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Music Connection for KidsHeres a music workshop for kids where they can explore various avenues of traditional music. It's an opportunity to be social musically, to hook up with music buddies, and to rehearse and perform in small groups. Together well delve into American Old-time, Celtic, bluegrass repertoires ... and other styles as well. Participants get to play and perform frequently in a noncompetitive environment, where fun takes precedence over perfection. With matters in this order improvement follows naturally. Fiddle - Violin - Mandolin - Guitar - Banjo - Bass |
We foster the social and musical skills needed to participate in jams and rehearsals: leadership, friendly respectful communication, learning by ear, memorization, arranging and improvisation. We'll explore the creative paths that many adult musicians wish theyd learned at a younger age. Kids learn a lot when they participate a school band class or orchestra rehearsals, but these programs seldom teach them how to join spontaneously when people gather to play music, especially when they do so without notation. Indeed, many mature musicians cant play a note unless theres a corresponding a dot on a page. At the Music Connection workshop we acquaint kids with skills that fill the gap and increase the likelihood of enjoyable lifelong musicianship ... even when work, busy lives and child rearing make an unlikely prospect of large commitments like orchestra membership. |
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First Sundays
March thru June 2006
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Here's what we doFor those familiar with Singingwood 's other rehearsal and performance workshops, Music Connection for Kids is essentially the Horizon Workshop for a younger set. Throughout this series we introduce and emphasize study skills that reduce the time it takes to learn tunes and master techniques. Regular use in a group setting helps underscore the value of these study skills and encourages kids to use them during home practice. We have enough assistants to work with kids of different ages and levels. As mentioned, we have enough rooms to hold five seperate rehearsals concurrently. Get involved! Support kids in the arts! Numerous musicians, parents, and my advanced students have volunteered to assist at these workshops. If you're interested in supporting a music program for kids, or if you know someone who might be interested, please let me know! Please pass the word to friends, to kids that play, and mention it to the the music instructors you know ... or email me their contact information. I'd like to increase the community. John Blasquez 925-935-9295 |
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Singingwood Music Music Lessons: Violin Fiddle Guitar Mandolin Bodhran Horizon Workshops |
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Private Music Lessons Fiddling for kids. |