Leeson Park School Of MusicColorstrings / Music Kindergarten
Introduction
Colourstrings is a fully integrated approach to music education for young children, which was developed by the Hungarian born violin pedagogue Geza Szilvay. Based on Kodály principles this approach starts in Music Kindergarten and takes the young child on a wonderful adventure through musicland where their sense of pitch and rhythm is developed alongside the training of the inner ear. Basic music concepts such as high/low, loud/soft, fast/slow are introduced but always within the framework of age appropriate games and activities.
Music Kindergarten classes are suitable for children from one year upwards to six and a half years of age. There are special baby groups for babies from 3-12 months. Children aged one to four have to be accompanied by an adult, children aged four or older go into the class on their own.
LPSM offers instrumental training for violin, cello, guitar, piano and flute. This training builds on the foundations already laid in Music Kindergarten and through the use of Kodály ear training exercises. A colour coded system of notation simplifies the process of learning to read music. Correct technical foundations are carefully laid alongside the continuous development of the child's musical intelligence. Most importantly, a Colourstrings trained child learns to hear inwardly what he/she is reading. Therefore plays he or she will play with a much deeper sense of understanding and musicality. Colourstrings instrumental training is suitable for beginners aged six or seven years who have done at least two years of Music Kindergarten training.
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Contact us on 01 – 496 7890 or enquiries@lpsm.ie