Summer Camps!

Music Around the World!
Summer Camps

For the music maker in your child!

Camp Times Morning: Camp drop off is at 8:55 a.m. and pick up is at 12 noon. 

Camp Times Afternoon: Camp drop off is at 12:55pm and pick up is at 4pm.

Camps will be held in the R.J.D. Williams Building (located on Cumberland Avenue N) in Rooms 123 & 124.

Fee:  $135 

Refund Policy: There is a full refund minus a $35 administrative fee up until two weeks before the camps starts.  No refund will be processed after that time.  Non-attendance does not constitute notice of withdrawal.

PLEASE NOTE: Camps fill up quickly! To register, please call our registration office at 966-5539

Music in Early Childhood
For children age 3 to 6 year-olds

The Music in Early Childhood program is a 30 week program that starts in September of each year. Children three years of age and their parents attend once weekly for 45 minutes. Children from four to six years of age attend once weekly for one hour.

This child-centered approach to music education introduces the language of music to students three to six years of age. Materials and methods include those of Zoltan Kodàly and Carl Orff. Setting a foundation for musical literacy, this program helps children discover the elements of music through participating in musical activities such as nursery rhymes, singing games, folk songs, chants and movement. Repertoire and activities are carefully chosen to support the goal of music literacy, with success measured in development of vocal skill and co-operative group performance. Children who complete the program can be expected to read and write rhythms, to sing, read, write and transpose melodies using the Solfa System, and to know common musical terms and signs. Children are encouraged to actively discover and experience musical concepts such as musical comparatives (loud - soft, fast - slow, etc.), rhythm, beat and melodic contour through a variety of songs, games and movement.

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Parenting With Music
For Parents and their Infants and Toddlers

Parenting with Music is a 10 week program with start dates in both September and January. Classes are held once weekly for 40 minutes. Learn how to share the joy of music-making with your newborn to 36-month-old child and to stimulate their musical interest and growth during this critical time. Education researchers suggest that, of all stages of life, infancy is the time when music has the most important impact on an individual. Singing to and with infants and the saying of rhymes and chants provides a wonderful communication between parents and child, and establishes a foundation for later development in language, mathematics, music and movement. This program teaches you and your child traditional nursery repertoire, finger and toe plays, bouncing rhymes, lullabies and songs.

• Infants from birth to 12 months
• Toddlers from 12 to 23 months
• Advanced Toddlers from 24 to 36 months

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Community Music Education Programs

Instrument and Voice Lessons - 34 lessons, starting in September each year, $750

Traditional Piano Instruction - For children ages six years and up
Taught by qualified instructors with ARCT in piano and/or Bachelor’s degree in Music. Traditional method requires a commitment of practicing daily but does not require the parents in the same manner as Suzuki Piano. An acoustic or digital piano at home is necessary.

Traditional Voice Instruction - Ages six years and up
Weekly individual lessons by a qualified teacher.

Traditional Violin Instruction - Ages six years and up
Weekly individual lessons by a qualified teacher.

Traditional Guitar Instruction - Ages six years and up
Weekly individual lessons by a qualified teacher. An acoustic guitar for practice at home is necessary.

To register for instrument lessons please call the CCDE Registration office at 966.5539. Scheduling is done with the individual instructor once you have called to reserve your spot.

Suzuki Programs (Piano & Violin) Cost $750 for 34 Lessons

The Suzuki Classes (both individual piano instruction and the Early Childhood Education Class) are based on the Suzuki concept which believes that:

• Every child can learn
• Ability develops early
• Environment nurtures growth
• Children learn from one another
• Success breeds success
• Parental involvement is critical
• Encouragement is essential

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Suzuki Early Childhood Education Class
For children from birth to three years and their parents

The Suzuki ECE (0 - 3 years of age) Class is a mixed class for children from birth to three years and their parents. This class is designed for parents who have an interest in the Suzuki method of learning, but whose children are not old enough to begin individual instruction.

The instructors are trained in a comprehensive teacher training program approved by the SAA (Suzuki Association of the Americas) and the ISA (International Suzuki Association).

This is a 20 week program beginning in September. Cost is $274 + GST

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