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Our early childhood music classes are non-performance based. We believe that young children learn best through play, and that the most important role models for young children are the adults who love them the most! We offer weekly forty five minute in-person classes.
All of our Music Together® and Rhythm Kids® teachers have collegiate degrees in Music and/or Education, in addition to having completed the Music Together Intensive Teacher Training. We are passionate about sharing the joy of music with you and your little ones!
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Our individual classes truly become a musical community. Many of our families continue through the entire three year Music Together sequence and then move onto Rhythm Kids®, creating long-standing social and musical friendships with one another.
In addition to the Music Together program, Alley Bell Music is also pleased to offer these musical opportunities for our growing learners:
Private Voice Instruction: Students ages 8 and up are invited to pursue private voice instruction with Sarah Richàrd or Elizabeth Galafa Ylaya. Students learn a variety of classical, folk and musical theater repertoire, with the focus being on creating a healthy and sustainable singing voice, and learning audition and performance skills. Lessons are given in weekly 30 minute increments. To inquire about lesson availability, please contact us at [email protected].
Private Piano Instruction: Mary Rose Lieberman, Sarah Giordano and Jaemee Kim all maintain their private piano studios at Alley Bell Music. All three teachers are known for their playful approach to learning, and enjoy working with students of all ages. Lessons are available to ages 5 and up. To inquire about lesson availability, please email [email protected].
Group Piano Instruction:
We offer a year long, 27 session group piano curriculum for ages 4-8, using the Safari Friends, and Piano Safari Level 1 curriculums. Registration for these classes requires a full year commitment, and is done via our class registration page at Alleybellmusic.com
This special introductory Music Together class is for babies newborn to eight months. No older siblings allowed, as everything is geared towards the needs of our youngest non-mobile learners! If your baby is already crawling, we encourage you to try a Mixed Ages class instead. Come explore how to bond with your baby through music, and learn what to look for and encourage developmentally as they begin their musical journey! Tuition includes a weekly 45 minute in-person class, illustrated songbook, CD, digital downloads, and parent guide. Masking is optional in all indoor classes. This class is held in a room with HEPA air filtration.
Music Together Mixed Ages, 9 Weeks
Our in person Music Together Mixed Ages classes are for children ages newborn to 5, and the adults who love them! Each weekly in-person class is 45 minutes long. Masking is optional for all indoor classes. Tuition includes a fully illustrated songbook, CD, digital downloads, and parent education materials.
Keyboard Explorations, PreK & Kindergarten
Children in grades pre-K to kindergarten OR who are a minimum age of 4, and their grown-up are invited to play sing and move with us as we learn all about the geography of the piano keyboard!
In this 9-week class, pre K and Kindergarteners age 4 and up will expand on the knowledge and skills they developed in the Fall. Kids will bring a grown-up with them to class to sing and play with us! At home, students will continue to have "piano time" to reinforce concepts from class and prepare for someday having a "practice time." This class is appropriate for new OR returning students.
Objectives: Students will play pieces with both their pointer and middle fingers. They will identify the white-keys on the piano with minimal assistance. They will identify quarter-notes, half-notes, and whole-notes in their animal rhythm patterns. They will clap and play rhythm patterns with those note-values, moving between different levels of beat. They will play short pieces independently and in repeated patterns.
Materials are the same as the Fall. New materials are provided to incoming students: Piano Safari Friends Book and Sticker Book, folder, and bag.
Winter semester will include nine class sessions, each 45 minutes long: 1/3, 1/10, 1/24, 1/31, 2/7, 2/21, 2/28, 3/7, 3/14. This class is a pre-reading class, meaning students are not required to learn the music by reading it from a score. Families are required to have a keyboard at home in order to reinforce concepts from class at home. Grown-up participation required, maximum class size of six. These classes are a part of a fall/winter/spring sequential series.
Group Piano Level 2, 1st and 2nd Grade
Children in 1st and 2nd Grade are invited to join us for this optional drop off group piano class (grown-up is invited and encouraged to come too). Must be a minimum age of 6 to attend.
In this 9-week class,students will move onto the Grand Staff! At home, students will ramp up their short practices to a 2-3 times a week, in addition to "piano free time." Caregivers do not need to attend class with their kids, but are expected to assist in practice at home! This class also includes 2 30-minute private lessons with the instructor, scheduled separately after registration.
Objectives: Students will read-to-play short patterns of notes that move up and down in 2nds (steps). They will identify and clap or play rhythm patterns with quarter-notes, half-notes, dotted-half-notes, whole-notes, and quarter-rests. They will identify and locate guide-notes on the staff and keys, including Middle C, Bass F and Treble G. Students will read-to-play short pieces independently. Students will play one technique exercise and one technique piece that are taught by rote in their private lessons.
Materials are the same as fall semester Level 1. New materials are provided to incoming students: Piano Adventures Lesson Book Primer Level, Piano Safari Animal Adventures, folder, and bag. Tuition includes nine sixty minute optional drop-off classes: 1/3, 1/10, 1/24, 1/31, 2/7, 2/21, 2/28, 3/7, 3/14, and two 30 minute private lessons, scheduled separately with the instructor. This class is part of a three part fall/winter spring sequential series.
Maximum class size of 6
Students are required to have a piano at home, which can be digital (all 88 keys, weighted or "velocity sensitive"). Students are expected to reinforce concepts from class at home through practice, a minimum of 2-3 times per week.