KINDERMUSIK FOR THE YOUNG CHILD: 5 - 7 YEARS
Semester 2
4:15 pm - Wednesdays @UUUS - UCF/Oviedo
Classes are in session. Registrations accepted throughout semester if class is not at capacity. Tuition will be pro-rated. Contact us for a free preview!
$230 repeat students / $250 new students for 15 week session
60 minute class. Parents/Caregivers do not participate in this class but are welcome to observe the class through a window from an adjoining room.
Payment plan option for 15 week session
Enrollment payment (required at time of registration) - $123.64 new students / $103.64 returning students (includes home materials, 1/4 tuition and $3 convenience fee)
Remaining payments will be automatically charged on Feb 1st, March 1st, April 1st - $46.12 per month
Payment plan option is accepted with credit card only.
CLASS DESCRIPTION
Using a small-group approach to music education, Kindermusik for the Young Child provides a pressure-free class where your child can develop a strong musical foundation by learning the concepts, language, notation, and vocabulary of music and its greatest composers.
The program is designed to prepare the young child who is eager for first experiences with musical symbols and instrument discovery but is not yet ready for formal lessons and traditional music reading with an instrument. Parents or caregivers are encouraged to attend the last 10-15 minutes of class.
Semester Two
Playing simple musical patterns and songs on the featured instrument from the first session—the glockenspiel—is a central focus this semester. While learning to sing a melody, and then play the pattern on the glockenspiel, we'll delve deeper into the understanding of musical concepts such as piano and forte through orchestra-style music such as the William Tell Overture and Peter and the Wolf. Music appreciation and understanding continues with a complete introduction to the instruments—and the families in which they're grouped—of the orchestra.
Home Materials: Children’s Folder with stickers, games bag, and Music At Home Cards, Family Songbook, and Home CD of music from class. New students receive a glockenspiel and carry bag.
What A Parent And Child Will Experience In Class
Singing and vocal development: It may sound like a foreign language when a child sings “ta” and “ti-ti,” but this is the language of professional musicians and composers and getting young children ready to read and write simple rhythm patterns.
Movement: See children dance expressively to music, giving them the practice they needs to coordinate their body movements to the sound of music. This kind of musical play not only improves musicianship, but physical coordination as well.
Reading and writing Young children will learn melodic notation and identify pitches such as the C, A, and D notes on the treble clef, plus rhythmic notation. Eventually even composing their own music.
Focused listening: Children will learn to identify a range of orchestra instruments and their sound qualities, while also gaining an early awareness and knowledge of composers and masterworks in Western arts tradition.
Exploring and playing musical instruments: Authentic percussion, string, pre-keyboard, and woodwind instruments expose children to the many choices for future musical study, and at the same time provide them with the opportunity to musically succeed before taking on more formal instruction.
FREE MUSICAL EXPLORATION HELD ON THE FOLLOWING SATURDAYS AT THE UUUS LOCATION FROM 11:30AM – 12:30 PM. For currently registered families. All family members welcome! 1/23, 2/20, 3/20, 4/10, 5/1.
