Bean on the way to her first private voice lesson

Bean on the way to her first private voice lesson, a photo by jyllianm on Flickr.

It’s probably past time for her to start private voice lessons, but we know she is mature enough to handle the practice now. We usually both try to take her and then have a few moments of talk while she learns the skills that will make her an even more amazing singer. This is one of the times I’m grateful to live in a college town. The University has a community music outreach program that provides an audition choir and access to private voice lessons. It’s even got me thinking about finding a way to take music lessons again myself.

We feel really happy to have one of those moments you don’t know about when you think about having kids–being able to support and nurture them in their pursuits. It’s really a big feeling.