Join us once a week as we explore the elements of music through singing, dancing, playing, and creating. We will investigate the concepts of sound (overtone, timbre, pitch, amplitude, duration), melody and harmony, rhythm, instruments and textures, structure and form, and musical expression (dynamics, tempo, articulation). Your young musician will learn to sing in tune, master their ability to find and interact with the beat or pulse of the music, and will find the beauty and art in music.

After these "every week" activities, your young musician might play a game, learn a simple dance, sing a solo, or share a homemade instrument or dance.

While these music classes may be seasonal in nature, no holidays will be celebrated in class. We will draw from music all over the world as well as from our own backgrounds. My teaching style is collaborative, conversational, and creative, and I love to listen to students and construct a curriculum around their interests and experiences.  Specific class content will be based on the ages and interests of the learners who sign up. No previous experience is required. This is an ongoing class and each class can stand on its own.

SEPTEMBER: 
Musical Concepts: Steady Beat, Rhythm, Fast and Slow
Creativity: Creating drums, pretend parades, composing rhythms, The Chicken Dance
Songs Include: Baby Beluga, Lean on Me, Rig-a-Jig-Jig, Happy

OCTOBER
Musical Concepts: Ostinatos, Form, Conducting, Duple Rhythms
Creativity: Composing ostinatos, conducting, composing with duple groupings, collaborative composing
Songs Include: Crocodile Smile, Raise the Roof, Count on Me, We Are Dancing in the Forest, We Know the Way, Take Me Out to the Ballgame

NOVEMBER
Musical Concepts: Musical patterns, Echo Songs, Low, Middle and High Sounds, Sol-Mi Interval
Creativity: Composing patterns, creating lyrics, experimenting with low, middle, and high sounds, creative movement
Songs Include: Pease Porridge Hot, My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean, Charlie Over the Ocean, Tinker Tailor, Little Sally Water

DECEMBER:
Musical Concepts: Pentatonic scale and songs, the major scale, steps and skips, beat vs rhythm
Creativity: Composing on the pentatonic scale, creative movement, creating instruments, responding to instrumental music
Songs Include: Hey! Ho! Nobody Home!, Twist and Shout, Rocky Mountain, Splish Splash, Don't Worry Be Happy, Into the Unknown