

Parents Should Start Them Young
A while back, the Symphony was contacted by a Dallas Morning News staffer who wanted to start her son on a piano before he was three. However, her husband, who played for a well known NFL team, didn't want his son wimping around with musical instruments. What to do? We recommended introducing the boy to a piano to see if he would he play it or tackle it. Assuming he wanted to play, musicians from the Symphony orchestra said that around five was a good age to start piano. Earl