Group Piano Lessons: 1st Graders

Small Group Beginner Piano Class 
(Class size maximum - 6 students) 

NO Classes scheduled for Fall 2016.
Check back for updates to Winter 2017.

Session 1 – Fall 
Music For Little Mozarts Level 1 Books  
Students learn to read and play rhythms, learn to play familiar songs on the black keys and white keys, learn the names of all of the white keys (musical alphabet) and how to find and play them on the piano.  

Session 2 – Winter/Spring
Music For Little Mozarts Level 2 Books  
Students learn more rhythms and how to read notes on the treble and bass staff.  A Supplemental Pop Book is used to teach over 10 familiar songs like “This Land Is Your Land,” “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” “Yankee Doodle Dandee,” “The Muffin Man,” and more.  

Both Sessions also include:
In addition to learning to read and play music, students will learn to sing and dance songs as a way of connecting the rhythm to their body and furthering their musical ear and development.  To deepen their appreciation of the History of music, they learn about some of the famous composers: Mozart, Beethoven, Sousa, Schumann, Strauss, Bach, Camille Saint Saens, and Pachelbel.   To inspire the individual musical voice within, the class will explore songwriting and improvisation.

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