| Beverly Milder’s Musical Arts isn’t just for kids. Approximately 18% of our students are adults. Nearly half of our school is comprised of students in private lessons, which are offered to adults, older students and those graduating from the Harmony Road Music curriculum. | |
Piano Lessons: Private piano lessons are available to class program graduates,transfer students and beginning piano students 5th grade through adults. Those younger than 5th grade have graduated from our Harmony Road Music curriculum classes. We teach all styles of music based on a classical foundation of correct techniques, reading skills and theory. Students play music from all periods and styles including classical, jazz and contemporary. Many opportunities are available to students who want to perform, as well as enter competitions. We want our students to enjoy their lessons,but we also expect them to practice at home in order to progress.Our faculty is qualified to teach beginning, intermediate and advanced students. |
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| Voice Lessons:
Having a beautiful voice alone is not enough to sing well. Our goal is to develop musically educated singers ages 5th grade through adults. We assist students with how to sing properly so they can keep their voices healthy for many years. We focus on four basic areas: |
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• Vocal techniques • Breathing techniques • Sight singing, ear development, music reading, and repertoire • Musicianship skills during the voice lessons and at home. |
Learning to sing properly is only part of voice lesson training; learning about music is the other important component. We help develop an accurate sense of hearing (ear training), teach how to sight sing (singing apiece of music the student has not previously seen or heard) and focus on learning to read music. Since each lesson is recorded, students can practice daily with their audiotape for music accompaniment and instruction. Students typically sing from the following categories: classical, popular and musical theatre. It is important for voice students to develop a library of music suited to their particular voice type. Since your entire body is the instrument, we strongly believe in keeping healthy and physically fit. |
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| Guitar
Lessons: We teach classical guitar using acoustic guitars with nylon strings. Our focus is on note reading, chords and theory, as well as posture and other techniques. Classical training gives students a strong foundation in understanding everything about the guitar so that they can expand their repertoire in the future to include rock, jazz, blues and popular music. |
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