Why are group music classes the perfect lead-in to private music lessons for kids?
A positive, encouraging team environment can help your child cultivate a genuine love for music. Furthermore, Kindermusik Musicians classes teach children how to read musical notation, how to play instruments like the recorder and glockenspiel, offer a chance to explore new genres, and equip children with the skills necessary to excel in future instrument-specific music lessons.
What to Expect ...
Music Concepts
Kindermusik Musicians students experience the steady beat, rhythm, and melody through various activities, including focused listening, moving, singing, and playing instruments.
Auditory Discrimination
Children develop their listening skills by paying close attention to music and sound, recognizing differences in pitch and the unique tone quality (timbre) of instruments, described with terms like "clear, flat, metallic, warm..."
Ensemble Experience
Students engage in group activities that involve playing instruments together, singing as a choir (vocal ensembles), and participating in group dancing.
Instrument Play
Utilizing their newly acquired knowledge of music notation, children learn how to play the glockenspiel, the dulcimer, and the recorder.
What You'll Learn
Language
Kindermusik Musicians students become capable of identifying specific sounds within words and demonstrate a heightened awareness of the rhythmic structure inherent in language.
Music Notation
Children acquire the ability to read music notation and successfully use it as a guide for playing an instrument or singing.
Physical Development
Through a developed awareness of steady beat, meter, and rhythm, Kindermusik Musicians students enhance their coordination.
School Readiness
A grasp of music concepts offers benefits in areas like problem-solving, fostering creativity, effective team participation, and more, contributing to overall readiness for school.