• The Learn * Create * Share Music with Mr Anthony [Anthony has a degree in music from UCI, studies piano, and was a triple Gold Medalist at the 2010 World Choir Games]. Mon, Fri: 3:30-5:00, Grades K-8, in the Kiwanis Music Lab. Early Piano instruction gives students a lifelong advantage in visual-spatial reasoning skills (math smarts!) and has been correlated with improved performance in all academic subjects. The course begins with piano and branches out into other instruments and voice. The learning path consists of three steps: 1. Learn Three Songs on the Piano using the Soft Mozart® method; 2. Create a Multi-Instrument Musical Recording in GarageBand (e.g., piano & drums); 3. Share Your Performance with family and friends on your online Learning Journal. To join please complete the Q3 Music Lab Afterschool Signup Form and bring a check to your first class. Places are limited!
• Questions About the Program? Please send email to <akaneaster@gmail.com>

For beginners to expert players in K-8.

Violin with Mikhail will meet on Mondays & Thursdays from 3:30-4:30 in the Seminar-Recital room. Students will use their own violin or a rental violin (Contact Mikhail to learn more: mikhailborisovsky@gmail.com. Note: student who already play other string instruments– cello, viola– are welcome). Lessons will be held in small-groups (divided
by ability–see below the jump for Notes on Advantages of Group Music Lessons).
Violin with Mikhail will be the model for a future Old Town Academy strings program (designed to begin in 4th grade, during our 2nd year of operation, to build on the basic Piano and note-reading skills students develop in the Kiwanis Music Lab in grades K-3) and will eventually allow OTA students to start working with the Mainly Mozart Festival teaching artists. First class is Thursday, Feb 23. Click here to download: VIOLIN Q3 After-school Signup Form.

Mr. Borisovsky is an accomplished pianist and violinist from Kharkov, Ukraine. His background encompasses both folk and classical music. You can hear a clip of his music (on violin with Kora- a 21-string bridge-harp from West Africa) here.

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For beginner-intermediate to expert players in K-8.

Piano with Andy will meet on Tu and Friday from 3:30-5:00 in the Seminar-Recital room and use the Baldwin and Yamaha keyboards for small-group lessons (limited to 4 players–See below the jump for Notes on Advantages of Group Music Lessons). Piano with Andy will be a natural next-step for students who have mastered the basics of Piano and reading music in the Kiwanis Music Lab and who have a real desire to take their piano playing to the next level. First class is Tuesday, Feb 21. Click here to download: PIANO Afterschool Sign-up Form.

You can hear a clip of Mr. Ingersoll’s playing here: Andy Ingersoll “Spheres” clip.

Questions About the Program? Please send email to <a.ingersoll@att.net>

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Mr Anthony Kaneaster, who currently teaches Keyboarding & GarageBand in the Kiwanis Music Lab on Mondays and Fridays, will start offering a Choir/Voice Club on Wednesdays (3:30-5:00) also in the Kiwanis Music Lab. The club is open to all OTA students in K-8 and will start Wed, Feb 8. Please download Q3 CHOIR After-school signup form to enroll: have your child bring the signed form to tomorrow’s class.

You can hear “Mr. A” and his UC Irvine based choir group performing “Shenandoah” here.

• Questions About the Program? Please send email to <akaneaster@gmail.com>

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