Kindermusik - Young Child
Young Child prepares
the young child who is eager for first experiences with musical symbols
and instrument discovery but is not yet ready for formal lessons and traditional
music reading with an instrument.
Fees: $315 includes 15 weeks 1 hour session, taxes and home materials!
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Unit
Descriptions!
Semester One
Everything your child learns later in semesters 2, 3, and 4 begins with
this early introduction to singing, reading, and writing music and rhythm.
Through dances and games that focus on rhythmic development, we'll learn
a keyboard instrument—the glockenspiel—which will be used
throughout all the Young Child classes. Your At Home Materials provide
the music, instruments, stickers, and activities for a home version of
the same playful activities you'll hear about from class, so your child—and
you!—can learn where you're most comfortable: at home.
Home Materials: Children’s Folder with stickers, games bag, and
Music At Home Cards, Family Songbook, Home CD of music from class, glockenspiel,
and canvas bag (during first semester).
Semester Two
Playing simple musical patterns and songs on the featured instrument from
the first session—the glockenspiel—is a central focus this
semester. While learning to sing a melody, and then play the pattern on
the glockenspiel, we'll delve deeper into the understanding of musical
concepts such as piano and forte through orchestra-style music such as
the William Tell Overture and Peter and the Wolf. Music appreciation and
understanding continues with a complete introduction to the instruments—and
the families in which they're grouped—of the orchestra.
Home Materials: Children’s Folder with stickers, games bag, and
Music At Home Cards, Family Songbook, and Home CD of music from class.
Semester Three
Appalachian music is a featured musical style this semester. First, you
and your child will build a two-stringed dulcimer instrument with materials
that we'll provide. Then in class we'll learn to play chords and simple
melodies on the instrument you built together. We'll also explore rhythm
concepts through dance with an introduction to the basic steps in jazz,
ballet, and tap dances. Your Home Materials include dulcimer-making materials,
activity cards, and music that features recordings from Appalachia, African-America,
and Native American music, as well as the Western Art music of the Nutcracker
Suite.
Home Materials: Children’s Folder with stickers, games bag, and
Music At Home Cards, Family Songbook, Home CD of music from class, and
dulcimer.
Semester Four
In this final semester, we'll introduce the recorder instrument. As your
child is introduced to basic methods of playing simple melodic patterns
and songs on this wind instrument, we'll also incorporate the instruments,
concepts, and songs from previous semesters. With a special emphasis on
multicultural music, your child will learn to improvise and write music,
as well as experience the musical styles of the Pacific Islands, Europe,
and Africa; plus play special dances and children's games from around
the world, including Alpine dances, Mexico, and Ecuador.
Home Materials: Children’s Folder with stickers, games bag, and
Music At Home Cards, Family Songbook, Home CD of music from class, and
soprano recorder.
