Music and Art Discovery (formerly Music and Art for age 3/4)

Medley Class | This program is completed

age 3/4

9/10/2020-1/21/2021

3:00 PM-4:30 PM EDT on Th

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$935.00

$30.00

In Music, your child is introduced to the joy of music making through singing, percussion instruments, dancing, musical games and stories. Basic musical concepts are introduced along with Group Piano Instruction. Your child’s curiosity to play the piano will be enhanced with other classmates through improvisation with sounds, notes and musical stories. Make this your child’s first step to learning and enjoying music!

In Art, children will explore their creativity and imagination through various art techniques, including painting, drawing and collage. Children will explore materials, tools and the process of art making with step by step guided instruction. The goal of this class is for students to create a vocabulary of art and a mastery of the tools used to create art, which helps to increase their confidence in creation. Students will create both flat and 3D artworks through the exploration of texture, pattern and color.

Music and Art Discovery is led by Suzanne Dirks and Colleen Itzen, a teaching team who collaborate together on the curriculum to create a fun and meaningful class experience for your child!

  • Due to COVID-19 restrictions, all classes are capped at 6 students.
  • Strict hand washing, materials cleaning and social distancing will be observed. Masks are required. Singing is eliminated.
Itzen, Colleen

With over 20 years of teaching music and movement classes from age 2 through Lower School, Colleen’s specialty is to reinforce teachers' curriculums through singing, movement, playing instruments, musical games and stories, and learning fundamentals of music. Through a multi-sensory, hands-on-approach to learning music, each child's music potential is explored and developed. Percussion, Hand Bells, Recorders, and Orff instruments are taught in conjunction with the curriculum and used in performances. In addition to a percussion background, Colleen teaches piano to all ages, including adults. After graduating Magna Cum Laude in Piano Performance with a Bachelor of Music from Covenant College, she continued her education with classes at the Juilliard School Extension Division, and has certification in the Orff, Kindermusik, and Musikgarten Methods of teaching and is also a member of MTNA (Music Teachers National Association.)

Dirks, Suzanne

Suzanne Dirks grew up and still resides in Greenwich Village. She attended Greenwich House Music School for many years as a child and went on to get a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Maryland Institute College of Art, as a Fibers major. She brings her passion for creating art with unique materials to Art 1 and Art 2 at Greenwich House.