LEARN
At The Music Development we offer a wide range of services
for the community such as;
Boogie Babies
Music awakens and stimulates neural pathways in the brain that are associated with higher forms of intelligence such as abstract thinking, empathy, mathematics, and science.
Music’s melodic and rhythmic patterns provide exercise for the brain and help develop memory. Remember singing the ABC song to learn your ABCs?
Studying music helps children establish good listening habits, essential for achievement in school.
Music evokes movement, and children delight in and require movement for their development and growth.
Developmentally appropriate music activities involve the whole child--the child's desire for language, the body's urge to move, the brain's attention to patterns, the ear's importance in initiating communication, the voice's response to sounds, as well as the eye-hand coordination associated with playing musical instruments.
Music is a creative experience which involves expression of feelings. Children often do not have the words to express themselves and need positive ways to release their emotions.
Music transmits culture and is an avenue by which beloved songs, rhymes, and dances can be passed down from one generation to another.
For more information or to book a class, please email: info@themusicdevelopment.com
Music Theory
Grade 1 to 5 within a year 100% Pass rate. See UCAS points system above, grades will assist in gaining entry into university.
One to One Music Tuition
Professional music tuition on all instruments to all ages in a friendly environment.
Workshops
Improvisation and Percussion workshops available to individuals or schools and colleges.
Boogie babies | Workshops
This is a workshop designed for pre-school children that helps the participants in many ways, mainly stimulating the musical senses, others are:
- Rythm development
- Pattern recognition
- Aural and visual concentration
- Group awareness and co-operation
- Responding to instruction/guidance
- Verbal expression - speach clarity/diction
- Sharing within the group
- Memory skills
The music or vibrations evoke movement and therefore promotes exercise, which in turn help the children with:
- Fine/gross motor skills
- Hand eye co-ordination
Then there is the music itself which helps with;
- Number skills
- Reading skills
- Expression of ideas
- Pitch awareness
- Creativity
- Story telling
All in the space of one morning or afternoon
Percussion workshop | Workshops
Open to all ages and abilities, the percussion workshop will take you through a variety of countries ranging from Africa – South America using all manners of noises and sounds.
designed predominantly to promote rhythm and time keeping (its also loads of fun banging things together and hitting drums with sticks and mallets), starting with simple clapping games and moving on to more complex rythms (depending on the ability of the group).
The session introduces participants to many musical percussion instruments including hand held percussion and even the drum kit itself, participants will also learn the more important aspect of playing together as a group.
The main aspect of this session will be to identify the individuals abilities in order to determine weather they could use the percussion instruments in the end performance if the workshop is chosen as the summer arts school workshop package.
Improvisation | Workshops
This workshop is mainly for participants who have an already established degree of musical ability (although you don’t need to be an expert….)
Skills learned her are:
- elements of improvisation
- various types of improvisation
- solo and group improvisation
- technique exercises
The benefits for the budding musician are:
- Breaking through the confidence barrier
- Deepens listening skills
- Discover an otherwise unused talent
- Turn perfectionism into freedom
- Go above and beyond the written page
After this the participant can then take all these new skills with them and go into the big wide world a whole new musician
Musician Hire
Professional Musicians available for functions and parties, from Rock Bands to Soul and Mowtown to Jazz Musicians
The Music Development Scholarship Programme coming soon....