Class Descriptions
This class (45 minutes per week) is designed to bring the joy of music and movement to babies & preschoolers (Birth to age 3) and their caregivers. (Classes in this series include Sing with Me, On a Trip, Animal Friends, Clap with Me, Play with Me, Dance with Me, My Day, and New Friends on a rotation.)
Activities include singing, dancing, focused listening and simple instrument playing, creating an environment in which the child's music aptitude is nurtured and skills are developed.
Materials: Digital Download, book & Rhythm Sticks (already have sticks - you may be able to swap for another instrument)
Lynelle Vogel, teacher
MIXED AGE CLASS OPTION - it is possible to have your children a little older (up to age 6) attend/participate with your younger child. Speak to Lynelle Vogel about pricing and if this would work for your family and the class.
Monday class days, 10:00 - 10:45 am 10/6, 10/20, 10/27, 11/3, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24, 12/1, 12/8, 12/15
Thursday class days, 10:15 - 11:00 am 10/2, 10/9, 10/23, 10/30, 11/6 (school is not in session), 11/13, 11/20, 12/4, 12/11, 12/18
COST FOR ADDITIONAL CHILDREN IS LOWER - ASK FOR DETAILS.
Make-ups, if needed, will be added to the end of the semester.
No class on Warsaw Schools' Fall Break (10/13-17)
| Registration Fee: | $50.00 |
| Total: | 175.00 |
This class (45 minutes per week) is designed to nurture the independence and imagination of the 3 and 4 year old. Classes include Wind Dancers, Sun Catchers, My Neighborhood, My Home Place and Seashore on a rotation.
Activities include singing, chants and rhymes, listening games, patterns to echo, and movement games, all of which nurture the child's musical development while satisfying the child's need to learn in a holistic environment. Children will play various instruments including increasing use of resonator bars and will begin to learn the musical languages of solfege (do, re, mi) and Gordon rhythm language.
Parents stay for the class, although some of the activities are designed to have the children participate independently of their parents. Occasionally, children participate without a parent -- contact the teacher before registering if you need this option.
Materials: 2 CD's & digital download, nature cards
Lynelle Vogel, teacher
Monday 11:00 - 11:45 am, class days: 10/6, 10/20, 10/27, 11/3, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24, 12/1, 12/8, 12/15
Thursdays 9:15 - 10:00 am, class days: 10/2, 10/9, 10/23, 10/30, 11/6 (school is not in session), 11/13, 11/20, 12/4, 12/11, 12/18
Classes do NOT meet on Warsaw School's Fall Break 10/13-17.
Make-ups, if needed, will be added to the end of the semester.
| Registration Fee: | $55.00 |
| Total: | 180.00 |
This class (45 minutes per week) cultivates the child's musical development through songs, tonal and rhythm patterns, poetry and stories, movement activities, listening games, instrumental play and manipulative games. Music skills such as pitch matching, beat competency, ensemble development, and music notation are dealt with using themes taken from the child's home environment and natural surroundings. Songs and activities will be about the Woods and the animals that live there. Children will begin to spend more time playing Orff instruments such as resonator bars, xylophones and glockenspiels. THIS IS PRE-PIANO 1 - with some Piano/Keyboard activities included.
Materials: folder/poster, booklet, class materials, CD or digital download.
Lynelle Vogel, teacher
MONDAY class days, 1:15 - 2:00 pm 10/6, 10/20, 10/27, 11/3, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24, 12/1, 12/8, 12/15
Make-ups, if needed, will be added to the end of the semester. No class on Warsaw Schools' Fall Break (10/13-17)
| Registration Fee: | $50.00 |
| Total: | 175.00 |
This Pre-Piano 2 class is designed for 5 through 7 year olds (children in Pre-K with music experience, Kindergarteners and 1st graders not yet ready for piano lessons.) In this 45 minute per week class, children explore the music, dances, composers and stories of the British Isles (Enland, Wales, Ireland, Scotland). As always, the key ingredients are singing, listening, playing instruments, movement, and tonal and rhythm patterns. Through echoing patterns, the children will build a vocabulary of musical phrases which they can recognize aurally and visually, leading to an understanding of musical notation. Keyboard will be introduced. (Classes in this series include African-American Heritage, British Isles, Native American and Germany on a Rotation.)
Parents are encouraged to join for the last 10 minutes of class on certain days - you will be informed in advance. Parents are welcome to attend the entire class if they wish.
Lynelle Vogel, teacher
Materials: CD & digital download, folder, song pages, and notation games.
THURSDAYS, 1:15 - 2:00 pm - class days:
10/2, 10/9, 10/23, 10/30, 11/6 (school is not in session), 11/13, 11/20, 12/4, 12/11, 12/18
Make-ups, if needed, will be added to the end of the semester.
No class on Warsaw Schools' Fall Break (10/13-17)
| Registration Fee: | $50.00 |
| Total: | 175.00 |
The final step on the pathway to music literacy, this program is designed to teach children to play the songs they've been hearing, singing, and dancing to throughout the years of early-childhood. An extension of the work done in Music Makers: Around the World, this class follows a very sequential approach to building piano skills and understanding musical notation as set forth in the books, Music Makers: At the Keyboard. Emphasis begins with playing by ear and will gradually introduce note reading. We will continue to sing, dance and play other instruments (drums, Orff instruments such as xylophones, glockenspiels.)
Group piano lessons are FUN, engaging and encourage playing in front of others. Children want to continue! Five years of group piano lessons are available. Child must have a piano or keyboard with at least 61 keys to participate. Recommended for 1st - 3rd grades. KINDERGARTENERS ONLY ACCEPTED IF CONFIRMED AFTER SUMMER PIANO CAMP.
A Parent Orientation meeting with teacher is required before acceptance into Beginning Piano Class. This will be scheduled at your convenience as soon as possible.
THIS IS A SCHOOL-YEARLONG CLASS.
Mondays, 4:30 - 5:30 pm Begins 8/25 - last class Fall 12/15; Spring Semester 1/15 - 4/13
FULL - ASK FOR WAITING LIST
Wednesdays, 4:30 - 5:30 pm Begins 9/3 - last class Fall 12/10; Spring Semester 1/7 - 4/1
Thursdays, 6:30 - 7:30 pm Begins 9/4 - last class Fall 12/11; Spring Semester 1/8 - 4/2
Make-ups, if needed, will be added to the end of the semester. No class during Warsaw Schools' Fall (10/13-17), Thanksgiving (11/25-28) or Spring Break (4/6-10).
CLASS IS BILLED FOR THE YEAR; however, you may pay as you like as long as the semester's bill is paid in FULL by the next to last class. I accept cash, checks, credit cards in the studio, VENMO and PayPal. MusicLink Scholarships are also available -- see section of my website for further information. IF YOU DIVIDE OUT THE SCHOOL-YEAR TOTAL, IT COMES OUT TO APPROXIMATELY $22 PER WEEK FOR 1 HOUR CLASS TIME -- CHEAPER THAN PROBABLY ANYONE IN TOWN.
WHY DO I REQUIRE A SCHOOL-YEAR COMMITMENT?
1) Because I teach in Groups, I cannot add students to Groups if someone drops out; whereas Private Teachers can add a new student whenever they want. So, to remain in business, I need the longer commitment.
2) Groups become friends and partners in learning and children dropping out mid-year hinders the learning process.
3) Groups need to stay the correct size -- too large isn't good; but too small is probably even worse! A Group Class of 2 or 3 really doesn't function like a Group any more.
4) We play ensembles which require all the students participating together -- like a "band" or a "sports team", each individual has an important part to play.
5) It is good for children to learn to make and stick to commitments. Piano is a commitment in my Studio.
| Tuition: | $221.00 per semester |
| Registration Fee: | $60.00 Fall + $60.00 Winter/Spring |
| Total: | $562.00 (year) |
During the second year of Group Keyboard lessons, children will continue to play by ear while transitioning to playing "off the page." Improvisation, chords and playing in many keys are features of this year.
Lynelle Vogel, Teacher
THIS IS A SCHOOL-YEARLONG CLASS.
Tuesdays, 4:30 - 5:30 pm Begins 9/2 - last class Fall 12/9; Spring Semester 1/6 - 3/31
Wednesdays, 5:30 - 6:30 pm Begins 9/3 - last class Fall 12/10; Spring Semester 1/7 - 4/1
Make-ups, if needed, will be added to the end of the semester. No class during Warsaw Schools' Fall (10/13-17), Thanksgiving (11/25-28) or Spring Break (4/6-10).
| Tuition: | $221.00 per semester |
| Registration Fee: | $60.00 Fall |
| Total: | $506.00 Year |
The final step on the pathway to music literacy, this program is designed to teach children to play the songs they've been hearing, singing, and dancing to throughout the years of early-childhood. An extension of the work done in Music Makers: Around the World, this class follows a very sequential approach to building piano skills and understanding musical notation as set forth in the books, Music Makers: At the Keyboard. Emphasis begins with playing by ear and will gradually introduce note reading. We will continue to sing, dance and play other instruments (drums, Orff instruments such as xylophones, glockenspiels.)
Group piano lessons are FUN, engaging and encourage playing in front of others. Children want to continue! Four - five years of group piano lessons are available. Child must have a piano or keyboard with at least 61 keys to participate. Recommended for 1st - 3rd grades. (Kindergarteners only accepted if approved after summer Piano Camp.)
Parents, please note that once starting piano it is preferable to continue with some regularity for at least the first full year. Some private lessons are encouraged throughout the summer.
Materials: Red Book, 2 CD's/digital download (Fall) + Green Book, 2 CD's/digital download, instructional aids.
THIS IS A SCHOOL-YEARLONG CLASS.
Lynelle Vogel, teacher
Tuesdays 10:00 - 11:00 am First Class 8/26, Fall ends 12/9 (No Class 9/30); Spring Semester 1/6 - 3/31
Make-ups, if needed, will be added to the end of the semester. No class during Warsaw Schools' Fall (10/13-17), Thanksgiving (11/25-28) or Spring Break (4/6-10).
CLASS IS BILLED FOR THE YEAR; however, you may pay as you like as long as the semester's bill is paid in FULL by the next to last class. I accept cash, checks, credit cards in the studio, VENMO and PayPal. MusicLink Scholarships are also available -- see section of my website for further information.
WHY DO I REQUIRE A SCHOOL-YEAR COMMITMENT?
1) Because I teach in Groups, I cannot add students to Groups if someone drops out; whereas Private Teachers can add a new student whenever they want. So, to remain in business, I need the longer commitment.
2) Groups become friends and partners in learning and children dropping out mid-year hinders the learning process.
3) Groups need to stay the correct size -- too large isn't good; but too small is probably even worse! A Group Class of 2 or 3 really doesn't function like a Group any more.
4) We play ensembles which requires all the students participating together -- like a "band" or a "sports team", each individual has an important part ot play.
5) It is good for children to learn to make and stick to commitments. Piano is a commitment in my Studio.
| Tuition: | $221 per semester |
| Registration Fee: | $60.00 Fall |
| Total: | $502.00 (Year) |
During the third year of group piano lessons, transitioning to note-reading becomes the focus while continuing all the other musical literacy features of previous years (drumming, dancing, singing, improvising, card games, using other instruments such as resonator bars.)
Lynelle Vogel, teacher
Please note that Piano Classes are School-Yearlong Classes.
Mondays 5:30 - 6:30 pm Begins 8/25 - last class Fall 12/15; (No class 9/1, 9/29). Will meet Monday of Thanksgiving Week; Spring Semester 1/15-4/13Tuesdays 6:30 - 7:30 pm Begins 9/2 - last class Fall 12/9; Spring Semester 1/6 - 3/31
Thursdays, 4:30 - 5:30 pm Begins 9/4 - last class Fall 12/11 (CLASS WILL MEET on 11/6 even though school is out). Spring Semester 1/8 - 4/2
Make-ups, if needed, will be added to the end of the semester. No class during Warsaw Schools' Fall (10/13-17), Thanksgiving (11/25-28) or Spring Break (4/6-10).
| Tuition: | $221 per semester |
| Registration Fee: | $60.00 |
| Total: | $502.00 (Year) |
Lynelle Vogel, Teacher
Please note that Piano Classes are School-Yearlong classes.
Tuesdays, 5:30 - 6:30 pm Begins 9/2 - last class Fall 12/9; Spring Semester 1/6 - 3/31
Wednesdays, 6:30 - 7:30 pm Begins 9/3 - last class Fall 12/10; Spring Semester 1/7 - 4/1 (Class WILL meet 3/11.)
Make-ups, if needed, will be added to the end of the semester. No class during Warsaw Schools' Fall (10/13-17), Thanksgiving (11/25-28) or Spring Break (4/6-10). | Tuition: | $221 per semester |
| Registration Fee: | $60.00 |
| Total: | $502.00 (Year) |
Lynelle Vogel, Teacher
THIS IS A SCHOOL-YEARLONG CLASS.
Wednesday class: 10:45 - 11:45 am Begins 9/3 - last class of Fall 12/10; Spring Semester 1/7 - 4/1
Make-ups, if needed, will be added to the end of the semester. No class during Warsaw Schools' Fall (10/13-17), Thanksgiving (11/25-28) or Spring Break (4/6-10).
| Tuition: | $221 per semester |
| Registration Fee: | $60.00 |
| Total: | $502 (Year) |
PIANO IS A SCHOOL-YEARLONG CLASS.
Mondays, 6:30 - 7:30 pm Begins 8/25 - last class Fall 12/15 (No class 9/1, 9/29) Will meet Monday of Thanksgiving Week; Spring Semester 1/15-4/13 (First class is BEFORE school starts; No Class 1/19, 2/16 & Spring Break)
Thursdays, 5:30 - 6:30 pm Begins 9/4 - last class Fall 12/11 (Class Will meet 11/6); Spring Semester 1/8
- 4/2.
Make-ups, if needed, will be added to the end of the semester. No class during Warsaw Schools' Fall (10/13-17), Thanksgiving (11/25-28) or Spring Break (4/6-10).
| Tuition: | $221 per semester |
| Registration Fee: | $60.00 |
| Total: | $502.00 (Year) |
Class meets Wednesdays, 10:00 - 10:45 am. BEGINS 9/3; LAST CLASS 12/10; Spring Semester 1/7 - 4/1 (Class will meet 3/11)
PIANO IS A YEARLONG CLASS.
Make-ups, if needed, will be added to the end of the semester. No classes during Warsaw Schools' Fall Break (October 13-17) or Thanksgiving Week (11/25-28). No classes during Warsaw Schools' Spring Break April 6-10.
| Tuition: | $221.00 per semester |
| Registration Fee: | $60.00 Fall |
| Total: | $502 (Year) |
In this recreational music making class in Winona Lake, you will be playing the piano right away. We will take a non-pressured, non-stressful approach to ensure a comfortable learning environment for all.
Previous music experience and perceived talent are not required. Hours of dedicated time and practice are not required. You only need a love of music and the desire to make music! (A keyboard-preferably at least 61 keys or piano on which to practice is a necessity if you truly desire to make music outside of class, however!)
We will be learning how to read Lead Sheets of Christmas songs using solfege & note names, patterns, and how to read the chord symbols.
Lynelle Vogel, teacher
Adult Piano, Beginners/Continuing - Lead Sheet Christmas songs including how to figure out chord symbols using the book, "Easy Piano Lead Sheets and Chord Charts, Christmas Edition."
Thursdays, 11:30 am - 12:30 10/2, 10/9, 10/23, 10/30; 11/6, 11/13, 11/20; 12/4, 12/11, 12/18. (It may be possible to add dates in January in addition or to replace dates that don't work for participants.)
Please pay the $20 Materials/Registration Fee (part ot the total) in advance in order to have your book for the first class.
DISCOUNTS FOR PARENTS/GRANDPARENTS OF CURRENT STUDENTS - Take $50.00 off total.
| Registration Fee: | $20 |
| Total: | $190.00 total |
Each Gift Certificate is usable for one year from purchase.
| Tuition: | Usable for 1 year after purchase |
| Registration Fee: | 25.00 |
| Registration Fee: | $50.00 |
| Registration Fee: | $100.00 |