Great idea from the April MTNA e-Journal

The April MTNA e-Journal is out and the first paragraph from the editor contains an excellent idea!  Patricia Powell, e-Journal Committee Editor writes,

May is National Sight-Saving Month, and in my independent piano studio, we are gearing up for our annual sight-reading challenge. The parents and I sponsor the children to sight-read daily for 20 days.  It connects us to our community by raising funds for a local visual health charity, while raising the student’s sight-reading skills–a most precious commodity for musicians!

Isn’t that a fantastic idea?  She goes on to talk about developing a vision for enriched musical understanding that will stay with our students for life, regardless of their vocation.  I’m looking forward to looking through this month’s e-Journal, but the sight-reading challenge was such a novel idea that the little time I just spent skimming the journal was well worth it!