This semester-long class is designed for youngsters aged 8-12 yrs. Mondays, 4:00-5:00pm, September 26, 2022 – January 9, 2023. $165 for 11 sessions.
First class offered FREE of charge!! The first class of the semester on Monday, September 26th is offered free for families to come and see what it’s all about! Come meet the instructor and hear about his children’s music education philosophy. Let your child(ren) try out the class to see if it is something they would like to participate in long term.
This class will help young singers master simple and fun songs, ‘manage their breath’ as singers, improve vocal tone and pronunciation and to sing expressively. They will learn to sing rounds and ‘hold a part’, listen carefully, work effectively with other kids; and to read music notation.
The class provides a fast-paced introduction to the Kodály approach, including solfege syllables (do-re-mi) and hand signs for singing and rhythmic solfege (ta ta tee-tee). This type of musical instruction supports and supplements instrumental studies on piano, violin, and cello.
Parents are invited to attend all rehearsals. Songs taught in class will be available to sing along with on-line.
Steve Peisch has taught music at several schools, including the New England Conservatory, Deerfield Academy, Lawrence Academy, The Indian Hill Music School (now called the Groton Hill Music Center) the Bromfield School, and Hildreth Elementary School.
Most recently, he has focused on providing excellent and enjoyable music classes for the youngest elementary school age children, having learned from first-hand experience that providing a strong foundation at this level will strengthen the music programs
that follow in both middle and high schools.
Peisch is committed to developing curiosity and creativity in young people, to sequencing instruction carefully and in conversation with other music teachers, to broadcasting high expectations in music and other arts classes, and to encouraging music students to make connections with other subject areas.
Peisch also discovered through experience that music programs at low-SES schools are significantly weaker than programs in more affluent communities and private schools. He has committed to combating this problem with his advocacy and his volunteer work.
Peisch’s music is available on his website, http://hundredsrecords.com/index.html, and his recommendations for arts educators can be found on his company’s website, http://www.newdirectionsinartseducation.com/