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From Director Merrill Marshall:

I'm adding the Musikgarten Curriculum for early childhood music education through age 9. It includes group keyboard classes for children age 6-9. I'll also offer small group Adult Keyboard classes using Musikgarten Adult Materials.

I am a member of the Music Teachers National Association. I completed their certification program in 2005 and became a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music (NCTM). I am completing all 5 levels of Musikgarten Certifcation Training at workshops this summer. In addition, I have a BA degree in Elementary Education.

I'm always excited to work with children and share the joy of music with them.

Musikgarten offers a wonderful, deeply researched curriculum. It's specialty is that it is designed to teach music to children in the same way they learn language - AURALLY first! And it encourages family participation. Just as the child learns to speak and eventually read with support from their parent's, famly members, and caregivers, they will learn musical songs and concepts in the same way.

The Musikgarten curriculum is a holistic program, in that it develops the whole child - physically, emotionally, socially, cognitively, and of course, musically! We nurture the child’s musical aptitude by engaging children and their families in singing and movement activities which help attune the ear, refine the voice, and develop a rhythmic body through which music can be expressed. We sing, chant rhymes, do fingerplays, clap, skip, hop and jump! We keep a beat with rhythm sticks and drums!

Musikgarten's curriculum is designed to meet the needs of the WHOLE child. I invite you to go to the Musikgarten website (see the link under the RESOURCES heading on this webpage) for more information and to contact me with any questions!