ENRICHMENT CLASSES

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March 15, 2025: Early Bird Registration Deadline (Use Code: EARLY-BIRD-25)
May 1, 2025: Registration Deadline

 

PLEASE NOTE: Children under the age of 12 will have to be accompanied by an adult at all times. 

Core Enrichment: classes that are automatically assigned to students according to age and level.
Optional Enrichment: classes that students can add to their schedule.
$85 for each additional enrichment course (includes five sessions of each class).

Enrichment enrollment options –

  • Enrichment Only: students are welcome to register for only enrichment courses and take as many as they would like (up to 6 total). This is especially popular for siblings.
  • Twinkle Program: up to 3 optional enrichment courses, except for Music & Movement which is already built into their schedule.
  • Lower Book Program: up to 2 optional enrichment courses.
  • Upper Book Program: up to 1 optional enrichment course.
  • Young Artist Program/Chamber Days: up to 1 optional enrichment course.

PLEASE NOTE:

  • Some classes may not be available during your student’s free hour(s). If there is a conflict, you can pick a different enrichment course or you will be refunded the full $85 for the extra enrichment class.
  • There are caps on class numbers that we have to adjust manually. Consequently, we will reach out if the class fills before registration closes. In these cases, you can choose another enrichment class or receive a full $85  refund for the additional enrichment course if your choice fills.
  • Book 2-3 students, ages 11 and up will receive ensemble as their enrichment class. You will not be able to add it for them.
Optional: Enrichment Orchestra 1 (Perpetual Motion-Book 3, Ages 4-8) All String Instruments

Taught by Rachel Alvarado, this orchestra class will focus on developing and reinforcing reading fundamentals. Most importantly, no previous music reading experience is necessary. Students in this class will explore reading concepts including pitch and rhythm. Furthermore, they will learn to sightread short tunes as a group. Students will need to bring a music stand – music materials are given out each day.

Optional: Enrichment Orchestra 2 (Book 3 & up students, Ages 9-10) All String Instruments

Taught by Rachel Alvarado, this orchestra class will focus on developing and reinforcing reading fundamentals. Most importantly, no previous music reading experience is necessary. Students in this class will explore reading concepts including pitch and rhythm. Furthermore, they will learn to sightread short tunes as a group. Students will need to bring a music stand – music materials are given out each day.

Optional: Pop Music Arranging/Composition with Michael McLean- (Book 6+ students or ages 13+ )

Learn how to arrange popular music through various compositional methods. A basic knowledge of scales and triads is helpful, but not necessary. From pencil and paper to group-style composing, we will explore how to work with the rudiments of music: melody, harmony and rhythm. Additionally, students will come away with the basics to arrange all their favorites. This class is taught by Michael McLean, an internationally noted composer. Michael’s music has been recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra and has composed many award-winning film scores.

Optional: Art (ages 6 and above)
Join Ruth Gledhill for a JUNGLE COLLAGE art class.
Using multi-mediums students will explore jungle life by drawing, painting, and cutting out their own 2D and 3D plants, animals, reptiles and insects.  These creations will then be used to collage a unique jungle scene.
Cutting with scissors required age 6+
Optional: You Can Ukulele! (ages 9 and above)

Taught by Sophie Stanley. Ever wanted to learn the chill, relaxing style of the ukulele? Indeed, You Can ukulele! This course covers basic ukulele strumming patterns and chords, and a handful of fun tunes to annoy your parents with! (We will provide Ukulele’s during class time.)

Optional: Strings Pop! (Book 3, Ages 10+) All Instruments

StringsPop! is a performance-based class for teens and tweens to experiment with popular and folk music. We’ll learn how to read lead sheets and charts to arrange melody, harmony, bass, and percussion parts for a group performance. Create and compose your own part of the song with the music literacy and chord theory skills presented as games on our instruments.

Optional: Beginner's Pluck (Book 2+ or some guitar experience, ages 10+) with Sophie Stanley

Now’s your chance to pick up that guitar you got for Christmas last year! This course covers strumming basic guitar chords, plucking melodies, and reading TAB. Undoubtedly, you can learn how to play ANYTHING with an understanding of chord charts and TABs! (We will provide Guitars during class time.)

Optional: Suzuki Early Childhood Education (SECE)
Suzuki Early Childhood Education (SECE) seeks to harness a child’s natural enjoyment of learning, lay the foundation for lifelong learning and create a calm, pressure-free environment for children in which they can acquire skills, a sense of purpose and in life, an understanding of discipline and an appreciation of beauty. Caregivers and children experience this through activities that involve singing, rhythm, movement and finger play, instruments and language.
– Ages: newborn to 4 years, approximately.
Each child must be accompanied by one parent/adult relative who will actively participate with their student during the class.

 

Core & Optional Enrichment: Music & Movement

Kodaly-based music and movement class teaching students music literacy, composition, music mapping, and music form through song games and play!

Music & Movement is core enrichment for twinklers.

Optional enrichment for ages 2-8 and Suzuki book 1 or below, depending on availability.

$85

Core Enrichment: Fiddling

Explore fiddling in a fun-filled, interactive class!  You’ll try several kinds of tunes, and learn the difference between various fiddle styles. Students will learn all the music by ear in a call-and-response fashion. Learn techniques such as chopping, slides, arrangements, and different bowing styles. No previous fiddling experience needed! You will be placed in a fiddle class with one of our fiddling experts Lisa Deakins or Gretchen Grube. 

Core Enrichment: Exploring Creativity Through Play! (Books 2+) with Lisa Caravan

(All bowed string instruments)

Book 2 and above

Come explore the world of creativity with games, movement, singing, playing, and story-telling. We will learn some familiar and unfamiliar tunes, create rhythm machines, depict different characters and scenes through musical play. We will also create a soundscape as a group, using melodies, drones, sound effects, background noises, and percussive elements, to create a story.

 

Core Enrichment: Developing Artistry Through Improvisation (Books 4+) with Lisa Caravan

(All bowed string instruments)

Book 4 and above

We will explore improvisation that is focused on developing musicianship and creativity! We will learn specific techniques for improvising music including free, melodic, harmonic and motivic development. We will sing and play tunes and basslines from the classical, fiddle, and blues tradition and get our creative juices flowing!

 

 

Core Enrichment: Choir with Ernesto Garcia Velasco

Run, don’t walk to this chance to sing broadway classics and popular modern tunes! Students will learn multiple choral pieces in a fun and uplifting environment. Indeed, singing is one of the most important musical abilities that applies to any instrument.

Core Enrichment: Bucket Band (ages 7+, grouped by similar ages) with Dr. Tia Harvey

This class focuses on musical independence, rhythm, as well as confidence and leadership through music. This is a high energy class where students will learn songs, create music, and have a blast while doing so!