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Speaker 2: They play piano, tuba, and violin. Some can sing, they

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Speaker 3: When I grow up, I.

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Speaker 4: Want to be a pilot with a uniform white, always

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Speaker 3: When I grow up, I want to be.

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Speaker 4: A firefighter putting out flames, or maybe a the Last

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Speaker 4: officer keeping people safe. It's so fun to learn what

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Speaker 4: you can be growing up growing up. When I grow up,

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Speaker 4: I want to be an artist that paints bar want

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Speaker 4: to be a scientist that does experiments. Oh, so many

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Speaker 4: people you will me growing up, growing up?

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Speaker 1: Growing Hi, and welcome to Growing Up with Emily, a

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Speaker 1: Lingo kids podcast helping amazing kids to grow up and

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Speaker 1: be even more amazing. And Emily, it's me.

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Speaker 5: You know.

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Speaker 1: As a kid, I was always asked what do you

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Speaker 1: want to be when you grow up? I wanted to

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Speaker 1: be so many things. Does that sound familiar? Then? I

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Speaker 1: am glad you are listening because you are going to

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Speaker 1: find out what it takes to be anything you want.

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Speaker 1: Are you ready to make playing music your superpowered?

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Speaker 5: Grow in up?

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Speaker 1: Hey, Last episode, we met Patrick Perkins, a soloist with

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Speaker 1: the Boston Ballet. Today we're shining a spotlight on another

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Speaker 1: cool grown up, a musician. Have you ever heard a

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Speaker 1: live concert? If you've dreamed of being a musician when

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Speaker 1: you grow up, you won't want to miss this episode. Today,

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Speaker 1: we're going to meet a real musician. Before we meet him,

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Speaker 1: let's talk a little about music.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, growing up, growing up.

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Speaker 1: The first music ever heard probably came from nature, a

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Speaker 1: of a rattlesnake. Humans may have started making sounds by

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Speaker 1: hitting basic drums, or blowing into a shell, or shaking

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Speaker 1: how to make all sorts of instruments. The great thing

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Speaker 1: sometimes it's just noise. A musician is special, special in

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Speaker 1: what way. For example, musicians make sounds that create a

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Speaker 5: Listen to this.

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Speaker 1: Or calm us down. Today we're going to hear how

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Speaker 1: musicians help to tell a story in a play. Like

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Speaker 1: in the previous episodes, we continue our tour around the theater,

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Speaker 1: and from what I can see, the stake just set

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Speaker 1: That instrument, it's a flute. It sounds like springtime. The

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Speaker 1: The bunny sees the monster and is frozen with fright.

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Speaker 1: Looking into her eyes. Emily, this is getting really scary.

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Speaker 1: What's going to happen? You won't believe it. The monster

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Speaker 1: The jazzy music certainly changed the mead. The monster and

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Speaker 1: Time for a let's interview the person sitting by the piano.

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Speaker 1: Are you ready to meet a real musician?

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Speaker 1: Excuse me, we are here to see Fernanda.

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Speaker 5: Mogel over here, Emily.

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Speaker 1: Oh, hi, Fernando. I'm with Lingo kids and we want

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Speaker 1: Can we ask some questions?

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Speaker 5: Absolutely? I would be happy to tell you all about that.

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Speaker 1: Well. I've heard that you and music are lifelong friends,

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Speaker 5: That's right, you know. Music has always been a love

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Speaker 5: You know. My father taught me singing, then they got

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Speaker 5: I definitely miss performing on stage. You know. Performing on

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Speaker 5: Sure? Yeah, Well, first, musicians should know how to use

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Speaker 5: and even your voice can be an instrument too, you know,

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Speaker 2: Do musicians have to write songs? What if I can

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Speaker 5: That's a great question. You know, a lot of musicians

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Speaker 2: How do you decide which instrument to play.

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Speaker 5: You know, it's funny because my father is a musician.

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Speaker 1: Wow, do you think that this is what you're going

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Speaker 5: Okay, yeah, whether you want to be a scientist or

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Speaker 1: Ah, So, really listen to the different sounds.

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Speaker 6: Strings, percussion, wind instruments, even electronic.

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Speaker 1: You do you know someone who plays an instrument, ask

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Speaker 1: them lots of questions too. We hope you enjoyed this

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Speaker 1: episode of the Growing Up Podcast. So go ahead, find

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Speaker 1: the sound that make your heart sing and wear earplugs

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Speaker 1: if the music is too loud, and remember you're growing

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Speaker 1: up each and every day. Tune in next time when

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Speaker 1: we meet a real police officer.

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Speaker 6: And so is a full interactive learning adventure.

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Speaker 2: Check out our Lingo Kids Up with tons of games

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Speaker 2: and activities for endless fun.

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Speaker 4: It's so fun to learn what you can be throwing

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Speaker 4: up growing up, So come and join us. Come for everyone,

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Speaker 4: so we can learn while.

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Speaker 5: Having lots of fun.

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Speaker 4: Because it's so fun to learn what you can be. Yes,

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Speaker 4: it's so fun to learn what you can be

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Speaker 5: Throwing grow in up