LITTLE PERFORMERS

Kinder Beat

Focus Activities

• Rhythm, beat, pulse and metre
• Body percussion
• Musical games and improvisation
• Singing songs, rhymes and solfa/solfege
• Movement, dance and gesture
• Percussion playing – tuned and untuned
• Listening, reflecting and responding
• Story-telling and mime
• Coordinating with a range of props
• Ensemble playing
• Reading, understanding and interacting
• with iconic and traditional notation

Kinder Beat Piano

Focus Activities

• Keyboard orientation, exploration and playing
• Piano specific coordination activities
• Exploring clusters, glissandi and other musical units
• Strong rhythmic focus and foundation
• Movement, gesture and body percussion
• Reading of rhythm, pitch and notation

Junior Piano

The Encore SMART System simplifies many aspects of learning music.· It embraces a multi-sensory approach that is thorough, musically engaging and accommodates all learning styles.

Focus Activities

• Songs for enjoyment, musical expression
• Finger Zips – small pieces that develop keyboard skills on a micro level
• Repertoire Pieces –solo performance pieces
• Ensembles – develop part-playing skills, group interaction and team playing
• Keyboard Harmony – chord playing skills, transposing and improvising
• Backing Tracks –to improve timing and increase enjoyment