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Are you ready to register? Or would you like more information? Looking forward to playing with you this summer!
]]>Last year was our first time doing music camps. We had fun, learned a lot, and have a lot to present to you this summer!
No Themes We've done away with themed camps. As music teachers, we believe that learning music is compelling and fun in itself. Without themes, our camps are "all killer, no filler." Not having to come up with twenty songs, activities, and crafts about dinosaurs or Beethoven means that the teachers can spend the entire camp session sharing their A-material regardless of how it relates to a predetermined theme. There will be plenty of fun activities to connect music-learning to kids' interests and larger musical ideas, from butterflies to bossa nova.
Buy Multi-Day Passes to Create Your Own Schedule We've allowed built-in prorating and eliminated the need for make-ups with our multi-day pass system. Choose the days you want, and pay for only those days, throughout the summer.
Priced and Scheduled Like School The camp runs from 9:00 A.M. until 1:00 P.M. on weekdays throught the entire summer, just like school. Our pricing is comparable, too: There is generous discount structure built in: more days you purchase, the deeper your discount.
The day passes purchased can be used by any sibling in a family of appropriate age. For example, a full five-day week goes from $175 to a competitive $140 per week (on all of the weeks!) with two kids attending for two weeks each. In addition, we offer a 10% early registration on top of that if you sign up by April 1. As if that weren't awesome enough, there is no registration fee. We hope to encourage families to enroll at Eclectic Music for multiple weeks.
Casey's Goal: Real Learning I have always been an active teacher in addition to serving as director of Eclectic Music. After cutting back a little during the fall of 2009, I felt drawn to focus my personal teaching efforts on our early childhood programs. I'm designing and teaching group classes and intensive private lesson programs for the under-six age group and loving it. It's not too surprising how much fun it is, but it's always amazing what these kids are capable of. My goal is for our summer school to be as enriching as it is fun, with real learning taking place.
Student-Centered Our summer program has been designed to be student-centered. This doesn't mean that the kids run the show - it means that they set the pace. It means that the kids will have time and space to explore a concept on their own, with one-on-one adult coaching if they want it. It means that we'll repeat a song or activity ten times in a row if we're all feeling it. It means that the kids will be able to choose between different activities, individually and collectively. Because there will be no more than ten kids per day (and two adults if there are more than seven), we'll be able to give lots of attention to each child.
Interested? Sign up or contact Casey at 404-734-4319 for more information, or read about pricing, rules and regs. And give us questions, suggestions, and feedback in the comments!
]]>During the six-week session, the students will learn violin-related skills as well as general music principles. By the end of the session, our goal is that the students will have an easy transition into private violin lessons should they decide to take them, while their parents will have an understanding of their role in the private lessons and the basic principles of the Suzuki philosophy and method.
Even if you are not sure if violin lessons are for you, the games and songs that are used in the curriculum are beneficial to a child's developing musical awareness. Through songs and group activities we seek to improve each child's small motor skills, tonal recognition and memory, rhythm, beginning reading, and the musical sensitivity of his or her ear. The class, led by Katie Baughman is taught through the nurturing and positive environment that is the foundation of the Suzuki philosophy.
The class begins on Monday, September 14 and continues through October 26. There is no class on Monday, October 12 (Columbus Day). Tuition is $75.
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Back by popular demand, we are offering group classes for fours (mature threes and interested fives are also invited). We'll play musical instruments, musical games, learn musical symbols and rhythms, sing, and dance in this child-centered class.
The classes will run on a six-week session from the week of August 31 to the week of October 5. EB4 T meets Tuesdays at 2 PM and EB4 W meets Wednesdays at 2 PM. We will consider adding additional days and times if these do not meet your needs.
Register for your preferred day below, and then contact Casey at (404) 734 4319. Each class is $75.
Update: We now have a Friday at 1:30 PM class starting Friday, September 18.
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Our weekday Sing-Alongs have been such a big hit, we are going to keep on clapping, tapping, singing, shaking, and wiggling all summer. We're also adding Saturdays! Come see us as many or as few times as you would like - no contracts or commitments. 10 AM, $10 per child (or $15 per family).]]>If we get a good turnout, we'll offer Sing-Alongs every Saturday starting in June. Spread the word!
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