who haven't yet learned to sing in tune will love what he has to say about them too!  

Have questions for Topher, or want singing coaching? Contact directly at topherkeene@gmail.com 

For a deeper dive into this topic, enjoy these YouTube videos:

Sep 30, 202036:27
Ep. 3 - The ABC's of Making Piano Practice FUN! with Jenny Smith

Ep. 3 - The ABC's of Making Piano Practice FUN! with Jenny Smith

Making things fun is our business.  We have it down to a science.  Join Jenny Smith and Shelle Soelberg as we discuss 3 simple things - the A-B-C - of making piano practice fun at home! If you've ever heard your child say "I don't want to practice!" this episode is for you. 

Sep 10, 202039:52
Ep. 2 - The Dilemma: When to Start Piano Lessons? with Julie Fischbeck

Ep. 2 - The Dilemma: When to Start Piano Lessons? with Julie Fischbeck

Everyone wonders, there are many opinions, there is much experience. The dilemma is, children are ripe for music instruction many years earlier than they are ready for piano lessons. Delaying music lessons will waste much of the 'music learning window' which research has shown is ages 0-9.  So, what do we do?  Let's Play Music solves the piano playing dilemma by teaching music and piano in age-appropriate methods. Listen in as Julie Fischbeck discusses this dilemma amid her experiences as a piano student, piano teacher, professional pianist, and Let's Play Music teacher. 

Sep 01, 202039:58
Trailer - The Let's Play Music Podcast

Trailer - The Let's Play Music Podcast

Here's what you can expect from us!

Aug 31, 202001:18
Ep. 1 - The Inception of Let's Play Music with Sydney Soelberg Thornton

Ep. 1 - The Inception of Let's Play Music with Sydney Soelberg Thornton

Shelle and her daughter, Sydney, discuss how it all began!  How a young mother of five started a music program that has grown to a million dollar business, with 450 teachers and 11,000 students nationwide. It may surprise you that it didn't start with that end in mind - at all. 

Aug 31, 202049:46