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Age Range: 5 to 7 Years
Session Length: Four 15-class sequential semesters, 60-minute classes, last 15 minutes with parents
Home Materials: Home CD, family songbook, children's folder, Glockenspiel (Semesters 1 & 2), Dulcimer (Semester 3) Recorder (Semester 4), canvas totebag
Fee: $299 (tuition and materials)
Between the ages of 5 and 7, children are ready to learn the fundamental musical concepts involved in instrument instruction, vocal study, and music composition. They thrive in an encouraging and fun, yet structured environment.
Kindermusik for the Young Child provides an ensemble approach to music education which offers children the opportunity to learn:
- Vocal skills
- Rhythm
- Notation
- Musical symbols
- Pre-keyboard, string and woodwind instruments
The introduction of each instrument is presented purposefully to ensure just the right amount of motivation, stimulation, challenge and success for each child—according to individual pace and learning style.
The carefully structured curriculum incorporates singing, games, listening and echoing activities. Many children become accurate singers at this stage of development and realize their first "instrument" is, in fact, their own voice! The learning and repetition of songs and patterns is fundamental to the development of good musical memory.
The carefully structured curriculum is offered in 4 sequential semesters, offered over 2 years:
- Introduction to theoretical concepts
- Notation and rhythm using Kodaly rhythm symbols
- The staff
- The music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- The glockenspiel
15 Music at Home Cards, Specially designed Activity Pages, Glockenspiel, all in a Canvas Tote Bag
- Continuation of theoretical concepts
- Dynamics, Staccato and Legato
- Reading and music notes
- The music of Ludwig von Beethoven, Sergei Prokofiev and Benjamin Britten
- Continuation of learning to master the glockenspiel
15 Music at Home Cards, Specially designed Activity Pages, Glockenspiel Bag
- Further continuation of theoretical concepts
- Reading and writing music notes, rests and bar lines
- The music of Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky
- Introduction to the 2-string dulcimer
- The music of the Appalacian Mountain people of America, the First Nations people, Africa
- Introduction to 4/4 and ¾ time
- The world of ballet, jazz and tap
- Continuation of learning to master the glockenspiel.
15 Music at Home Cards, Specially designed Activity Pages, 2-String Dulcimer in Carry Bag.
- Further continuation of theoretical concepts
- Reading and writing music notes, the treble clef, the C major scale, the dotted note, distinctions between flat, sharp and natural notes, the rondo form
- The music of Johann Sebastian Bach
- Introduction to the recorder
- The music of the Pacific Islands, the Alpine Region, Africa, South and Central America
- Continuation of learning to master the glockenspiel and dulcimer.
15 Music at Home Cards, Specially designed Activity Pages, Recorder in Carry bag.
Through storytelling, your child will develop an early awareness of rhythm, movement, singing, creative movement and drama. Each lesson features a new tale and music from around the world, explored through multi-instrument and multi-cultural elements and activities. All told, it's an around-the-imagination adventure featuring the greatest folk stories from Europe, Malaysia, Africa, the Appalachian mountains, and India! This mini-session is offered only in the summer.
Take Home CD, Book, Parent Poster with Lesson Synopses, Lummi Sticks (pair)
Ages 6 (Grade 1) and up
15 weeks
$299 + GST (includes lesson and theory workbooks)
We believe that the best way to learn something is to have fun doing it. So we have designed a piano course with the fun built right in. To ensure that children enjoy the piano and become enthusiastic about their lessons, we have combined the rudiments of the Kodaly Method along with liveliness of Dalcroze Eurythmics - all the movement games and songs that children love - with an introduction to piano, theory and notation. So children can expect a course that is attuned to their innate inquisitiveness, liveliness and sense of fun. And when children participate willingly and enthusiastically, learning occurs!
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