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Piano Classes

Piano: Beginning

Playing with others (ensemble) help children to:

  • Enjoy the social and stimulating experience of making music with others
  • Become comfortable performingin front of others
  • Indulge in a bit of competition to keep up with their friends
  • Enjoy being part of a group of musicians
  • Enjoy the social experience of making music with others
  • Be accountable to the rhythm of the ensemble by listening to all the parts
  • Enjoy being part of a group of musicians

Music language introduction: beginning early helps children:

  • Learn music naturally as a second language
  • Learn the same way learned first language: ear before eye
  • Develop a love and comfort for music
  • Share this special experience with their family

Listening to wonderful music helps children:

  • Develop emotional sensitivity to music
  • Develop an ear for music
  • Feel and express music in time rhythmically

Singing: Children love to sing! Singing develops:

  • Self expression
  • Correct tempo, rhythm, and pitch
  • Understanding of solfege and note names

Rhythmic training helps children to:

  • Develop a sense of internal rhythm
  • Learn to properly play percussion instruments
  • Develop a feel for time signatures
  • Read complex rhythms

Harmonic training helps children to:

  • Understand relationship between melody and harmony
  • Add chords to a melody
  • Be able to arrange music
  • Sing in parts

Playing Piano helps students to:

  • Understand basic theory which can be visualized on the piano
  • Understand treble and bass clef
  • Develop a repertoire of pieces
  • Develop coordination to play with both hands
  • Develop piano technique
  • Express feelings and thoughts through playing
  • Develop musicianship through the playing 

Creating cultivates students’ sense of creativity by:

  • Adding confidence in abilities to create music
  • Composing own music
  • Improvisation: making up pieces on keyboard
  • Understanding that that music is inside of them

Performing opportunities introduces children to the joy of expressing music:

  • Creates comfortable atmosphere to perform in front of their class
  • Performing is natural when begun early

Music Reading helps children:

  • Sight play
  • Sight sing
  • Play by ear and by reading
  • Learn new repertoire
  • Understand music theory
  • Confirm what the ear has heard


GRADES Partner Siblings Length Tuition Materials Day/Time ENROLL
K YES NO 55 min $240 $115 Thu 5:00p Enroll- FM1
K YES NO 55 min $240 $115 Sat 11:00a Enroll - FM3
1-2 YES NO 55 min $240 $115 Thu 5:30p Enroll - FM2
1-2 YES NO 55 min $240 $115 Sat 10:00a Enroll - FM3