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Jump Start Music & Movement
Mail: #74-1240 Falcon Drive, Coquitlam, BC V3E 2B4
ph:604-777-7179

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Keyboard

6 to 9 years - 2 year sequential program

At Jump Start, we believe in teaching music as a language.This means giving kids the skills and opportunity to understand and express themselves musically, not just memorize and play- the old torture we are all familiar with from our childhood! Jump Start's Keyboard class is a fun approach to musical literacy, that will give your child a positive foundation to continue musical studies.

In Keyboard class , your child will learn to internalize music, and build musical literacy skills through keyboard play, fun activities, and musical games that consist of:

• building on layers of rhythm, and tonal patterns, using songs and percussion instruments (drums, etc.) and transfering them to the keyboard
• vocal exploration, and singing, using solfege (do-re-mi), to be able to know what the notes are, not just memorize them.
• ear training
• ensemble play
• composition in major and minor keys
• musical notation

The Keyboard program is a 2 year sequential group music making program, Classes run from September to June. Classes are 75 minutes each week. Parents or care givers join in for sharing time, during the last 15 minutes of each class.

• 6 years old by September 30, and have already taken First Notes
• or, 7 years old by September 30
• A keyboard / piano at home to practice on (preferably full sized and weighted for year II.)
• Parents of children registered for the keyboard class are required to attend at parent information meeting, at the start of the semester

**While it is not mandatory to have taken the First Notes class, prior to the keyboard class, it is strongly recommended. First Notes lays the foundations of rhythm and tonal patterns which are building blocks of the keyboard program.

The keyboard program is currently running at the Coquitlam Studio only, with plans underway to add North Shore classes for fall 2008.

***We have already had some request for homeschool classes in this age group for fall 2007. If you are interested in a homeschool keyboard class in Coquitlam, please visit our contact page and send us an email. We need a minimum of 5 students to run a class.