Fall/Winter 2008

15 week semester begins Saturday, September 27, 2008

$225 plus $25-30 for materials

click here to print the choir flyer / registration form

As long as I can remember I have always loved to sing. I was fortunate to have parents who encouraged my natural gift and also very fortunate that I lived in Poland, a country where day music schools were part of the school systems. I enjoyed playing the piano, learning about music harmony, theory, literature but "solfege" (ear training) and chorus seemed always to be most fun. I started taking voice lessons in high school and went to university for music education while continuing with my voice training as well as learning choral conducting.

All throughout my musical career, choral and solo singing was the most fulfilling and therapeutic experience for me. It always gave me unspeakable joy and also elevated my emotions in hard times. After 15 years teaching children music, I am convinced that every child can sing. It is often after they are told that they cannot sing that they stop singing.

Our voice is an instrument that goes from the top of our head to the bottom of our feet and especially includes the breathing organ and the larynx. It is when we have the desire to communicate feelings that the vocal and breathing mechanism is activated and WE SING! Actually, it is with our own voice-instrument that we can make the most beautiful music because music making comes from within. All other instruments we play employ only the music that is in our body. It is the singing (even if in our head) that supports the playing on an instrument.

As I have said above, I truly love singing and know firsthand the joy it brings to my life so I would like to share it with the children. I hope to plant the love for singing I have and hope you will watch it grow throughout their lifetime. It never gets older only better. People who know me hear me often say that it is worth living just for the joy of singing.

I am starting the children's choir for boys and girls ages 7-12. The children will develop a repertoir based on American folk /traditional songs as well as classical and chosen popular songs. In the process of learning new songs they will become musically literate, learn about singing technique and music theory.

In the plans are Winter and Spring concerts for the families and I will also be looking into possibilities of community service to bring the beauty of vocal music to people of all ages who need it the most.

Please have your child come and SING! It will change his or her life and your life, too!

Requirements for the Children

Requirements for the Parents