Suzuki Violin Lessons and Cello Lessons:
Age 3-4 Class
Information on the Baby Class, Age 0 - early 3
- Children age 3 to young beginning 6 year olds participate in an Early Childhood Education class where individual attention from the teacher and role modeling from the parent is present.This class provides an engaging introduction to musicianship skills as well as to the child's instrument that allows each child to move at their own pace.
- Instruments are introduced in this class when the individual child is ready. (Up to 4 parent child pairs per class.)
- Through physically active games mixed with quiet activities, young students learn to focus their bodies, hearts and minds on the basic skills needed to begin playing their instrument. Children pay attention to detail, develop memory skills, body-mind co-ordination, and begin training their ears.
- In the 3-4 year old class, children are introduced to Music Mind Games, to begin their journey toward musical literacy.
- When the child is ready, he or she will move to Individual Lessons combined with a Group Repertory Class.
- Tuition: $375 per semester
- Call for current schedule (503.244.6190)
- All ECE classes meet for 1 hour per week.
- Parent participation is required.
- Classes run in 15 week semesters. There are three semesters per year, making ECE classes available 45 weeks of the year.
When we started our very active 4-year-old with music lessons in the Early Childhood Program, it was more the idea that musical activity could calm him down a little. Despite thoughts that he would be much too wild for this “brain-sport,” he learned to listen and concentrate in a fascinating way. The concept may be seen as fun games by the little ones, but in fact, is a well-elaborated sequence of skill-training, step-by-step. Through listening to music, watching and copying, being part of the group, and being given little music-related tasks, our energetic boy has gained the ability to focus and concentrate, and also, to play the violin beautifully. Instead of breaking the instrument, which we expected to happen sooner or later, he developed a close relationship to his violin and takes care of it now, all by himself.
—Stephanie Siefert, Suzuki Parent, 2005
