What is Musical Preludes?

Musical Preludes is a music program for children, designed to introduce your young child (newborn to 5 years old) to the wonderful world of music. The course includes the basic elements of music, rhythm and pitch as well as our unique live demonstrations of various musical instruments for ages 2 and up. 3-5 year olds will also learn the beginnings of how to read music and basic musical notation.

What makes this program different from others?

For ages 2 and up, our Musical Preludes teachers give instrument demonstrations throughout the term, where instruments such as the violin, cello, or clarinet are shown to the children, talked about how they work, and played for them. The children are also given an opportunity for a hands-on experience with each instrument - an opportunity to try out a small size cello, for example, or to press the keys of a flute being played to see how the pitch changes. These opportunities allow your child to be drawn to the instrument of their choice. No one else offers this course, because we created Musical Preludes! The aim of MP courses is to instill the love of music while teaching them the basics of music, and to also prepare our young students for private instrumental music lessons.

Musical Preludes is offered as a 12 week course (8 weeks in Spring), with age-appropriate introductions to these basic music principles:
FAST - SLOW
HIGH - LOW
LOUD - SOFT

We explore these principles in five ways:

1. Traditional children's songs, rhymes, action songs, circle games and kneeplays.
2. Movement
3. Sung stories or stories about music or sound
4. The use of simple instruments
5. Live instrumental demonstrations

The structure of the class will be emphasized through repetition, since this is how young children learn, through familiarities.

Who is teaching the classes?

Wanda Bussiere

When is Musical Preludes offered?

Musical Preludes is offered as follows:
Newborn - 12 months (NEW):
Thursdays 10:30am - 11:00am

12 - 24 months:
Fridays 9:30am - 10:00am

2 and 3 year olds:
Fridays 10:30am - 11:15am

3 to 5 year olds:
Tuesdays 9:30am - 10:15am
Fridays 1:00-1:45pm

Fall and winter sessions are 12 weeks long. Spring session is 8 weeks.
Cost of Musical Preludes:
$180/session for MP 2-3yrs and MP 3-5yrs ($120 for spring session)
$120/session for MP Newborn - 12 months & MP 12-24months ($90 for spring session)

If you sign up for 2 or more sessions, you will receive 10% off.
Each additional sibling of the same family also receives a 10% discount.

MUSICAL PRELUDES 2007-2008 SCHEDULE:

SPRING 8 week session: Week of April 14th - June 2nd, 2008