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Music for Young Families
Instructor: Crocker
Grade Level up to Gr. 5 | Semester Course Fee: $150 per FAMILY
Materials Fee:$10 per participant. Also purchase a soprano recorder. | Course length: 2 semesters
Min/Max enrollment:: 7 (with parents) Max 20 |
Instruction is for kids ages 6 - 10. One parent is expected to attend. Younger siblings are welcome. Students with hands big enough to reach the holes will learn to play a soprano recorder. This is a general music class in which students and their parents can learn and practice the FUN-damentals of music. Students will learn to play a recorder, to sing, sight sing, and sing in parts, and use some basic rhythm instruments. Parents will learn how to use music to help teach nearly any subject. No grades are awarded. |
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Beginning Band
Instructor: Crocker
Grade Level age 10 - ADULT!! | Semester Course Fee: $150, parents free.
Materials Fee:$15 per participant plus the purchase of beginning band book and CD. | Course length: 2 semesters
Min/Max enrollment:: 10 - no limit |
Parents are encouraged to participate! Learn to play a band instrument. I prefer to limit beginning students to these instruments: flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone. Students wishing to play percussion should begin on another instrument, or take piano lessons privately for the first year. Students will need to find or rent their own horn. Horns dug out of closets need to have maintenance performed on them. I can recommend a service. Students will need to purchase the beginning band book, Essential Elements 2000. These may be purchased wherever band insruments are sold or rented. Please purchase them together with practice DVD's for your horn. |
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Beginning Guitar
Instructor: Crocker (Weds)or Carlson (Tues)
Grade Level age 10 - ADULT!! | Semester Course Fee: $150, parents free.
Materials Fee:Carlson$5 per participant
Crocker: $15 per participant | Course length: 2 semesters
Min/Max enrollment:: 4/10 |
Guitar is an awesome instrument because the basics can be learned quite quickly. Beginning guitar is a fun class which will equip the students with not only basic chords, strumming, and plucking skills, but most importantly the confidence to play! By Christmas time we will be playing carols. The focus of the rest of the year will include children's songs, campfire songs, simple popular Christian hits and the fundamentals needed to begin leading worship. Acoustic instruments only. Fulfills 1 credit (one year) of Performing Arts if taken in grade 9 - 12. |
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Guitar II for Worship
Instructor: Crocker
Grade Level age 12 - ADULT!! | Semester Course Fee: $150, parents free.
Materials Fee: $30 per participant, includes all music. | Course length: 2 semesters
Min/Max enrollment:: 4/10 |
We will quickly review all first position chords and strum styles with various time signatures. Then we'll add bar chords, note reading, singing along, finger picking and flat picking styles, all using contemporary Christian music. Students will learn scales, how to transpose, basic chord theory and improvisation. We'll study ways to integrate hymns into a modern worship sound, some practical aspects of choosing new music, and learn how to listen to one another in a worship practice setting and offer positive critique of other members. Fulfills 1 credit (one year) of Performing Arts if taken in grade 9 - 12. |
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Choir
Instructor: Crocker
Grade Level age 10 - ADULT!! | Semester Course Fee: $150, parents free
Materials Fee:$35 per participant | Course length: 2 semesters
Min/Max enrollment:: 10 - no limit |
Sing and make music, even compose music to the Lord! This class will focus on ear training, voice training, and performance training through the use of choral literature from Renaissance through Contemporary Christian music. We will offer a concert at the end of each semester that will include smaller ensembles from within the group. Students may expect 1/2 - 2 hours of music theory homework and/or vocal practice each week. Fulfills 1 credit (one year) of Performing Arts if taken in grade 9 - 12. |
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Band / Orchestra
Instructor: Crocker or new instructor (strings)
Grade Level age 11 - ADULT!! | Semester Course Fee: $150, parents free
Materials Fee:$10 per participant. Students will purchase the appropriate technique and ensemble books for their instrument and level. A list will be provided prior to the start of class. | Course length: 2 semesters
Min/Max enrollment:: 10 - no limit |
If you've played an instrument for a year or more, then this is the place to improve your skills. Skill levels will vary, but this small group setting will improve everyone's skills in reading, technique, interpretation, music theory, and perhaps even improvising and composition. We will include every genre possible from classical to fiddle to jazz. Every student will be expected to perform at the San Juan Music Educator's Solo and Ensemble contests appropriate for your age level which takes place here at a public school in Whatcom County. If we have enough performers, we will also perform at the large group festivals. We will also perform a concert for our families each semester which will include solo and ensemble work. The grade will depend on skills achieved, concert attendance, outside concert attendance, practice records and some music theory work. High school band students are encouraged to join either Ferndale High School or Bellingham High School's marching band during the fall season. Practice for this may begin APRIL prior to the Fall marching season. Please check with Mrs. Crocker for how to contact the band directors for those groups. Note: You must provide your own horn. Be sure maintenance on your horn has been performed this summer, BEFORE band begins in the fall |
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