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Ages 18 months to 3 years
Toddler Tunes
30 minutes weekly

A joyful first music experience. Tots and parents share in a music-making program of
rhythms, finger plays, active movement games, keyboard exploration and singing.

Music in Me & More Music In Me
2 - 16 week programs, 45 minutes weekly

Music in Me is a dynamic readiness program for young children with emphasis
on ear training, solfege singing, movement, keyboard activities, pitch and rhythm
awareness. Creativity is stressed. Parent involvement in class and at home.
Ages 3 to 4 years

Ages 3 to 4 years
Hello Music
4 - 45 min. sessions

Hello Music offers an introduction to solfege singing, movement, rhythm, keyboard playing,
and creative activities. This program gives the child a strong readiness for continued musical involvement. Parents share in class time.

Musictime
4 - 45 min. sessions

Musictime offers an introduction to solfege singing, movement, rhythm,
keyboard playing, and creative activities. This program gives the child a strong
readiness for continued musical involvement. Parents share in class time.
Ages 4 to 5

Ages 4.5 to 6
Harmony Road
A 2-year program, 55 minutes weekly

The Harmony Road course is carefully constructed for children to learn the basic building blocks of music. Emphasis is on ear training, solfege singing, keyboard playing, ensemble and 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. Parent involvement in class and at home.

Young Musician Intro
4 - 45 min. sessions

Students learn beginning music concepts through singing, ear training, note reading,
keyboard solo and ensemble playing, rhythm ensemble and creative activities.
This course provides a strong basis for further musical study. Parents share in class time.
Ages 6 to 7

Ages 6 to 7
The Young Musician
A 2-year program, 55 minutes weekly

The Young Musician course introduces beginning students to keyboard performance and note reading in a holistic program, including the organized development of pitch, rhythm, solfege singing, keyboard and movement activities. Parent involvement in class and at home.

Keyboard Prep Intro
4 - 45 min. sessions

An exciting introduction to keyboard / piano playing. Sessions include ear training, solfege singing, note reading, composing, and solo and ensemble playing. Parents are involved.
Ages 8 to 11

Ages 8 to 10
Keyboard Prep
A 1.5- year program, 55 minutes weekly

The Keyboard Prep course is designed for children ages 8 through 10 who are studying music
for the first time. This motivating program develops the student's basic musicianship skills through ear training, solfege singing, keyboard performance and writing music. Parent involvement encouraged.

Keyboard Musician
A 2-year program, 55 minutes weekly

The Keyboard Musician course is for students 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 varied repertoire styles, technical studies, sight-reading songs and three and four part ensembles. Ear trainings expanded to include dictation, recognition of tonal centers and chord progressions. Transposing becomes an easily accessible activity. Students learn to accompany themselves while singing solfege. Two part singing and artistic repertoire encourage expressive musicianship. Harmonic training develops an understanding of accompaniment styles. Students are given step by step techniques to develop their own creativity through music composition. In this program students become acquainted with major composers and their place in music history. Parent involvement encouraged.
Advanced Course

Summer, Ages 4 to 6
Junior Music Camp

Junior Music Camp provides an activity-oriented musical experience. Camps meet two hours daily for one week. Each day a different theme is explored through music and craft activities. Focus themes include Teddy Bears, Dinosaurs, Carnival of Animals, Peter and the Wolf, and
The Nutcracker.

Group violin classes are taught using Barenreiter’s Sassmannshaus Books. The books have bright colors and big notes for easier reading. The student will be introduced not only to the violin, but to several different rhythm instruments for rhythm exercises. Some singing will be used for ear training, technical training exercises and for introducing upcoming new songs.

 

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Harmony Road Music School 201 S. Market St., Marion, IL 62959 (618) 993-0103 thgshg4@hotmail.com