COURSES OFFERED BY SATURDAY MUSIC

A basic course for young children. This course provides a thorough grounding in the fundamental skills of music making before students start more formal tuition on their chosen instrument.  

Students are taught the basic bowing and fingering techniques while learning to read music written in the bass clef. Required: Students will need to have their own chromatic tuner.

A choir class will be available if numbers allow. This is open to all students aged between 7 and 12/13 (end of school year 8). The Choir will take place on Saturday afternoons between 12.15 pm - 1.00 pm

Students are introduced to the drum kit and its various components. Good hand and foot coordination is an advantage.

A structured course to develop guitar playing ability in chords, classical and acoustic picking, with students being able to play songs relatively quickly.

The junior flute (fife) is half the size of a flute, and therefore manageable by younger children.

Students are taught piano fingering techniques with an introduction to primary chords. Previous musical experience (e.g. Music Basics) is desirable for young beginners.

This provides an excellent introduction to wind instrument techniques. Students may choose to play the recorder only, or as a recorder/fife combination.

Students gain a good understanding of posture, technique and note-reading on the violin, and can progress to a moderately advanced level both individually and as part of a group.

Students will focus on music knowledge, versatility and a range of music styles. Vocal instruction included.