FOR 2020-2021:
Please note that our Musical Preludes courses are currently on HOLD for 2020-2021 due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. This may change as the situation unfolds; updates will be posted here.
Musical Preludes is a course based on the fundamentals of Kodaly, Orff, and other music educational approaches. It is designed to introduce your young child to the wonderful world of music, where they learn basic musical concepts and explore various instruments such as the violin, cello, clarinet, piano and more.
Musical Preludes classes are drop-off classes, with the teacher and students only. Parents or caregivers are welcome to wait in our waiting area on the main floor. The course has a parent observation day where parents or caregivers come to class to observe what the children have been learning; they are also invited to join in on the last class celebration. We limit the number of students to a max of 10 children per class.
We are currently offering 2 different levels of Musical Preludes:
MUSICAL PRELUDES INTRO for 3-4 year olds:
In our Introduction to Musical Preludes, students are introduced to the basic elements of music, including starting and stopping together, fast and slow, high and low, and rhythm & pitch. These elements are explored in various ways: singing and circle games, movement, the use of simple instruments such as rhythms sticks & bells, as well as live demonstrations of various musical instruments. The focus of this class is a general introduction to music & musical instruments.
MUSICAL PRELUDES JUNIOR for 4-5 year olds:
Our Musical Preludes Junior course builds on the concepts learned in the Musical Preludes Intro class (not a prerequisite) - musical terms are used to describe elements such as soft & loud, short & long, and more advanced elements of music such as crescendos & decrescendos are explored. A new element to the Musical Preludes Junior class is the addition of rhythmic notation: students start to learn how to read & write rhythms using basic musical notation, a fundamental aspect to learning any musical instrument.
FOR 2020-2021:
Please note that our Musical Preludes courses are currently on HOLD for 2020-2021 due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. This may change as the situation unfolds; updates will be posted here.