We
offer layered, age specific group music programs. We also provide
a transfer of skills and enthusiasm in the classroom while the
parents assist, enrich and direct each child's musical learning
throughout the week at home. Parents do not require any previous
musical training as they learn along with the children each week.
You might say adult lessons are free when accompanied by a child.
As children complete their advanced levels at Harmony Road, lessons
are customized to suit the needs of the group and include a great
deal of composition, theory and improvisation. Parental participation
is optional at this point but most parents continue to attend
each lesson for the love of music. Students who complete the advanced
courses will be playing intermediate level piano music.
Toddler
Tunes: (ages 2 to 3) 35-minute weekly
lesson
Toddler tunes is a joyful first music experience.
Your little one will start by singing, dancing and exploring the
keyboard, with you beside her/him. You will learn fun coaching
techniques so you can reinforce the concepts between lessons.
Toddler Tunes includes a fun repertoire of finger-play, bounces,
rhythmic patterns and lullabies. You get CD's and workbooks of
catchy Harmony Road Tunes, designed to feature age specific, layered
musical exercises and rhythms. This building-block approach to
music trains ears for better inner hearing and helps maintain
the perfect pitch with which children are born. With toddlers,
we build musical minds before musical hands. (Two 18-week course
/ 6 weeks a session)
Music
in Me & More Music in Me: (ages 3
to 4) 45-minute weekly lesson
Your child's voice is his or her first musical instrument. The
optimum prescription for musicianship is this: voice, keyboard,
piano, then brasses, strings or woodwinds. Drums come last. We
use the voice first to develop musical literacy enhancing the
ability to read, write, hear and think music before there is any
pressure to become proficient in techniques. This dynamic readiness
program is structured so that your child will learn to play music
the same way he or she learned to speak-by listening, repeating
and responding. Even parents or caregivers with no musical background
can attend, take notes, and coach daily at home. Music in Me contains
the basic elements of rhythm, melody, pitch, dynamics phrasing
and form. Concepts are learned through keyboard playing, solfege
singing (naming notes using do-re-mi), movement activities and
the use of rhythmic instruments. As your child develops a trained
ear and learns to create and perform music in a non-competitive
environment, he or she will develop coordination, concentration
and self-confidence. This layered natural approach emphasizes
the ensemble aspects of music and it is wonderful preparation
for further studies. Parents are fully involved in class and at
home. (Two 16-week course)
Music Rainbow: (ages 4
to 5) 45-minute weekly lesson
This is a course is carefully constructed course for children to learn the basic building blocks of music. Emphasis areas are ear training, solfege singing, keyboard playing, ensemble, rhythmic activity, movement, and music creativity. This exceptional course gives the student "inner hearing", which makes skills such as transposing, improvisation, and composing easily accessible to their musical studies. Parents are fully involved in class and at home. This class serves as a prep class to Harmony Road class.(8-week course)
Harmony
Road: (age 5 to 6) 55-minute weekly
lesson
The Harmony Road course is carefully constructed for children
to learn the basic building blocks of music. The emphasis is on
ear training, solfege singing, keyboard playing, ensemble rhythm
activities, movement and music creativity. This exceptional course
gives the student “inner hearing”, which makes transposing,
improvisation and composing easily accessible in their musical
studies. The program makes the best use of the many orchestral
and contemporary sounds possible on a digital keyboard. Parents
and caregivers are fully involved in class and at home.
Young
Musician: (age 6+ to 8) 55-minute
weekly lesson
The Young Musician course is an age specific layered program,
which introduces beginning students to keyboard performance and
note reading. It is an holistic program which includes the organized
development of pitch and rhythm, solfege singing, and movement
activities. Parents or caregivers are fully involved in class
and at home.
Keyboard
Prep: (age 8+ to 11) 55-minute weekly
lesson
This age specific layered program is similar in dynamics and curriculum
to Harmony Road and Young Musician but upgraded to reflect the
tastes and needs of the older child who is starting music for
the first time. This holistic program introduces students to keyboard
performance, note reading and music writing including the organized
development of pitch and rhythm, through solfege singing, keyboard
and movement activities. Parents or caregivers are fully involved
in class and at home.
Keyboard
Musician: (Advanced Course) 60-minute
weekly lesson
This is an advanced course for those who have completed Harmony
Road Book 4, Young Musician Book 4 or Keyboard Prep Book 3. Students
continue to develop performance skills through the study of various
repertoire style, technical studies, sight-reading songs and three
and four part ensembles. Ear training is expanded to include dictation,
recognition of tonal centers and chord progressions. Transposing
becomes easily accessible. Students learn to accompany themselves
while singing. Two-part singing and artistic repertoire encourages
expressive musicianship. Harmonic training develops an understanding
of accompaniment styles. In this program students become acquainted
with major composers and their place in musical history. They
also receive step-by-step instruction in composition to develop
their own creativity. Parental involvement is encouraged.
Music Street: (Adult) 55-minute weekly
lesson
This program is designed to provide the older beginner with a
comprehensive program of music study with the piano being the
vehicle for application and performance. Solfege based note
reading and sight singing to develop inner hearing, and
learning to play, improvise, and analyze chords and chord
progressions within the context of written music is
emphasized in this course.
