In this
issue
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- School holiday
program
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- Term 4 dates and
venues
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- Why our music works
magic!
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Take
Note: choir
ensemble
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- Staff news
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- Check out our
products
In
other news
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New
in Term 4
dance
classes
at Elsternwick
for
3-6yr olds
Mondays
9.30 -10.00am
Our very special teacher Cathy Winestone will run the classes. Click here for
more information.
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book
We are excited to announce that
we have now donated proceeds from our 5 Cds with 130 songs
for children to The Autism Centre - Learning For Life… We are yet to have an official
launch so watch this space. Click here for more
information.
Invite
Music Works Magic to your
centre to work with your staff or your children.
Join
ourProfessional Learning Workshops. CallAnna
0425854020 or email anna@musicworksmagic.com
Reminder
Term 4
enrolments are now due. Please ensure you let us know if you wish
to return.
(Download
form here)
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We begin our holiday
programConga
Line Time!Currently
running at our main studio in Elsternwick, we have small groups
booked each day this week and next. Children experience part
singing, with parents and older siblings moving and dancing along.
What makes our holiday program so special? It's our time to explore
some beautiful instruments… exploring wonderful timbres, rhythms,
melodies and harmonies. Experience a wonderful sense of being a
part of a ‘music making community’! If you wish to join us, please
call 0425854020 or email anna@musicworksmagic.comto
book in.
The program runs daily @ 10am for babies and children
aged 0-8yrs. We will run babies classes Tuesdays @ 11.45 and
Wednesdays @ 12 noon.
Having finished our third
term of music, we’d like to say how much we’ve enjoyed sharing
music, dance, stories, puppets and instruments with your
children. It’s been a delight seeing every
one of them gaining more confidence as they begin to find and
explore their own, unique singing voices. We look forward to
seeing many of our children return for term 4 to continue the
developmental process.
Term
4 begins on Monday October 5th. We have classes definitely
planned for
- Elsternwick Monday- Saturday
daily
- Hawthorn - Wednesdays
- Eltham North - Mondays, Wednesdays and
Thursdays
- and wait-listings for several other suburbs
We’d
like to share a little with you about our philosophy of early
childhood music education, and what we do that makes a
difference.
Our voice is our first
instrument
At Music Works Magic, we understand that the voice is
our first instrument and that if you can sing in tune, you know how
to listen and recall the sounds that you hear. This is an
important foundation for all learning.
And, if you want your child to
learn to play an instrument, it’s vital they master their first
instrument - the voice - and learn to sing in tune. Good musicians always sing. This
process can begin with babies. When we interact with our
children, eliciting responses from them,
in sound, song, movement and dance we grow their musical intelligence. This
process is particularly important from the birth of your child up
until the age of 7.
What we do as
teachers
As teachers, we provide a
‘live’ singing model so the children can hear us sing and
importantly, hear their own voices. We also sing ‘high’, in a
child-friendly voice so that children learn to distinguish between
their speaking and singing voices.
Each term, we focus on a
different theme, exploring traditional songs and nursery rhymes as
well as folk songs and those written especially for children. We
vocalise and encourage the children and parents to make the most
wonderful sounds.
Every week in class, we include
creative movement and practice rhythm and pitch. We also share a
musical story book which our teachers sing and where the children
have the chance to practice their listening
skills.
Listening is an important part
of our program. Our program also provides opportunities
for audiation or inner hearing. This is where we hear the
sounds in our heads - an essential skill for all
musicians.
This term, the children have
brought much enthusiasm, focus and joy to our classes
together.
We look forwsard to sharing
more music with them again next term.
Take
Note
Our
Magic Voices Children's
Chior is singing beautifully, having worked very hard to learn
a lovely repertoire. We are continuing to do just that this term
and having lots of fun playing musical games that help us pitch our
voices accurately, breathe, stand with good posture, annunciate and
sing with enthusiasm! We are looking forward to performing at our
end of year concerts. Dates to be confirmed.
Our Toot Suite Beginner Recorder
Ensemble is working
remarkably well, learning our sixth note for the year… but we have
learned about all sorts of rhythms and have a repertoire of some 2
dozen songs. The children are practicing well and making good
progress preparing for our end of year concert.
Our
Toot Encore Advanced Recorder
Ensemble are playing a variety of pieces and exploring a number
of 3 part pieces in a number of genres, from Australian Folk songs
through classical, jazz and a fabulous traditional African piece.
Watch for them at our concert.
Our
Private Instrumental
Program is running
well, with both children and adults currently taking lessons on the
following instruments: Piano, Voice, Flute, Recorder, Clarinet,
Cornet, Guitar, Violin and Cello. We look forward to hearing
many of you perform and share your music in our 1 hour family
concert in December.
Staff
News
We
are very excited to announce that
Laura Uhe has returned, following
her Flamenco dancing stint with
the Australian
Opera in
Taiwan in
their production of Carmen.
Deb
Burnett will offer classes
on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings in
Eltham.
Mary
Muirhead will offer classes
in Hawthorn on Wednesday
mornings and of course Anna
Mlynek-Kalman,
Laura Uhe Cathy Winestone and
Niamh Parkinson will continue
offering classes at Elsternwick with Cathy offering our
new dance
classes.
We
currently service the following childcare centres with wonderful
music sessions: Laura Uhe teaching
at Robert Cocheraines in Hawthorn,
Emily
Muschol teaching at
Albert Park
College Child Care Centre, John
Street Kindergarten in Fitzroy,
Clarendon Children’s Centre in South
Melbourne,
Debbie
Brady at West Hawthorn Child Care
Centre , Niamh Parkinson at
Curzon Street North
Melbourne, Canterbury and
District Preschool, and
Auburn South Preschool, Viv
Kalman at Sholem Aleichem
College Preschool and Cathy Winestone at Shine
Early
Learning Centre in
Clarinda.
Anna
Mlynek-Kalman continues her
consultancy to the instrumental program at
Sholem
Aleichem
College in
Elsternwick. More
information...
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