Music Moves

Music Moves is our semi-private class for students 8-18 years old. One group class and one showcase opportunity are included in tuition. Classes are capped at 3 students. Completion of at least one full semester of Music Together is preferred before admission into Music Moves classes.

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Music Moves is a new method for the 21st century that builds on Orff, Kodaly, Suzuki, and Dalcroze and applies Edwin E. Gordon's Music Learning Theory to the teaching of piano. Music Learning Theory is the same as Gordon's 'theories of audiation' and is a sequential learning process that guides students to hear and perform music with understanding. The music learning process, similar to the language learning model, is: 1) listen  2) speak; perform; acquire a rhythm and tonal music vocabulary by singing, chanting, and moving  3) think, improvise, audiate  4) read  5) write.   

 

Every lesson, students sing and move to a variety of tonal meters and rhythmic modes, building confidence in breaking down music they hear as well as creating their own pieces with understanding. 

 

Technique on the piano is introduced using Laban movements.