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Individual Lessons

Theory and Solfège Classes

Harmony and Analysis Classes

Accompaniment Classes

Ensembles

Individual Lessons

Each student at S.P.A.C.E receives one individual lesson per week. At each lesson, the instructor observes and listens to the student playing several pieces or exercises. This usually includes material the student has previously learned, as well as the piece the student is currently working on. The instructor will also introduce new material. The parent attends each lesson and helps the student work on the material throughout the week of practice at home.

The length of the lesson depends on the student's age, attention span, and level of advancement. Generally, beginners start with 30 minute lessons. As the student advances, the length of the lessons (60 minutes) may increase and the student will be introduced to reading music.

Theory and Solfège

This class is designed to teach students the basic building blocks of music. Emphasis is on ear training, solfege singing, ensemble and rhythm activities, sight reading, movement and music creativity. The classes are the beginning of simple harmonization of melodies and selected harmonic progressions through singing and keyboard performance.

Theory and Solfège lessons are designed Beginner-Intermediate-Advance. Level I and II are disigned as one academic  year. Level III and IV are each one semester. Students take three tests each quarter. (One oral, two writing) Students are expected to complete homework assignments for theory classes. End of every academic year tests are given which determine if the student will move to the next level. The class will be held once a week for forty-five minutes.

"Solfège" came from French solfège in the 1910s. The French word in turn came from the Italian solfeggio, which is a combination of sol and fa. Its equivalent in Early Modern English is sol-fa.

Mondays

Level I         5:30pm - 6:15pm

Level II        6:15pm - 7:00pm

Harmony and Analysis

This  forty-five minutes class investigates harmonic structure in music through improvisation, composition, analysis, and keyboard performance.

At S.P.A.C.E students learn the precious art of harmony and composition writing/analysis techniques. This enables the students to write and understand music with grace, elegance, distinction, and especially clearness of ideas. Without this instruction, the writing style of the student can be awkward and heavy; moreover, it is this that teaches us the art of

  • rich, entrancing, or smooth sonorities
  • happy modulations coming sensibly and appropriately
  • true equilibrium
  • balanced proportions within the tonal edifice

Students may take this class with the Advance level of Theory and Solfège class. The class consists of two levels. Students will take three exams each semester. Accomplished students will continue to the next level every other semester.

This class is required for gifted and advance level students.

Thursdays

4:00 p.m  Level I                    5:00 p.m Level II

Each level is one semester.

Accompaniment Classes

This class is open to upper-intermediate, advanced and to gifted students. It teaches players the communication in music with eachother to accomplish their ensemble. The class is organized in workshop format. In the class each pair performs for their colleagues and in turn observes the others' instruction, scores in hand. Intensive study of technical as well as interpretive aspects of each sonata will be the focus. Performance presence and refinement of ensemble playing, discussion and hearing of concepts will be encouraged.

To be a very good accompanist, a piano player should be an excellent sight-reader. At S.P.A.C.E advance piano students learn to accompany and sight-read as well. They are taught to follow the soloist with elasticity and to understand the shading and the slight infractions of the rhythm. All successful students will have an opportunity to accompany for Suzuki and voice students and perform in their recitals.

Ensembles

Chamber Ensembles

S.P.A.C.E offers chamber music coaching of string, woodwind, brass, percussion, piano, guitar, and mixed ensembles of interested and qualified students each year. Chamber ensembles meet weekly and are coached by experienced professional chamber musicians. Groups will be determined by age, ability, and instrumentation. Students are expected to participate to numerous performance opportunities and two end-of-semester workshops throughout the year.

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