Course Description

Toddler Tunes

music noteAge Range: 18 months – 3 years

music noteClass Length: (2) 18 week sessions

A joyful first music experience. Tots and parents share in a music-making program of rhythms, finger plays, active movement, keyboard exploration and singing.

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Hello Music

children learning music music noteAge Range: 3 – 4 years

music noteClass Length: 4 week sessions

Hello Music offers an introduction to solfege singing, movement, rhythm, keyboard playing, and creative activities. This program gives the child a strong readiness for continued musical involvement. Parents share in class time.

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Music in Me & More Music In Me

music noteAge Range: 3 – 4 years

music noteClass Length: (2) 16 week sessions

Music in Me is a dynamic readiness program for young children with emphasis on ear training, solfege singing, movement, keyboard activities, pitch and rhythm awareness. Creativity is stressed. Parent involvement in class and at home.

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Musictime

music noteAge Range: 4 – 5 years

music noteClass Length: (4) 45 minutes / weekly

Musictime offers an introduction to solfege singing, movement, rhythm, keyboard playing, and creative activities. This program gives the child a strong readiness for continued musical involvement. Parents share in class time.

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Harmony Road

music noteAge Range: 4 1/2 – 6 years)

music noteClass Length: 55 minutes weekly / 2 Year Program

The Harmony Road course is carefully constructed for children to learn the basic building blocks of music. Emphasis is on ear training, solfege singing, keyboard solo and ensemble playing, ensemble and rhythm activities, movement and music creativity. This exceptional course encourages the development of the “inner hearing”, which makes transposing, improvisation and composing easily accessible in their musical studies. Parent involvement in class and at home.

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Young Musician Intro

teaching music to children music noteAge Range: 6 – 7 years

music noteClass Length: 4 week session

Students learn beginning music concepts through singing, ear training, note reading, keyboard solo and ensemble playing, rhythm ensemble and creative activities. This course provides a strong basis for further musical study. Parents share in class time.

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The Young Musician

music noteAge Range: 6 – 7 years

music noteClass Length: 55 minute sessions / 2 Year Program

The Young Musician course introduces beginning students to keyboard performance and note reading in a holistic program, including the organized development of pitch, rhythm, solfege singing, keyboard and movement activities. Parent involvement in class and at home.

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Keyboard Prep Intro

music noteAge Range: 8 – 11 years

music noteClass Length: 4 week session

An exciting introduction to keyboard / piano playing. Sessions include ear training, solfege singing, note reading, composing, and solo and ensemble playing. Parents are involved.

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Keyboard Prep

music noteAge Range: 8 – 11 years

music noteClass Length: 55 minute sessions / 1 1/2 Year Program

The Keyboard Prep course is designed for children ages 8 through 10 who are studying music for the first time. This motivating program develops the student’s basic musicianship skills through ear training, solfege singing, keyboard solo and ensemble performance, composing and arranging. A strong program to build self confidence and music skills. Parent involvement encouraged.

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Keyboard Musician

music noteAge Range: Advanced Course

music noteClass Length: 55 minutes weekly / 2 Year Program

The Keyboard Musician course is for students who have completed Harmony Road Book 4, Young Musician Book 4 or Keyboard Prep Book 3.  Students continue to develop performance skills through the study of varied repertoire styles, technical studies, sight-reading songs and three and four part ensembles. Ear trainings is expanded to include dictation, recognition of tonal centers and chord progressions.

Transposing becomes an easily accessible activity. Students learn to accompany themselves while singing solfege. Two part singing and artistic repertoire encourage expressive musicianship. Harmonic training develops an understanding of accompaniment styles. Students are given step by step techniques to develop their own creativity through music composition. In this program students become acquainted with major composers and their place in music history. Parent involvement encouraged.

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Junior Music Camp

music noteAge Range: 4 – 6 years

music noteClass Length: Summer Program

Junior Music Camp provides an activity oriented musical experience for four to six year olds. Camps meet two hours daily for one week. Each day a different theme is explored through music and craft activities. Focus themes include Teddy Bears, Dinosaurs, Carnival of Animals, Peter and the Wolf, and The Nutcracker.

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Why Choose Harmony Road Music?

The Harmony Road Music Course has evolved from a lifetime of musical involvement with children.

Harmony Road founder, writer and composer, Jan Keyser, developed the first courses in 1981 and has continued to provide high quality, research based curriculum’s to fill the needs of young students and their families.

Jan continues to research and develop music learning programs, advocate for early childhood music, and train and present at international and domestic venues.

Parent involvement is a key factor in student success. The Harmony Road Program guides Parents or caregivers in ways to keep the family in a musical “mode” at home.