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These small group piano lessons offer instrument learning from age 5-9 for budding musicians and lay the foundations for piano playing success:
Using an aural approach to learning
Providing a natural pathway to reading music and building a piano repertoire
Developing piano playing technique
Learning to compose and improvise
Becoming fluent music readers
Participating in off-bench activities/games to develop music notation, rhythm, voice tuning and aural proficiency
The Musikgarten curriculum is designed to teach your child to play by ear and to read music. I deliver a 3 - year piano program which divides lessons into six 15-week semesters. Each class is one hour long, with the last 15 minutes devoted to parent participation and group music making/education.
We will provide a complete music education through exploring percussion instruments, playing games and exploring off-bench activities which will develop and build on the student’s piano playing skills. The teacher will engage the children in singing and moving activities which help tune the voice and refine the body to become a rhythmic, graceful instrument to complement their piano playing. Students will play their song repertoire, develop keyboard technique, improve their aural skills, learn to compose and improvise, and become fluent music readers. In developing comprehensive musicianship at the piano, children are building self discipline and cooperation, learning to multi-track and concentrate, which will help them in other areas of study.
Parent Participation: Parents play a vital role in establishing good practice habits at home. For this reason, parents/carers are required to come into the classroom for the last 15 minutes of class. During this time, parents can get the chance to become familiar with new material, review home assignments for me to model learning techniques used in this method.
Learning occurs aurally and must be experienced so that parents can understand how they can help their children on the pathway to musical literacy.
As their teacher:
l will relate piano learning to singing and movement activities, nurturing the child-musician while satisfying their desire to play an instrument.
Teach music reading following a carefully sequenced plan that results in a deep understanding of music notation.
Engage the children in singing and moving activities which help tune the voice and refine the body to become a rhythmic, graceful instrument through which they can express music at the piano – all the while helping to internalize the songs which will become their playing repertoire.
Teach piano skills that facilitate playing these songs on percussion instruments
In this comprehensive musicianship program, the children are introduced to classical composers and their music, first through listening, drumming and dancing repertoire, and later in pieces learned on the piano.
Materials needed (included in tuition):
Student book, notation games and learning/practice CDs (with digital downloads).
Notation games, repertoire pieces, sight-reading pieces, opportunities for composing, and more are in your child’s comprehensive learning materials that will help them to stay excited about playing and encourage them to make music long after the lessons stop.
Students will need a either a piano or a keyboard for practice at home (small is okay)
**Please note that we are unable to issue refunds once the class session has started!