The SUU Music Department is proud to host Shelle Soelberg, owner and founder of Let's Play Music, an interactive music education program for children and parents offering music and piano lessons for newborns through 12 year olds and beyond. These sessions, for music teachers, parents of children taking music lessons, and students interested in teaching music, will occur Friday, October 22, 2021, from 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. and Saturday, October 23, 2021, from 9:00 a.m. - noon in the SUU Music Building on campus. The first of its kind, this Elementary Music Celebration is open and free to the public.

The Friday evening session will focus on how children learn music and how parents and teachers can foster the music learning process. Saturday's session will include three 50 minute sessions focusing on the following topics: the history and proper use of solfege, early childhood characteristics, philosophies, and successful approaches to music learning, and how to present classical music to children with guided movement and intelligent listening.