THE PROGRAM
Half Hour and Hour Sessions will be offered in the following disciplines:
PIANO I
This course introduces beginners to piano through
weekly individualized lessons. Participants will learn the keyboard, proper
posture, eye and hand coordination, hand positions, basic fingering techniques,
history of the piano, chord building and piano etiquette. Participants will play
easy solos, hymns and duets. Each person enrolled will be expected to perform in
a recital at the end of the Spring Semester.
Requirements/Prerequisites: Ages 5 and
up. Must know the alphabet and have an interest in music.
PIANO II
This course is designed for the individual who has
previous experience in piano or a continuation of Piano I. Emphasis will be on
the fundamentals of music, basic music theory, fingering exercises, liturgical
music, hymns, spirituals, mass, gospel, sight reading, rhythmic accuracy and
dynamic control. Enrolled participants will be expected to perform in a recital
at the end of the Spring Semester.
Requirements/Prerequisites: Must have
basic knowledge of piano and some playing experience or
Piano I or Placement Examination.
ORGAN I
Private instruction in organ emphasizing the
development of both technique and repertoire. This course is designed for the
individual who has a basic knowledge of the keyboard, based upon principles
taught in Piano II and will include preparatory pedal exercises to develop pedal
technique. The focus of this workshop is upon identification of organ, stops,
and registrations manual orientation found in church music. Short organ
selections by Bach, Mendelsohn, Brahms and Afro-American composers.
ORGAN II
This course is designed for the individual who has
previous experience in organ or a continuation of Organ II. Persons enrolling in
this class are required to perform various pieces in class and the student recital.
Course will consist of advanced manual and pedal technique with an emphasis on
church music.
Requirements/Prerequisites: Organ I or
Placement Exmaination
ELEMENTARY KEYBOARD (GROUP, SENIOR CITIZENS GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL)
Beginning course on the electronic keyboard. This
workshop will help familiarize persons on basic keyboard terminology, how to use
the given sounds on their instrument and teach beginning sequence recording
techniques on a keyboard.
Requirements/Prerequisites: Keyboard.
ADVANCED KEYBOARD (GROUP)
Intermediate to early advanced approach on the
keyboard as it relates to the computer and MIDI. Different software titles will
be explored to teach music writing and advanced sequencing on a desktop or
laptop computer. Proficient keyboard skills and some knowledge of the computer
are required.
VOICE I (INDIVIDUAL)
Private instruction providing an introduction to
the basic principles of singing which includes special emphasis upon posture,
breath support, ease, naturalness, free tone, pure vowels, song interpretation
and sight singing. This workshop offers practice and application based upon
these principles.
VOICE II (INDIVIDUAL)
Private instruction with an emphasis on
application and critical analysis upon the principles taught in Voice I.
Requirements/Prerequisites: Voice I or
Placement Examination
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