Kindermusik
We’re a Musical Family!
Family Time brings children of all ages and their families together to provide a dynamic and integrated learning experience for everyone. Singing and movement enhance social and coordination skills, story time encourages curiosity and “Family Jam” gives both adults and children a unique opportunity to jam on instruments together. The creativity continues at home with a special home materials package.
Instructor: Marlene Carr
Registration for our Fall program offerings will begin in July.
A Bonding Experience (Ages newborn to 1.5)
Village is for lap babies, crawlers, and walkers. It incorporates the most current research on early childhood development and provides families a special place for learning and connecting with other parents and babies through music and movement.
Instructor: Marlene Carr
Registration for our Fall program offerings will begin in July.
On the Go! (Ages 1.5 to 3)
Our Time encourages toddlers to uncover an engaging musical world while building confidence, self-control, and communications skills. Singing, imitating sounds, rhyming, and object identification foster language skills, while creative movement to various musical “moods” develops a sense of balance, timing, and spatial awareness. Listening and turn-taking encourage blossoming social skills.
Instructor: Marlene Carr
Registration for our Fall program offerings will begin in July.
Individuality and Independence (Ages 3 to 5)
Imagine That! takes the preschooler on a musical journey of discovery and exploration…a journey limited only by the power of imagination. Pretend play activities are integrated with music, vocal development, storytelling, movement, and literature to capture the preschooler’s potential to learn and to encourage cognitive and literacy skills, creativity and individuality.
Instructor: Marlene Carr
Registration for our Fall program offerings will begin in July.
Build a Musical Foundation! (Ages 5-7)
Using a small-group approach to music education, Kindermusik for the Young Child provides a pressure-free class where your child can develop a strong musical foundation by learning the concepts, language, notation, and vocabulary of music and its greatest composers. The program is designed to prepare 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. Parents or caregivers are encouraged to attend the last 10-15 minutes of class.
Instructor: Marlene Carr
Registration for our Fall program offerings will begin in July.
Suzuki Piano and Suzuki Violin (ages 3+)
Dr. Shin’ichi Suzuki’s program of instruction is based on the belief that children learn to play musical instruments as naturally as they learn to speak. This “Mother-tongue Method” of teaching recognizes the unlimited potential in every child.
Children are encouraged to learn music by listening and imitation, repetition, and receiving praise and encouragement in a positive learning environment both at home and in class. Students learn by listening and repetition of basic skills before printed music reading is introduced.
Please contact the Registration Office for private lesson rates
Instructors: Karin Fehlauer (piano and violin) and Gwyneth Jones (violin)
Suzuki Violin Groups (ages 3+)
A dynamic class in ensemble playing. Students will play musical games and practice their Suzuki lesson repertoire and supplementary material to reinforce the skills they learn at their private lessons. They will develop camaraderie, repertoire, and confidence enabling them to perform comfortably together on stage. One of the basic concepts of the Suzuki method, group lessons will prove invaluable in your child’s musical growth. This ensemble is required for private Suzuki violin students.
Alternating Saturday Mornings
$88 per year
Instructor: Gwyneth Jones
Kelly Kirby Kindergarten Piano (ages 4 – 6)
The Kelly Kirby Kindergarten Piano Method is a system of teaching piano, musical rudiments, and theory in weekly lessons. Each lesson uses pictures, stories, games, and movement, and is designed to develop musical interest and knowledge.
Please contact the Registration Office for private lesson and group rates
Instructor: Marlene Carr