Classical Music Conservatory

Taught by renowned Dalcroze Eurhythmics specialist Cheng-Feng Lin, children are invited to explore and learn about musical elements (beat, note values, scales, intervals and more) through whole body movement and on the piano.

Honouring the century-old wisdom and principles of the Swiss music educator, Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865-1950), Dalcroze Eurhythmics classes serve as the essential preparation and ongoing support for instrumental studies.

In Dalcroze Eurhythmics we train the body first as the primary expressive musical instrument. There will be games and exercises that aim to develop and wire together the following abilities: refined listening, whole body movement, singing and collaborative skills. We then transfer this refined global musical sensibility onto the finer motor skills on the piano.

There is a limit of 6 students per class to allow for ample movement space and individual attention.

In our Introduction to Musical Preludes, students will be introduced to the basic elements of music - starting and stopping together, fast and slow, high and low, rhythm & pitch, to name a few. These elements will be explored in various ways: singing and circle games, movement, the use of simple instruments such as rhythms sticks & bells, as well as live demonstrations of various musical instruments. While an effort will always be made by our teachers to observe instrument preferences, the focus of this class is a general introduction to music & musical instruments.The ultimate goal is for our students to experience the joy of music.

Our Junior Musical Preludes builds on the concepts learned in the Intro MP class - musical terms will be used to describe elements such as soft & loud, short & long, and more advanced elements of music such as crescendos & decrescendos will be explored. A new element to the Junior MP class is the addition of rhythmic notation: students will learn how to read & write rhythms using basic musical notation, a fundamental aspect to learning any musical instrument! The ultimate goal is for our students to experience the joy of music.