Drums Course is Offered by Excite Music and Arts Academy.
Exams for instruments are available at the student's request, however at Excite Academy our focus is on learning to not only play, but perform.
Every year we offer opportunities to perform in Music Recitals held at the end of each term - an informal way to start performing in front of an audience of friends and family, and to hear other Excite Academy students. Our End of Year Concert is an opportunity for select students to perform in collaborative items across all of our Performing Arts disciplines.
Five years ago, nearly 40 years after that desire began, Excite Academy was born. I had spent those years bringing up my family, learning and teaching Orff-Schulwerk pedagogy, a creatively fun and playful way to learn music through singing, dance, movement, and playing instruments. Kim had spent her time doing a Visual Arts degree followed by her honours degree. And so our journey began as a mother daughter duo.
There have been many times over the 5 years where it has been hard going financially, but in Term 4 2020 we hit a crisis that threatened to close Excite’s doors very quickly. To keep our doors open we set up a fundraising campaign called Extra Miles for Excite using Pledge Me.
What followed was an absolute miracle with many stories. Together with out team, our families and the wider community we raised the $32,000 needed to get us through. We will be forever grateful to everyone who helped us.
We are honoured, privileged and blessed to stand before you today, and be able to open our doors this year with our new team for 2021. Together, we are going to emerge stronger than ever and keep our original dream alive - to be a one stop shop under one roof that encourages creativity in the arts for all ages, inspires passion, and develops critical thinkers in the visual and performing arts.
We look forward to another fantastic year meeting budding musicians, performers and artists that we can nurture, teach and impart our knowledge to, with our range of highly qualified, capable teachers assisting us to do this.
Welcome to Excite Academy for 2021.
The percussion family is thought to include the oldest musical instruments – anything that creates sound by being struck or scraped by a beater – and are characterised by providing rhythm.
The school provides Ministry of Education subsidised group music lessons for primary and intermediate age school students
Drums classes are offered by Crawshaw Music School. We are currently the largest provider of one on one lessons on the Kapiti Coast.
Out of School Music classes are intended to give all primary school children the opportunity to learn a musical instrument.
Students are taught drum notation and should have basic music reading ability. 1 drum kit is provided in class only. We recommend students purchase a practice pad to allow them to practice at home, these are available from your local music store.Â
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