These innovative and creative group classes are for children ages 4-6 years old. They are 45 minute classes and have anywhere from one to three children in each class.
During this time of informal guidance we guide students through the 7 stages of preparatory audiation. Our goal is to audiate (think and understand the music) so we can make music intuitively and with expression, not just pushing down keys mindlessly.
All of this wonderful audiation is then brought to the keyboard for about 15 minutes of each class where we learn keyboard geography and technique, learn performance pieces by rote, compose our own pieces and always find time to do improvisation activities that solidify our learning.
About 20 minutes of each class is spent away from the keyboard in Activity Time. This is where we listen and move to songs and chants, echo tonal and rhythm patterns, create tonal and rhythm patterns and learn to coordinate our bodies and our breath with our music making. This time is extremely valuable for developing our audiation and preparing us for formal instruction.
Members of the studio will be given access to a large library of audio recordings that we encourage you to listen to between classes.
Keyboard Games are fun, creative and innovative classes that will give your child an excellent foundation and readiness to pursue formal instruction on the piano or any other instrument.
Our studio uses a fixed monthly payment which is calculated by adding up the following items and dividing it 10 (months in the academic year):
1. Weekly classes from September-June that take into account the school holidays. For the 2024-2025 academic year Mondays will have a total of 32 classes, and Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays will have a total of 36 classes. This comes out to an average of about 3.5 classes per month.
2. Books and materials. We take care of ordering and shipping any books you will need so you don’t have to worry about it!
3. Administrative fees that include scheduling, communication, progress meetings (as needed), coordinating payment, etc.
4. Audio recordings of all of the pieces in Keyboard Games Books A and B and, songs and chants, and tonal and rhythm pattern recordings.
Our studio payment for 45 minute Keyboard Games classes (up to three students per class) is:
Monday $170 USD per month
Tuesday or Wednesday $195 USD per month
Thursday $192 USD per month
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