MIXED AGE
(Newborn-5 years with adults)
The mixed age classes are the heart of Music Together®®. Children birth through five years old along with parents and/or caregivers come together to create a musical community. Each child has the opportunity to be “where they are” in their own development. Adults, regardless of musical ability, can help create an environment that helps children achieve basic music competence. Children of mixed ages participate at their own level by singing, moving, chanting, listening and exploring with musical instruments. Parents participate with the children and receive music development information about their child. Check out this video Music Together Family Video
BABIES
(Newborn-6 months, non-mobile)
This is a one-semester introduction to Music Together®. The music activities and materials are especially designed for new(or veteran) parents who want to learn as much as possible about music development in infants. Please bring a cozy blanket. Great class for meeting other parents with babies (not a sibling class). After attending the 10 week session of a Babies class, you will "graduate" into a mixed aged class armed with skills to enhance your musical experience with your child.
DALCROZE EURHYTHMICS
Dalcroze Eurhythmics is a unique, exciting, and powerful education in music for individuals of all ages and levels. Rhythmic movement, intense listening, and improvisation unlock creativity, nurture imagination, and open the doors to enriched and enlivened music making. Eurhythmics (literally, good rhythm) places experiential knowledge at the fore. Musical concepts are explored through social and interactive methods that invite the students to trust their ideas and develop their own intuitions.
Dalcroze study has three branches:
1. Eurhythmics trains the body in rhythm, dynamics, articulation, phrasing, and form;
2. Solfège trains the ear, eye, and voice in pitch, melody, and harmony;
3. Improvisation brings all elements together according to the student's own invention -- in movement, with voice, at an instrument.
Emile-Jacques Dalcroze, a Swiss pianist, composer, and educator, created his method of teaching using “rhythmic gymnastics” early in the Twentieth century. In a typical Dalcroze class, the instructor will combine the elements above using rhythm games, songs, gesture, and movement as the key teaching media so that the joy of music is experienced and understood. As a precursor to or in tandem with private music lessons, Dalcroze Eurhythmics will create a platform for accelerated and deep learning in all musicians.
