Today in MusIQ Club!

The ability to create music or “jam” on a whim with other musicians is a fun and fulfilling skill.  In addition to music reading, history, theory and repertoire, the MusIQ Club curriculum has a strong improvisation and composition component. Your child’s favorite part of MusIQ Club may be the time spent in the software’s ‘Improv Room’. Watch the following video with your child and ask them what music they can create with just 1 – 5 notes!

Jennifer Zinn’s virtuoso performances, particularly the improvisations, are profoundly moving, and — even via podcast — have been known to reduce listeners to tears. As one blogger recorded, “I was listening to a presentation by Jennifer Lin who plays the piano like whoa … I wasn’t expecting it, and when she was a minute or two into the piece, I was literally crying in the crowded subway car.” Lin was featured on ABC World News Tonight as Person of the Week and also appeared on a “Little Geniuses” segment on Oprah, where Winfrey declared her “a miracle prodigy.”[From TED.com]

VIDEO: on Oprah, 16-year old Jennifer improvises a remarkable melody by randomly selecting 5 notes.

VIDEO: on TED.com, 14-year old Jennifer gives a magical performance, talks about the process of creativity and improvises a moving solo piece based on a random sequence of notes.

Slow download? Click here to watch the video on www.TED.com

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