Description:

Did you know that studying music makes your child smarter?  Start your child on their journey through the wonderful world of Music Workshop.  Music Workshop is a three-part sequential program that teaches the fundamentals of music in a fun and engaging manner.  We will be introducing students to music theory, great composers, and musical instruments through age appropriate songs, dance, games, and playing instruments.  It is aligned to state and national standards for each age and grade level.  In each level, concepts previously taught will be reviewed while new concepts are being introduced.  Each level contains two years’ worth of material, so students joining the class for a second year will have all new material to learn.   

 Music Workshop A is the first in this series. Through this class, students will develop their listening ear, focusing on high/low, loud/soft, fast/slow, and vocal timbre.  They will also begin their journey in music reading with graphic notation and stick notation while developing their sense of steady beat and melodic understanding.   

 Students will also prepare performance pieces and share their musical accomplishments during Connections’ Christmas and spring choir concerts. With each additional year in class, students will gradually acquire deeper and more thorough knowledge and skills in music.