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Songbirds: Introductory
Key Concepts
- Warm-ups
- Technical Exercises
- Sol-fa/Solfège Exercises
- Ear Training
- Rhythm Reading
- Sight Singing
- Theory
- Repertoire
Warm-ups and Technical Exercises
- Solfège activities
- tongue twisters
- scales, triads, and arpeggios
- minor triads and scales
- chromatic exercises
- seasonal singing activities
Solfège Studies
Introductory vocal studies for fun warm-ups and vocal discovery and sight singing development
These short singing exercises incorporate both solfège and lyrics.
Solfège Studies are best learned and performed without piano accompaniment.
Song Adventures
Engaging, easy-to-learn songs crafted for young singers to enjoy while developing independent singing skills and pitch accuracy.
Repertoire
- Age and skill level appropriate songs
- Lyric and vocal exploration pages for engaging, productive lessons
- Professional backing tracks with and without melody guides (as required, not all repertoire)
- Downloadable PDF’s
- Repertoire Workshopping and Assessments
Overview
Our beginner class for students ages 6+
This program is specially designed with young singers in mind. This level is developed for students ages six and up who are new to music lessons and are developing pitch accuracy. Students will learn foundational singing concepts such as pitch, breath energy, diction, and rhythm as well as vocal exploration and musicianship in a fun and inclusive environment. Classes include carefully selected songs with age-appropriate lyrics that children can relate to for expressive singing.
Backing tracks for their songs and exercises are also provided on an as-needed basis for practice at home so they are guided all the way! This class is a great introduction to voice for children at an affordable expense for parents.
Our classes introduce and foster a love of music first and foremost. We aim to have fun engaging lessons while always learning something new 🎶
Little Songbirds is an introductory singing class for children ages 5 - 6 who love to sing!
Students will learn foundational singing concepts such as pitch, breath energy, diction, and rhythm as well as vocal exploration and musicianship in a fun and inclusive environment. Classes include carefully selected songs with age-appropriate lyrics that children can relate to for expressive singing.
Our classes introduce and foster a love of music first and foremost. We aim to have fun engaging lessons while always learning something new 🎶
Pre-readers
Little songbirds is designed for children who are not yet at reading level but will still explore lyrics, sight words and expressive words enhancing their literacy and lyric knowledge
Technique
Little Songbirds teaches foundational singing concepts, vocal exploration, and musicianship in a FUN and inclusive environment
Building directly from our Introductory level Songbirds: Level One covers the following concepts:
Sight Singing
DO to High DO'; Middle C to High C
Note Identification on Treble Staff (Letters; Fixed DO; DO - TI)
Steps and Skips
Scales, Triads and Arpeggios
Technique
Breath Technique
Speech Sounds; Primary Vowels
Articulation: Staccato and Legato; Fermata (Sustained notes)
Dynamics: Crescendo and Decrescendo; pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff
Performance Technique
Song Introductions
Microphone Technique
Scales
Major Scale
Chromatic Scale
Rhythm & Time
Crotchet, Minim, Semibreve, Quavers Notes & Rests; Dotted Notes
2/4, 3/4, 4/4
Music Theory
Writing Music
Musical Alphabet
Keyboard Geography
Accidentals
Semitones
Aural
Melodic Sing-Back / Call and Response
Interval Identification and Singing
Ascending: major 2nd, major 3rd, perfect 4th, perfect 5th, Octave
Descending: minor 3rd, Perfect 4th, Octave