Jan Harvey's Music and Movement for Children - Kelowna's preschool music program.

Jan Harvey Music and Movement for Children, Kelowna, BC

Jan Harvey Kelowna

New this year! Music and Movement for Babies (6-18 months) and Music and Movement for Toddlers (18-30 months). See below for more information.

Jan's program is based on the Orff Schulwerk, a program for musical education devised by German composer, Carl Orff. Children create and enjoy music in groups, actively participating in a process that motivates and excites them about the joy of music.

The elements of music, pitch, timbre, dynamics, duration, tempo, form, colour and texture are explored daily. Children participate in speech, singing, movement, use of instruments, notation and theory development. Jan's program is creative, ever changing and fascinating to children, being based on their own interests and the events and seasons of their young lives. The transition to private lessons for students from Jan's program is easy.

Above all, the program builds a lifelong love of music and the confidence to express this love through participation in musical experience. What greater gift could be given to a child?

Jan Harvey currently offers both music and music/art classes. Weekly lessons are 45-60 minutes long, with caregivers joining in for the final five minutes. Jan provides a folder and duotang for each child which is filled with musical lessons and exercises over the course of the year.

There are two semesters in Jan's teaching year: September through December, and February through May. She has found that taking a break in January is great for both families and teachers alike.

Music Classes
Classes are divided into age groups and are available to children aged 3 through 5. Visit our schedule page for more info.

New this year!

Music and Movement for Babies (6 - 18 months) and Music and Movement for Toddlers (18 - 30 months).

These parent participation classes are instructed by Crystal Doughty. Cost is $180 per semester (plus $20 registration fee). See our schedule page for Friday morning class schedule.

Crystal Doughty has an extensive background in music, ranging from solo performance to teaching to collaboration with other artists. She holds a B.Mus. Degree from the University of Victoria, as well as a M.Mus. Degree from the University of Toronto. She has also studied at the Victoria Conservatory of Music, the Banff Centre for the Arts, the Glenn Gould School through the Royal Conservatory of Music, and the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. Crystal moved to Kelowna in 2005, where she currently teaches piano and theory at the Kelowna Community Music School. Having two small boys of her own, her passion for Early Childhood Music has grown in the last couple of years. She began teaching babies, toddlers, and preschoolers in a group setting, as well as working with preschools and daycares in June, 2011. Crystal enjoys sharing her passion for music with others through teaching and performing. Meet Crystal on our photo page.

LINKS TO JAN'S FAVOURITES:

www.NatashaHarveyArt.ca.

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