Music Classes 2007-08
Early childhood through
Teens
EARLY CHILDHOOD
MUSIC FOUNDATIONS
(Infants through 6 years
accompanied by caregiver)
Dr.
Beth Bolton, Curriculum Director
Taught
by Holley Haynes, and Diego Maugeri, Anna Preston,
This nationally recognized program develops the very young child's potential in music and helps parents recognize and nurture their child's music making. The program provides a carefully planned sequence of music learning for children who are accompanied by parents or caregivers and uses the natural human inclination for chanting, singing and movement as the first steps in understanding melody, rhythm, and improvisation. Through interactive music making with parents and teachers, children discover the body as the primary music instrument.
Infant (up to 18 months):
In infant classes, parents and children experience music by participating in gentle flowing and rhythmic movement activities. Infants’ spontaneous vocal responses, or babble, are viewed as the first attempts at music making and are incorporated into songs and chants. In class children will experiment with manipulatives (egg shakers, scarves, and beanbags) to help stimulate curiosity and foster body coordination.
Toddler (18 to 36 months):
Toddler classes are designed around children’s increasing independence and desire to explore and play. Locomotor movement activities allow children to explore their music environment. Teachers will incorporate the children’s spontaneous movement and vocal explorations into classroom songs and chants. Additional manipulatives (co-operband, parachute, and gathering drum) provide opportunities for cooperative group movement and music making.
Pre-School (3 and 4 years):
Children’s love for imaginative play is incorporated into informal structured locomotor and discrete movement activities that accompany songs and chants. Parents and teachers participate alongside children in partner games during which children can share ideas for singing, chanting, and moving. Children explore simple percussion instruments and manipulatives through independent and cooperative music making. Because children at this age have a natural curiosity about symbol systems and are learning to recognize and pre-read letters, numbers, and words, music notation is featured to provide children with a readiness to read notation.
Primary (5 and 6 years):
Children in the primary class will enjoy movement activities such as body percussion, folk dances, and mirroring activities, and will learn how those activities can be connected to musical content. Singing, chanting, and movement experiences will be used to guide
notation readiness and instrument exploration. Children will engage in imaginative play to build their notation reading and audiation skills. Intentional music making activities will feature singing, chanting, and playing xylophones, metallophones, and simple percussion instruments.
Following classes held at Music Prep, 1515 Market St.
Saturdays
Infant
(up to 18 months): 10:30 to 11:00 AM
Toddler (18 to 36 months): 9:30 to 10:15 AM
Pre-School ( 3 and 4 years): 10:30 to 11:15 AM
Primary (5 and 6 years): 11:15 AM to Noon
Fall:
10 Saturdays, September 29 through December 8, 2007
Fee: $155
Winter: 10 Saturdays, January 19 through March 29, 2008
Fee: $155
Spring:
New! 8 Saturdays, April 12 through June 7, 2008
Fee: $124
Following classes held at the Kimmel Center's Merck Arts Education Center, Broad & Spruce Streets.
Mondays
Infant (up to 18 months): 11:15 AM to 11:45 AM
Toddler (18 to 36 months): 10:15 AM to 11:00 AM
Pre-School ( 3 and 4 years): Noon to 12:45 PM
Fall: 10 Mondays, October 1 through December 10, 2007
Fee: $155
Winter: 10 Mondays, January 28 through April 7, 2008
Fee: $155
Spring: New! 8 Mondays, April 14 through June 9, 2008
Fee: $124
FREE INTRODUCTORY CLASS-Music Prep, 1515 Market Street
(For parents and children in all levels)
Fall: September 15
Winter: January 12
Spring: April 5
Infant: 10:15 to 10:45 AM
Toddler: 11:15 to 11:45 AM
Pre-School: 9:15 to 9:45 AM
Primary: 12:15 to 12:45 PM
Phone
215.204.1512 for reservation and room number.
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FUNdamental MUSICIANSHIP
(Ages 5 to 7)
Taught
by Veronika Zhmeniak
This
stimulating class actively expands the concepts learned in the Early
Childhood Music Foundation classes and serves as preparation and/or
support for instrumental or vocal studies. Children experience a playful
way of learning theory through games and singing in a fun and friendly
atmosphere.
Goals
include:
-Introducing
students to basic music notation (identifying notes, rests, staves,
clefs, dynamic and tempo markings)
-Developing
the connection between ear and voice through the use of Zoltan Kodaly's
system of hand signals and solfege syllables;
-Familiarizing
students with various instruments and diverse musical styles.
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25 Saturdays, 2:00 to 2:50 PM
Fall: September 29 through December 15, 2007 and
Spring: January 19 through April 26, 2008
Annual Tuition:
$360
This course is an excellent preparation for the Basic Musicianship courses (see below) and provides overall musical skill building.
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BASIC MUSICIANSHIP
(Pre-teens and Teens)
Taught
by Veronika Zhmeniak
Offered
in three progressive levels, the goal of this course is to develop
musicianship by integrating aural, written, vocal, and tactile skills.
This is accomplished mainly by using movable Do solfege
to help students make the connection etween musical notation and
sound.
Musicianship
I: An
introduction to basic musical concepts, including rhythm, intervals,
and chords, through ear-training, solfege, sight-singing, and musical
dictation. Students learn to recognize the following, aurally and
visually: major and minor scales and chords as well as all the intervals within the major
scale.
Musicianship
II: Exploration of music fundamentals leading to an understanding
of the practical application of intervals and chords. Students learn
to hear and recognize the following: isolated intervals (outside the
context of the major scale); basic chords in root position (I, IV,
V); and simple chord progressions. Skills developed include sight-singing
and taking dictation of more complex melodies and simple chord progressions.
In addition, students demonstrate ability to apply knowledge of musical
materials learned by writing short compositions.
Musicianship
III: An
in-depth integration of all musical elements presented in the two
previous levels, with an introduction to more advanced concepts, analysis,
and composition. Students explore important differences between musical
styles and analyze pieces of music from their own performance repertoire.
Other skills developed include hearing and visually recognizing diminished,
augmented and V7 chords, as well as chord inversions (including V7
chords and their resolutions), and tonic expansions.
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25 Saturdays
Fall: September 29 through December 15, 2007 and
Spring: January 19 through April 26, 2008
Musicianship I: Noon to 12:50 PM
Musicianship II: 11:00 to 11:50 AM
Musicianship III: 10:00 to 10:50 AM
Annual Tuition : $360
An
evaluation to determine class placement can be taken on Septempber
8 or 15. Call 215.204.1512 for information.
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Recommended for choir members...
ESSENTIALS FOR
SINGERS
(Pre-teens and Teens)
Taught by Veronika Zhmeniak
Designed
to address the unique needs of the younger singer, these classes focus
on strengthening solfege, ear-training and sight-reading skills among
other basic musicianship concepts. This course enables students to
gain the musicianship skills necessary for acceptance into any college
vocal program.
- 25 Saturdays, 1:00 to 1:50 PM
Fall: September 29 through December 15, 2007 and
Spring: January 19 through April 26, 2008
Annual Tuition : $360
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Summer Offerings!
Summer Jazz Jam Sessions
(11 through 18 years)
Led Jason O'Mara
The Summer Jazz Jam Sessions program is designed for students who have 3 or more years experience playing a musical instrument. Its goal is to foster a better understanding of the jazz language, recordings, theory, and improvisation through weekly Jam Sessions.
Summer 2008
4 Wednesdays, Noon to 3:00 PM
July 9 through July 30, 2008
Fee: $100
Fee: for registered individual-lesson students of Temple Music Prep or CMSP: $75
Summer Music Theory Intensive
(High School and College Students)
Taught by Dr. Girard Kratz and Veronika Zhmeniak
Conveniently offered just prior to the Fall Semester, this one-eek summer program consists of written and aural components. The course provides students with a thorough grounding in writing/singing fundamentals: keys, intervals, triads, 7th chords, and basic harmonic functions. Students are introduced to solfege/ear-training: identifying intervals, triads, sight-singing basic melodies, dictation of basic melodies.
Summer 2008
Monday through Friday
August 19 through August 23
9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Fee: $300
