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SUMMER CAMPS 2024
June 24-29 (Monday through Saturday)
Dalcroze Takes the Stage | 5-12 year olds - This is a performance-oriented Dalcroze camp. We will split our weekdays between learning through body movement, rehearsing musical numbers, and creating sets and costumes. Saturday will be an informal show for parents. Come ready to move, sing, learn, focus, and have lots of fun! 3:30-5pm. $140 (plus $17.50 materials fee)
Dalcroze Takes the Stage — en français! | 5-12 year olds - A high level of French fluency is required. This is a performance-oriented Dalcroze camp. We will split our weekdays between learning through body movement, rehearsing musical numbers, and creating sets and costumes. Saturday will be an informal show for parents. Come ready to move, sing, learn, focus, and have lots of fun! 1:30-3pm. $140 (plus $17.50 materials fee)
At Westminster University
Scholarships available! Please email to inquire: mira@rythmiquemusicschool.com
Age 4-6: Introduction to Music through Movement
Dalcroze Eurhythmics classes use movement, rhythm games, songs, and stories as keys to exploring musical concepts.
Through a spirit of play and active listening, students develop rudimentary musical concepts of register, pulse, phrase, rhythm notation, and pitch. Classes begin September 11th, 2023 and end May 20th, 2024 (28 classes). $445 (full year). Free trial class.
•Tuesday, 4:10-4:55pm at Westminster College Piano Lab (age 4-6)
•Bilingual French-English: Wednesday 3:40-4:25pm at Continuum Mind + Body Collaborative (age 4-6). No French proficiency required
Age 6-12: Immersive Music Theory
The Rhythmic-Solfège sequence allows students to deepen their musicianship through movement, work with props, note-reading, improvisation, and collaboration with others. Appropriate for students in grade school.
Benefits of Rhythmic-Solfège include improved intonation, finer listening capability, better ensemble skills, energetic rhythmic and metric vitality, and a deepened understanding of musical analysis, nuance, and aesthetics as they relate to performance.
The complete progression of five levels will provide students with a solid and comprehensive music education. We are currently offering levels I through III. Please email mira@rythmiquemusicschool.com for placement by instructor consultation.
Classes for 2023-24 begin September 11th and end May 20th (28 classes). A metallophone is required and can be purchased with registration. $468-$514 (full year). Free trial class.
Rhythmic-Solfège I (age 6-9) / Rhythmic-Solfège II (age 7-10) combined class:
•Wednesday, 4:30-5:20pm at Continuum Mind + Body Collaborative
•En français! Monday, 4:10-5pm at Westminster College Rehearsal Room
Rhythmic-Solfège III (age 8-12) bilingual French/ English:
•Monday, 5:10-6:10pm at Westminster College Rehearsal Room
Age 9-14: Embodied ear training for instrumentalists
Dalcroze Enrichment classes give instrumentalists a musical edge and support study on any instrument.
Dalcroze training uses body movement and interactive activities such as games with a ball, hoops, or other props, to increase coordination and discuss musical topics of pulse, tempo, tonality, meter, and phrasing. Group activities help develop ensemble skills. Appropriate for students with 1-4 years of instrumental or vocal study, or students who do not play an instrument by instructor approval. No instrument needed for class. Classes for 2023-24 begin September 11th and end May 20th (14 classes). $234 (full year). Free trial class.
Every other Tuesday, 6-6:50pm at Westminster College Piano Lab
(ages 9-11 and 12-14 alternate weeks)
Intro to Group Piano
For students currently enrolled in a Dalcroze course, this is a chance to connect what they are learning through movement with the piano keyboard in a group setting. Taught by Juilliard-trained pianist and Dalcroze-certified teacher Eric Barnhill.
10-week spring session: January 13th-March 23rd. $210
Saturdays, 9:30-10:15am. At Westminster Piano Lab.
Ages 7-9, or students in RS I who will turn 7 this academic year)
Dalcroze Eurhythmics for Adults
Enrichment class for adults interested in exploring connections between music and movement. The next classes take place on Thursday evenings:
May 30th
June 27th
July 25th
Please RSVP to Mira@rythmiquemusicschool.com or (312) 513-6422 for time and location.
Private Cello Lessons
Ages 5 through adult.
Private instruction for beginner through advanced levels.
In-person lessons include monthly cello group classes, Dalcroze enrollment, two studio recitals per year, the option of participating in the National Federation of Music Clubs cello festival each spring, and school field trips. Lessons start at 30 minutes, through 75 minutes.
In English or French with Mira Larson.
Scholarships
We want you to be part of our community regardless of your budget! One pay-what-you-can spot is available in each group class. Simply send a letter of request to mira@rythmiquemusicschool.com. Sibling discounts (20%) and referral discounts (20% for both families) are also available when you register.
Cello scholarships are currently offered on a case-by-case basis.