In this weekly interactive music class, parents enjoy watching their babies develop rhythmic and melodic awareness, memory and social skills. Teachers work with parents to build a repertoire of lullabies, action songs, and nursery rhymes.
Modified for online learning in the Fall of 2020, teachers will lead parents through curated modules of the curriculum, utilizing household items for musical instruments. Includes 20 minutes of activities, story time, and some time for parents to connect, socialize and ask questions.
The outcomes of these activities include increased vocabulary, socially acceptable behavior, and sensitive group participation at an early age. The most important skill for children at an early age is the ability to listen.
Parents are encouraged to use the Curriculum CD at home, and to repeat the songs and rhymes daily.
Kids build foundation skills while having fun. Instructor leads students through music activities, helping children discover the joy of music-making.
Kids will sing, move, dance, and play, learning about the instruments, their singing voice, and famous classical pieces.
This class prepares students to begin private lessons in a wide array of instruments with a strong foundation in the language of music.
The core curriculum is based on the Kodaly and Dalcroze methods and lays a solid foundation for rhythm and melody reading skills.
In the full 25 week class, children sing, move, draw, and play games and rhythm instruments; learning:
beat and rhythm, note names and values through 16th notes, duple and triple meter, ear training and solfege, melody and melodic movement, pentatonic and diatonic scales, moveable “DO", and the five-line staff.
The First Steps Express class in summer 2022 will focus on rhythm.
Group lessons support and enhance the work done in private lessons.
Students help and motivate each other in their progress, building ensemble and teamwork skills from a young age.
Also open to students who have never participated in Suzuki group classes before, but who study the Suzuki songs in their private lessons.
Class meets for 6 weeks: Wednesdays, 5:30-6:15pm (6/8, 6/29, 7/6, 7/13, 8/3, 8/10)
In this weekly class, students will work on writing songs regardless of experience. By combining original composition with the study and performance of cover songs, we will work to understand the craft of songwriting. Subjects covered will be popular song forms, chord progressions, melodic construction, lyric writing and more. Class will culminate in a concert at the end of the term.
Prerequisites: 2 years of piano or guitar, a basic understanding of chords (how to play major and minor chords on the student’s preferred instrument)
Required Materials: A notebook specifically designated for songwriting; A notebook or loose-leaf paper specifically designated for note-taking in class; Access to a keyboard or guitar at home
Weekly Expectations: Listen to a new album; learn a new cover; and write a new song or part of a new song.
Deepen your singing practice with other adult singers. Utilizing college curriculum for a structured, goal-oriented, and fun approach.