Take Note Studio Blog

Enjoy every moment! It goes so fast! How many times have you heard that, as a parent?  How does it make you feel?  It makes me nuts.  It makes me feel like there is something about me that is inherently lacking, that someone would need to remind me to enjoy the experience of my own life. Enjoy every moment! Thanks! I really love this one that involves holding a regurgitated piece of chocolate while holding two winter jackets, a backpack, a purse, a leash and a very important rock, sweat dripping down my back, while loading into my van in a vain attempt to make it to class on time. That moment is SO FUN and MAGICAL. One of my favorite authors, Glennon Doyle, has an essay about this phenomenon -- moms of grown children reminding moms of young children to enjoy every moment , and she’s very funny in her analysis of it, ultimately leaving readers with this point: you will never enjoy every moment.  It is literally impossible.  But undoubtedly between the crying mo...

If you are in our Kindermusik program, you may have noticed our “We Love” theme this month, celebrating the love we have for our studio families and our community.  We want to take this opportunity to inform you of a few things you may not know about us that will make you love us even more; namely, we are a nonprofit organization, which allows us to pursue our mission--nourishing hearts and minds with music for life--beyond our studio doors. If you are not familiar with the details, being a nonprofit means we operate our organization for a collective benefit as opposed to generating profit for our owners. Simply put, any funds over our operating expenses are used to further our mission. We do this to bring the power of connection through music to a few specific causes we deem exceptionally worthy.  First, we support the people who make Take Note Studio possible -- our studio families. Each year, we give away thousands of dollars of scholarship funds for Kindermusik, instrument...