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The Music Academy CAMERATA

Instructor: Wendy Levin
Tuesdays 7:00-8:00 PM
Tuition: $90 (music included)

Beautiful Modern Works and Traditional Favorites

It's Never Too Late to Learn to Sing

Instructor: Wendy Levin
Wednesdays 1:30-2:30 PM
Starting date: September 14, 2011
Tuition: $198 (18-week course with performance)

If you love to sing or have always wanted to sing, this course is for you: vocal technique, beautiful classical songs, unusual holiday fare, jazz, and a little Broadway in a comfortable group setting-above all, lots of fun!

Adult Beginner Piano

Instructor: Irene Bernstein
16 weeks: class is held one hour per week from 11:00 am-12:00 pm
New groups are forming on: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays
Classes begin the week of February 6th
Tuition: $240
Materials: $30

This course is designed for students with no or very little experience; a clear idea of how to approach and learn a piano piece will be presented. Successful completion will build the student's capacity: students can apply the principles learned to facilitate self learning of beginner repertoire. Upon completion of the course, students are welcome to continue studying the piano, either with group or private instruction.

Week 1-2:Topography of the keyboard; names of the keys
Week 3: Characteristics of a music sound, relationship between sound and a note; descriptive properties of a note (pitch, length)
Week 4-5: Simple rhythmical patterns in simple meters (2/4 3/4 4/4) and including quarter, half, dotted half, and whole notes and respective rests
Week 6-7: Learning notes above middle C in treble clef; simple tunes in C position for right hand
Week 8-9: Learning notes below middle C in bass clef; simple tunes in C position for left hand
Week 10-11: Grand staff and learning music for both hands in stepwise and skipwise motion
Week 12: Introduction to intervals
Week 13-14: Working on developing
Week 15-16: Triads and incorporation of them into playing simple tunes, sharps and flats