The Music Preparatory and Enrichment Program
of Temple University's Boyer College of Music and Dance
The
Center for Lifelong Learning
Individual
Lessons in voice and more than a dozen instruments give children
and adults an opportunity to discover and develop their musical potential
with a faculty of outstanding music professionals.
The Music Therapy Clinic offered at Temple Music Prep’s convenient center city location makes the expertise of the Boyer College of Music and Dance’s Music Therapy Department available to the community. The clinic offers services designed to enhance and maintain the emotional, physical and social well-being of individuals with special needs.
Early Childhood Music Foundation classes offer young children, infants through 6 years of age, the building blocks for continued musical education and growth.
Parents or caregivers who attend with their child also learn to recognize
and nurture their child's musical strengths.
Dance classes introduce young
people (3 years through teens) to the basic principles of dance movement,
encouraging them to move creatively. Students develop rhythm, coordination
and flexibility, enhancing a child's natural joy in movement.
Suzuki Instruction in violin, piano and flute involves parent and child in weekly individual
and alternate week group lessons for learning "the language of
music." (Recommended for children 4 through 8 years of age.)
Teens enjoy classes in basic musicianship, modern dance, and ballet.
Adult classes in performance
and appreciation expand the music horizons of both beginner and music
buff.
The community music scholars program
This program provides a comprehensive curriculum of jazz and classical music instruction (orchestral instruments only) for school-aged Philadelphia children who have limited financial means. Potential students must be recommended by their school music teacher in order to be considered for participation through an annual audition process. The Community Music Scholars Program is an initiative of the Music Preparatory Division of the Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple University.
The
Center for Gifted Young Musicians
For
gifted young instrumentalists and singers, the Center
offers challenging musical training at the highest level and a variety
of performance opportunities.
The Instrumental Division focuses on nurturing superior musical ability
in orchestra and chamber ensemble performance under the guidance of
the finest artist/teachers in the region.
The Children's Choir develops outstanding young singers, male (unchanged
voices) and female, ages 7, through the study of vocal techniques
and a repertoire reflecting diverse world cultures.
Temple
Music Prep
1515 Market, Suite 501
Philadelphia, PA 19102
(215) 204-1512
musicprep@temple.edu
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