Age Range:
5 years to 8 years

Class Structure:

4 sequential semesters each 15 weeks long. Follows the school year schedule.

Class Length:
60-75  minutes.

Cost:

Materials $90.00

Tuition $190.00

or 4 monthly payments

of $48.00

Other costs:

New Student Fee for Semesters 2, 3 or 4 $40.00

Sibling price $245.00

Annual Family Registration Fee $25.00

Kindermusik for the Young Child

Semester 1 of Young Child opens the world to new and different ways of learning about music. The focus and content includes beat versus no beat, percussion instruments, brass instruments, melodic direction, rhythm reading and playing, exploring the staff, and notation. Introduces the glockenspiel, a pre-keyboard instrument. An introduction to opera and Mozart.

Children love applying their new knowledge of aural skills, and reading and writing music notation as they further develop their glockenspiel skills.  Lesson highlights from Semester 2 include “Peter and the Wolf,” “The Orchestra,” and “Sing and Celebrate!”

Children are delighted to learn more about stringed instruments with the introduction to their very own dulcimers in Semester 3.  Other musical concepts taught include call and response, improvisation, meter, notation, and a touch of Tchaikovsky. Themes in Semester 3 include “Music of Appalachia”, “Music of the Sea”, and “Native American Music”.   

Semester 4 of Kindermusik for the Young Child is the fourth and final semester of this exceptional program.  Together we will explore the sounds of wind with the introduction of the recorder!  We will enjoy ensemble play with glockenspiel, dulcimer and recorder and add the fun of a variety of percussion instruments. World music is enjoyed in addition to great classics!

Young Child students explore many facets of music – speaking, singing, moving, listening, creating, playing instruments, and learning about reading and writing music.  Creative movement or dances are interspersed with quiet activities like drawing or focused listening.  The curriculum introduces the thrill of the glockenspiel, a pre-keyboard instrument, and the wonder of string and woodwind instruments like the dulcimer and recorder.  The capstone of Kindermusik, Young Child is the perfect pressure-free preparation for private instrumental instruction.

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Listen as your child astonishes you with her newfound ability to create musical compositions. Kindermusik for the Young Child provides a pressure-free, developmentally appropriate transition to musically succeed before taking on more formal instruction. Kindermusik provides the opportunity to explore voice development, rhythm, notation, musical symbols and authentic pre-keyboard, string and woodwind instruments.

Young Child helps every child develop a confident, joyful voice for singing and speaking as well as essential building blocks for a future of learning. Designed for children ages 4½ through 7 years, classes meet once a week for 60 minutes. Students explore many facets of the musical experience-speaking, singing, moving, dancing, listening, creating and playing instruments, as well as learning about reading and writing music. As the capstone to the child's Kindermusik journey, Young Child broadens and deepens the child's introduction to the fulfillment and excitement of musicianship.

Young Child 1 & 2 are designed for children 5 to 7 years, and Young Child 3 & 4 for children 6 to 8 years.