The Haydn Hideaway

 What is a blog? It's been a minute, folks. Lots has changed since I posted about our spring concert awhile ago. And like I mentioned in that blog post, I wouldn't post again until December.... surprise, I'm not posting until January! I took the time to really enjoy my holiday and NOT think about work. St. Laurent School presented "A Nutcracker Christmas". Each performing group (K/1, 2/3+3/4, 4/5+6) had at least one song to sing, and a 'routine' act to a piece from the Nutcracker suite. K/1's sang Gingerbread Cookies , I Want to be an Elf , and a scarf routine for Dance of the Reed Flutes . 2/3+3/4 sang Don't Eat a Poinsettia  and performed a flashlight routine for the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy . 4/5+6 sang Here Comes the Snow  and performed a cup routine for Trepak . Then we had all K-6 students on the stage (or in front of it) singing Jingle Jive . In between each performing group, we had a storytelling session presented by two high school st...

Hello readers, I was eager to begin writing my new education blog. So much so, I decided to start writing as soon as my class was finished today. My name is Kayla Hay, and I am in my final year of the B.Mus/B.Ed concurrent music education program at Brandon University (Canada), with my teachable subjects being early years music and Native studies. I have been the principal bassoonist in the Brandon University Orchestra since 2014, and the Winnipeg Pops Orchestra since 2019. I regularly teach bassoon throughout Manitoba. I looked to join Brandon's School of Music because of the great playing opportunities it would bring me, but I have found (almost) more joy in teaching young children about music. My goal is to teach K-5 general music in the Winnipeg area after my graduation. Though I am passionate about music education, I also aspire to be a teacher-librarian someday. In today's digital world, it has become of utmost importance for youth (and adults...) to understand the ...