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Disney Piano for Beginners - Primer Level

In this on-going class, students will practice sight-reading and singing Disney songs at the piano, primer piano reading level (5-finger piano books.)
Elizabeth (BFA, MAE)
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What's included

1 live meeting
25 mins in-class hours per week
Homework
1-2 hours per week. Students who practice regularly master songs and sight-read better!
Progress Report
included

Class Experience

Beginner Level
Join me in this on-going piano class for primer-level pianists featuring fun Disney songs. If you are a big fan of Disney songs, from Mickey to Mulan, and you want to play the piano with other Disney fans, this is the perfect class for you!

⭐New to Outschool?  Send me a message before you enroll!!!⭐

In each class, we will learn how to play a fun Disney song on piano. Each lesson will include: 

     🎵     Song sing-along

     🎵     Introduction to new staff music reading skills

     🎵     Melody Play Along (playing in parts, then through the entire song)

     🎵     Bonus Activities - one or more of the following:

            🎹    Play a Music Theory Game

            🎹    Practice Reading or Writing on the Staff


Students will need to come ready with:

    🎹    Sheet Music Purchased & Printed

    🎹    Keyboard or Piano 

    🎹    In Zoom, turn on ORIGINAL SOUND. 
iPads → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1pkirtPH9o
other platforms → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEZMRtrSsYY

Practice between classes is highly recommended. Access to a keyboard/piano and view of the screen while playing is required to participate during class time. 

Song to choose from:

Lion King book
Week of 11/11 - Circle of Life
Week of 11/18 - Hakuna Matata
Week of 11/24 - I Just Can't Wait to Be King

Selections from Disney's Princess Collection Vol. 1: The Music of Hope, Dreams and Happy Endings book
Week of 12/2 - Colors of the Wind (from Pocahontas)
Week of 12/9 - A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes (from Cinderella)
Week of 12/16 - I Wonder (from Sleeping Beauty)
Week of 12/23 - Just Around the Riverbend (from Pocahontas)
Week of 12/30 - Part of Your World (from The Little Mermaid)
Week of 1/6 - Something There (from Beauty and the Beast)

Frozen 2 book
Week of 1/13 - Into the Unknown
Week of 1/20 - All Is Found
Week of 1/27 - Lost in the Woods
Week of 2/ 3 - Show Yourself
Week of 2/10 - Some Things Never Change
Week of 2/17 - When I Am Older

Disney Favorites book
Week of 2/24 - Be Our Guest (from Beauty and the Beast)
Week of 3/3 - Can You Feel the Love Tonight (from Lion King)
Week of 3/10 -  Kiss the Girl (from The Little Mermaid)
Week of 3/17 - Two Worlds (from Tarzan)
Week of 3/24 - A Whole New World (from Aladdin)

Selections from Disney's Princess Collection Vol. 2: The Music of Hope, Dreams and Happy Endings book
Week of 3/31 - I Won't Say (I'm in Love) (from Hercules)
Week of 4/7 - Love (from Robin Hood)
Week of 4/14 - Reflection (from Mulan)
Week of 4/21 - Sleeping Beauty
Week of 4/28 - There's Only One Ariel (from The Little Mermaid)

Movie Hits - 3rd Edition book
Week of 5/5 - The Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy (from Toy Story 4 )
Week of 5/12 - A Million Dreams (from The Greatest Showman )
Week of 5/19 - The Place Where Lost Things Go (from Mary Poppins Returns )
Week of 5/26 - Speechless (from Aladdin )
Week of 6/2 - Zero (from Ralph Breaks the Internet )

Frozen 1 book
Week of 6/9 - Do You Want to Build a Snowman?
Week of 6/16 - For the First Time in Forever
Week of 6/23 - Let It Go 
Week of 6/30 - Love Is an Open Door 
Week of 8/26 - Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People

Disney Classics book
Week of 9/2 - Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (The Magic Song) (from Cinderella)
Week of 9/9 - Some Day My Prince Will Come (from Snow White)
Week of 9/16 - Whistle While You Work (from Snow White)

Disney Latest Movie Hits book
Week of 9/23 - Evermore (from Beauty and the Beast )
Week of 9/30 - How Does a Moment Last Forever (from Beauty & the Beast )
Week of 10/7 - How Far I'll Go (from Moana)
Week of 10/14 - You're Welcome (from Moana)
Week of 10/21 - Remember Me (from Cocoa)
Week of 10/28 - Un Poco Loco (from Cocoa)
Week of 11/4 - The World Es Mi Familia (from Cocoa)
**These topics will repeat.**

* If students would like to request a specific song in-class, we may vote as a class and choose to ignore the order listed above and choose a different song from this list.

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If you're not sure this class is the right fit for your pianist, please send me a message with the title of your child's most recent piano lesson book or their experience with a music app BEFORE enrolling in this class or purchasing the sheet music (in the 'Supplies' list.) Please message me before enrolling.
Learning Goals
Review primer skills: Reading staff notation in middle C position
Review rhythmic notation & note values
learning goal

Other Details

Parental Guidance
To fully participate in any music class, it's best to check your audio settings in Zoom first! Watch below to find out how to turn on ORIGINAL SOUND on your device: iPads → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1pkirtPH9o other platforms → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEZMRtrSsYY Parents must stay off camera as much as possible but will need to assist as necessary during class time to help their young learner find the correct keys, clap along to the rhythm, and control the mute button in Zoom. Parents will also be expected to assist with at home practice throughout the week. Absolutely NO EATING during class. Learners will need the constant use of both of their hands as well as to engage with their full attention. Learners who are eating on camera may be asked to leave. I will screenshare games I have made in Google Drive and Scratch to review music theory concepts if we have time in class. Please make sure your learner has purchased-- and preferably printed-- all sheet music linked under 'Supplies.'
Pre-Requisites
Students must be already working on sight-reading notes in middle C position, reading in a primer level lesson book on the staff, or have graduated my class "Intro to the Staff" or "Taylor Swift Piano Crash Course 2."
Supply List
I recommend you purchase a membership at EVERAND.COM who hosts all the books you see below. Everand offers a 30-day free trial.


  🎵  Frozen 1
https://www.everand.com/book/269612798/Frozen-Music-from-the-Motion-Picture
: Do You Want to Build a Snowman? * Fixer Upper * For the First Time in Forever * In Summer * Let It Go * Love Is an Open Door * Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People

  🎵 Disney Classics
https://www.everand.com/book/269680081/Disney-Classics
Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (The Magic Song) * Give a Little Whistle * I'm Late * I'm Wishing * I've Got No Strings * Some Day My Prince Will Come * Whistle While You Work

  🎵 Disney Latest Movie Hits
https://www.everand.com/book/384833698/Disney-Latest-Movie-Hits
Do You Want to Build a Snowman? (from Frozen ) * Evermore and How Does a Moment Last Forever (from Beauty and the Beast ) * How Far I'll Go and You're Welcome (from Moana ) * Remember Me (Ernesto de la Cruz); Un Poco Loco and The World Es Mi Familia (from Coco )

  🎵  Lion King
https://www.everand.com/book/272741081/The-Lion-King
Be Prepared * Can You Feel the Love Tonight * Circle of Life * Hakuna Matata * I Just Can't Wait to Be King

  🎵  Selections from Disney's Princess Collection Vol. 1: The Music of Hope, Dreams and Happy Endings
https://www.everand.com/book/269680048/Selections-from-Disney-s-Princess-Collection-Vol-1-The-Music-of-Hope-Dreams-and-Happy-Endings
Colors of the Wind * A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes * I Wonder * Just Around the Riverbend * Part of Your World * Something There * A Whole New World

  🎵  Frozen 2
https://www.everand.com/book/446764476/Frozen-2-Five-Finger-Piano-Songbook-Music-from-the-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack
"Into the Unknown;" a continuation from the first film, "Reindeers Are Better Than People;" and 6 more new songs: All Is Found * Lost in the Woods * The Next Right Thing * Show Yourself * Some Things Never Change * When I Am Older

  🎵  Disney Favorites
https://www.everand.com/book/269680040/Disney-Favorites
Be Our Guest * Can You Feel the Love Tonight * If I Didn't Have You * Kiss the Girl * My Funny Friend and Me * Two Worlds * A Whole New World * Written in the Stars

  🎵  Selections from Disney's Princess Collection Vol. 2: The Music of Hope, Dreams and Happy Endings
https://www.everand.com/book/269679491/Selections-from-Disney-s-Princess-Collection-Vol-2-The-Music-of-Hope-Dreams-and-Happy-Endings
Can You Feel the Love Tonight * Hail to the Princess Aurora * I Won't Say (I'm in Love) * Love * Reflection * Sleeping Beauty * There's Only One Ariel

  🎵  Movie Hits - 3rd Edition
https://www.everand.com/book/465969296/Movie-Hits-3rd-Edition
 The Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy (from Toy Story 4 ) * Downton Abbey (Theme) * A Million Dreams (from The Greatest Showman ) * The Place Where Lost Things Go (from Mary Poppins Returns ) * Shallow (from A Star Is Born ) * Speechless (from Aladdin ) * Yesterday * Zero (from Ralph Breaks the Internet )
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Virginia Teaching Certificate in Music/Theater/Arts
Master's Degree in Education from Virginia Commonwealth University
I teach classes on a variety of arts-related subjects: 
  * piano, sight-reading, song-writing; 
  * realistic drawing techniques;
  * comic book creations & anime drawing styles;
  * digital arts, Photoshop, graphic design.

Look at the bottom of my profile to find my other classes. 
    → https://outschool.com/teachers/Elizabeth-Essex ←

As a teacher with over twenty years of experience, I have been running my own piano studio full-time for the last decade. I started learning music in piano lessons when I was four years old and am currently teaching my 15th academic year as a piano teacher. I also am a former public school art teacher, university adjunct professor, swim instructor, dance teacher, and math tutor.

The Suzuki method is at the core of many of my ideas about teaching music. Shin’ichi Suzuki believed that music is like a language and therefore should be taught like one-- learning to speak before reading and writing and that learning should take place in a loving and supportive environment, with constant repetition, and with helpful modeling from the parents. Like Montessori, the Suzuki philosophy is student-centered, includes lots of learning games and enjoyable activities, and demands that learning activities be planned according to the student's needs and level of development.

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Ages: 6-11
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