Early Childhood Programs 0-6 years
Early Childhood Programs - Core Philosohpy
A child’s first experiences with music should foster a joy and a love of music. At South Shore Conservatory we strive to provide a nurturing environment that promotes an atmosphere of discovery. All activities are developmentally appropriate and allow children to experience music aurally and kinesthetically. These activities go beyond musical development, engaging the child mentally, physically and emotionally and contributing to the development of their motor, language and creative skills.
Parents play a key role in this process. A child will respond to parents’ voices immediately and will imitate as they hear them sing, laugh and talk. Parents are the child’s primary role models, and teaching parents to sing, play and enjoy music with their child is crucial to the child’s learning. Together they discover and learn a variety of tonal and rhythmic patterns as they make music their own by making their own music.
We believe that by offering a comprehensive and sequential program for children from birth through age five we can maximize their potential to learn, understand and enjoy music. Our curriculum draws from many music education philosophies, including Orff, Kodaly, Dalcroze, Weikhart and Gordon Music Learning Theory. By focusing on the most basic skills of steady beat, rhythm and pitch, we can provide young children with a strong foundation from which their skills in music can grow.
Music Together®
Sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. C. Herbert Emilson
Artistic Director, Jennie Mulqueen
For children zero to five with caregiver. In Music Together®, we believe that all families can be musical families! Come discover the power of musical play with your child through song, dance, and instrument play. Create a joyful musical environment in which your family can make connections to last a lifetime.
10 Week Sessions
Fall 2008 session starts September 15
First Child: $190
50% Discount for siblings. No charge for siblings eight months and under.
Visit Metro Music Together's website for registration and a full schedule of Music Together® classes.
Drum! Sing! Dance!
Sponsored by Mrs. John D. Brewer
Jennie Mulqueen, Su D’Ambrosio
Level I: Ages 4, 5 Level II: Ages 5-7
Ages four and five. This new team-taught class is perfect for any child who loves music. Incorporating singing, percussion instruments, improvisation, and creative movement, this fun, interactive 10-week class turns children's natural aural, vocal, and kinesthetic abilities into the young musician's performance skills.
Level I is for four year olds or for five year olds with no previous exposure to music. Parents join in the fun during the last 15 minutes of each class.
$190
| Hingham: Monday, 3:45 - 4:30 pm | Hingham: Thursday, 10:45 - 11:30 am | Duxbury: Tuesday, 12:30 - 1:15 pm | Duxbury: Saturday, 10:30 - 11:15 am |
Level II is team-taught and includes choral/Orff ensemble and performing experience for young singers.
$250
| Hingham: Monday, 4:30 - 5:30 pm | Duxbury: Tuesday, 4:30 - 5:30 pm |
Ages five and up. Individual and small group recorder instruction. Learn concepts of rhythm and note reading as you learn to play fun songs on your recorder. Join with a friend for twice the fun!
10 weeks
$190
| Hingham: Monday, 3:45 - 4:30 pm | Duxbury: Tuesday, 3:45 - 4:30 pm |
Instrument Sampler
Sponsored by Cynthia and John Reed
Ages six through ten. This 7-week survey class is designed to help children choose their own instrument for private study. Each week members of our faculty introduce a new instrumental family - strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, keyboard, guitar and voice - in a fun, interactive class. Students learn to produce a sound on each instrument, observe live instrument demonstrations and listen to recordings of great performers. Handbook included.
First session starts October 4, 2008
Second session starts February 7, 2009
$95
| Hingham: Saturday, 10 - 11 am | Duxbury: Saturday, 10 - 11 am |
Curtain Going Up
Ellen Kelly
For children aged four to six. Structured creative, dramatic exercises and games are fun for children and help to develop clear speaking and listening skills while stimulating natural creativity.
10 weeks
$100
| Hingham: Saturday, 9 - 9:30 am | Duxbury: Tuesday, 3:30 - 4 pm |
Creative Dance I
José Mateo Ballet Theatre
For students who are three years old by September 1, this 45-minute class allows children to explore their imaginations through the experience of music and movement.
Duxbury
$495/year
| Monday, 2:45 - 3:30 pm | Wednesday, 2:30 - 3:15 pm | Saturday, 9 - 9:45 am |
Creative Dance II
José Mateo Ballet Theatre
For beginning dancers who are four years old by September 1, this class provides the opportunity to discover the joy and athleticism of dance movement.
Duxbury
$495/year
| Tuesday, 2:30 - 3:15 pm | Thursday, 2:15 - 3 pm |
José Mateo Ballet Theatre
In this one-hour class for children who are five years old by September 1, students learn to explore ranges of movement through basic dance steps (chasse, polka, skipping, etc.) that help them develop basic rhythm and movement skills and posture awareness.
$530/year
| Duxbury: Monday, 3:45 - 4:45 pm |
José Mateo Ballet Theatre
In this one-hour class for children who are six years old by September 1, students are taught independent moves of feet, legs, arms and the head in a musical context to begin building a physical awareness helpful to their approach to the early study of ballet technique.
$530/year
| Duxbury: Wednesday, 3:45 - 4:45 pm |
Financial Aid
Financial aid is available for private lessons for children whose families can document financial need. Application forms are available in the office and as a downloadable Word Document and must be filled out and returned prior to the first week of the semester. All applications will be considered by the Scholarship Committee, which meets before each semester to grant assistance. Recipients of scholarship aid must reapply each semester. The deadline for Fall 2008 financial aid applications is August 8, 2008. The deadline for Spring 2009 financial aid applications is January 9, 2009.
South Shore Conservatory admits students of any race, color, nationality, and ethnic origin to all rights and privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school.