Testimony

The results of Kindermusik extend beyond the weekly session. Archer has found his love for music through Kindermusik. He has become more engaged in activities that require joint attention. He would also initiate family members to join him in jumping and playing when his Kindermusik CD is played. The music and activities have stimulated Archer to be more aware of and involved with his surroundings. Kindermusik has made Archer a happier kid and me a proud mother. ~ Constance Wun, mother of three year-old Archer

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Music for Young Children Sunshine 1 (keyboard Ages 3-4) Lesson 3

S-3: Dinosaurs
S-4 Fred
S-8: Fingers Dancing
S-12: Rabbit

H-7: ‘f’ sounds
WB-1: talking

K-4: Firehalls
K-5: Firehalls
3 black keys

L-15: f
L-35: rabbit trail

E-2: Instrument Fun
E-6: Dinosaurs

Terms & Concepts: Firehall, bread tags/beats, ‘f’, talking

Monday, September 28, 2009

Music for Young Children Moonbeams III (keyboard ages 9 - 11) Lesson 3

MB Swing (pt. 1)

Solfege: Row, Row
Manitoba (or own choice)
a minor

Bright Ideas: Pages 14, 34, 50, 51, 54, 55, 101, 102

Terms:
Accelerando
diminuendo
cantabile legato

Red River Valley

Repertoire: Robots
Study #4
Amusement (40)
Bouree in a minor (4) or A Little Joke (37)
Jungle Band Boogie (5) or
Rain (7)
Rock It (6) or
Daddy’s Blues (9)
All I Ask of You (4)
Basin Street Blues (8)

Pachabel’s Canon

Baroque E-2
E-12

SRC-2

Music for Young Children Sunbeams II (keyboard Ages 5 - 6) Lesson 3

Mrd patterns on keyboard

Solfge: Grandma Grunts or Fais Do Do

H-5 Friends

W-40, 41 C Major
(W-5 Growing Up To The Hugging Chord)
W-32 C Major Chord Changes (Line 2)

K-4 Friends
K-5 Dinah
(K-8 Singing Sweetly)

2 note slurs, ff, V7

L-3 I, V7 Chords
L-4 What’s Different

E-15 Sur le Pont d’Avignon


Chord Progression card I chords

Friday, September 25, 2009

Music for Young Children Moonbeams I (keyboard Ages 7-9) Lesson 2

S-1
S-2
S-3
S-4: Forte, Piano
review: Hot Cross Buns

H-5: F Team
H-6: f/p
HC-1: 4, 5
HC-3: all
(all KC)
HC-5: all
(RC with l & d)
Firehall and F, G, A, B
RH 1,2,3, 4
LH 4,3,2,1

W-2: F Team Workout
W-3: Pattern Warm-up Scoreboard
Review + playing the 3 patterns, use 3 black keys, CDE,FGA,GAB

K-7: Sky Pictures
(K-8: Jungle Gym)
K-9: Spider Fingers
(K-10: Work Together)


E-2: Where is my Friend?

L-2: Which Pattern Do You Hear?

Terms and Concepts:
Firehall/3black keys F Team/ F, G, A, B
d=2 beats, bread tags, rhythm stories
S-I U & D, S-I D &U.
forte/piano
Treble Clef=RH, Bass Clef=LH

Locate all keys on keyboard

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Music for Young Children Sunbeams III (keyboard ages 7 - 8) L2

S-3: Jeremiah Clarke
S-4: Moderato

Solfege:
Who’s That?
Dance the Capucine

Bright Ideas: Pages 36, 132, 137, 140, 141

W-10: March in C
W-11: Triplet Tricks
W-32: C scale w/chords
S/R:W-57 (2nd)
W-58 (1st)
K-3: Ice Cream
K-4: Music Friends

L-1: Spiders

E-2-7: Trumpet Voluntary

Music for Young Children Sunshine 1 (keyboard Ages 3-4) L1

S-1, S-2: every week
S-3: Dinosaurs
S-8: Fingers Dancing
S-12: Rabbit

Solfege:
Bye Low Baby Oh
Wishing Song

H-3: Hop puppet
K-13: color D
K-15: D pictures
H-5: den dinosaur puppet


K-13-14-15: D
K-3: Good Friends
Review 2 black keys

L-8: high/low
L-17: p

E-6: Dinosaurs

Terms and Concepts: D, rhythm stories,

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Music for Young Children Sunbeams I (keyboard Ages 5 - 6) Lesson 2

S-6 Fingers Dancing
S-3 Fireman Fred (wk. 2)
S-4 Dinosaurs (wk. 2)
S-5 Rabbit (wk. 2)

Bye low Baby Oh

H-7 Right Left
H-8 Piano

“D is a dreadful dancing dinosaur”

K-4,5 D
K-6 The D Song


L-3 WDYH
L-2 WDYH (What do you hear)? Low/High
Rhythm Instruments

E-1 Music Stories (line 1)
E-3 Dinosaurs

Terms and concepts:
D
standing still
piano

Monday, September 21, 2009

Music for Young Children Sunbeams II (keyboard Ages 5 - 6) Lesson 2

S-4 Creepy C

Solfege: Hot Cross Buns

H-3 Key of C Major
H-4 Building Blocks

W-40, 41 C Major
W-2 Watch Out
W-3 Growing Up To Triads
W-4 C Major Sound
W-32 C Major Chord Changes (Line 1)

K-2 C and G Are Friends
K-3 Out Playing

Terms: Triad, ledger lines, f, p, I, phrases

L-2 Dynamic Delights f, p

E-15 Sur le Pont d’Avignon


C major Scale

Music for Young Children Moonbeams III (keyboard ages 9 - 11) Lesson 2

Circle Time: MB Swing (pt. 1)

Solfege: Land of the Silver Birch

Scale: C Major

Bright Ideas: Pages 13, 36, 49, 98, 99, 128, 129

Terms: tempo, tenuto, >, I, ritardando

RCM: Robots

Study: Study #4

Ensemble: Pachabel’s Canon

Listening: Baroque E-2, E-11

Sightreading: SRC-1

Technique: C major staccato

Friday, September 18, 2009

Music for Young Children Moonbeams I (keyboard Ages 7-9) Lesson 1

S-1: We are the Moonbeams
S-2: So Long
S-3: Fingers

Solfege: Hot Cross Buns

H-1: No ‘H’
H-2: Fingers
H-3: Getting Ready to Play
H-4: D Team
HC-1: PC 1, 2, 3
(3 patterns)
Den and C, D, E,
RH 1,2,3,
LH 3,2,1

W-1: D Team Workout

Technique Toolbox:
Hand position,
Sitting position
Finger numbers

K-1: Two Black Keys
K-2: Ta
K-3: We’re the Moonbeams Team!
(K-4: Silver Buckles)
K-5: D Team Pattern Tryouts
(K-6: Mary’s Lamb)

E-1: Composer Geography/Map

L-1: Low? Middle? High?

Concepts:
Den/2 black keys
D Team/ C, D, E,
Ta=1 beat, Patterns:
S-P U, S-P D, S-D S.
Hi/mid/lo

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Music for Young Children Sunbeams III (keyboard ages 7 - 8)

S-3 Jeremiah Clarke

K-2 Ice Cream

Solfege: Who’s That?
s mrd on staff (C,G,D)

Bright Ideas: Pages 14, 152, 155, 167, 181

W-32: C Major Scale
W-10: March in C
S/R: W-56

K-1: Imagination
K-2: The Hungry Kitty

L-4: Articulation

E-2-7: Trumpet Voluntary

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Music for Young Children Sunshine 1 (keyboard Ages 3-4) Lesson 1

S-1: Sunshine Song
S-2: So Long
S-3: Dinosaurs
S-8: Fingers Dancing
S-12: Rabbit

Bye Low Baby Oh

H-1:’ p’ sounds

L-3: Hop

K-1: Dinosaur Dens
K-2: Leaves

Supplementary: 2 black keys

L-3: rabbit
L-5: high/low sounds

Ensemble: Twinkle, Twinkle
New Concepts: Hop, ‘p’, den, hi/lo

Music for Young Children Sunbeams I (keyboard Ages 5 - 6) Lesson 1

S-1 The Sunbeams
S-2 So Long, Farewell (every week)
S-3 Fireman Fred
S-4 Dinosaurs
S-5 Rabbit

Bye low Baby Oh

H-1 Rabbit puppet
H-3 Forte
H-5 Dens and Firehalls

K-2 Playing Proudly
K-2 Sunbeams Class Band
K-3 Den and Firehall on kybd

Monday, September 14, 2009

Music for Young Children Sunbeams II (keyboard Ages 6 - 7) Lesson 1

S-1 The Sunbeams

S-2 So Long

S-3My Fingers Hot Cross Buns Who’s That Yonder

H-1 Stars

H-2 8va or loco

W-1 The Rain

W-40, 41 C scale

K-1 Stars Do Blink Terms/Concepts: Octave, 8va, loco, C-G bridge, ta rest

L-1 Patterns

E-15 Sur le Pont d’Avignon Review Patterns Legato/staccato

Music for Young Children Moonbeams III (keyboard ages 9 - 11) Lesson 1

Hanon #: Canada (intro to book) C Major

Sight Reading: Breese SRC-1

Studies: Study #4 (Study in C major)

Repertoire: RCM B Robots

Listening Activities: Baroque E-2 E-11

Rhythm Ensemble: Breese Ensembles: Pachabel’s Canon

Folk Song: Canada Land of the Silver

Bright Ideas: Pages 33, 47, 48, 96, 97, 169

Vocabulary: allegro, allegretto, adagio, staccato

Things to note: For missed classes, look up homework sheets on…www.MusicBeeAcademy.blogspot.com

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Classes Commence September 14th!

Dear MYC students,

Hope you had a super duper summer! Week day classes commence next week on September 14th and Saturday classes September 26th. For new students, it's not to late to contact us to register as we only need a minimum of 3 families to start a new class time.

Proposed new class time:
Tuesday 6:30
Tuesday 7:30
Saturday 10:00
Saturday 11:10
Saturday 1:30
Saturday 2:40
Saturday 5:00

Sunshine I:
Wednesday 7:30
Thursday 4:30
Friday 6:00

Sunbeams I:
Wednesday 4:45
Wednesday 6:30
Saturday 3:50

Sunbeams II:
Monday 5:45
Monday 6:45

Sunbeams III:
Thursday 5:30

Moonbeams I:
Friday 7:00

Moonbeams III:
Monday 4:45
Monday 7:45

Returning students, please bring your MYC school bag, tin sheet, magnets, rhythm bags and pencil case that carries your favorite pencil and color pencils/crayons (we provide pencils, crayons and color pencils at the studio as well).

Looking forward to a musical year with you!

Miss Cecilia, Miss Lisa and Miss Wintin

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Calendar 2009 - 2010

September 14th Monday
Monday Weekday Classes Commence!

September 25th Saturday
Saturday Classes Commence!

November 11th Wednesday
Rememberance Day

December 19th Saturday 10 - 1
Recital

December 19th Saturday - January 3rd Sunday
Christmas Holiday (no classes on December 19th)

Vancouver 2010 Olympics Winter Games Break
February 12 Friday, February 13 Saturday and February 20 Saturday

February 26th Friday
Deadline for composition

March 11th Thursday
Spring Break
Sunshine I only

March 12th Friday - March 19th Friday
Spring Break

April 2nd Friday - April 5th Monday
Easter Holiday

May 24th Monday
Victoria Day

June 19th Saturday 1 - 4
Recital