MINI MOZART 3 - 4
MONDAYS
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
TUESDAYS
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Ages: 3-4
$450
MONDAYS
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
TUESDAYS
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Ages: 3-4
$450
Students can join this class at any point during the semester. Tuition price will be prorated based on remaining classes.
Our Mini Mozarts 3-4 class is designed especially for energetic 3 and 4-year-olds who love to explore, play, and imagine! In our 45-minute class each week, your child will dive into a world of rhythm and melody through playful activities. We’ll introduce musical concepts like note values, hand positions, dynamics, and tempo in ways that spark curiosity and creativity. From tapping out rhythms to discovering high and low notes, every lesson is a hands-on exploration of music. Each class features hands-on keyboard time, allowing your little musician to experiment with melodies and harmonies.
Fall semester class is full. A new class will be starting Spring 2025. Reserve your space now as this class is filling up quickly!
MINI MOZART 4 - 5
MONDAYS
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
TUESDAYS
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Ages: 4-5
$450
MONDAYS
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
TUESDAYS
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Ages: 4-5
$450
Students can join this class at any point during the semester. Tuition price will be prorated based on remaining classes.
Our Mini Mozarts 4-5 class is perfect for curious 4 and 5-year-olds eager to dive deeper into the world of music! In our engaging 45-minute sessions each week, your child will build on their musical foundation with fun, interactive activities. They’ll explore concepts like rhythm patterns, note values, dynamics, and musical storytelling, all while developing their fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. Each class features hands-on keyboard time, allowing your little musician to experiment with melodies and harmonies.
Fall semester class is full. A new class will be starting Spring 2025. Reserve your space now as this class is filling up quickly!
MELODY MAKERS 5 - 6
MONDAYS
5:00 PM - 5:45 PM
Ages: 5-6
Sept 9th - Jan 13th
16 Classes
$450
Students can join this class at any point during the semester. Tuition price will be prorated based on remaining classes.
Our Melody Makers 5-6 class is for five and six-year-olds who have already been exposed to the classroom and requires no reading skills. In our engaging 45-minute sessions each week, young musicians will enjoy a blend of group activities and individual practice, with plenty of hands-on time at the piano. They’ll explore more advanced concepts and practice real songs, making each lesson a fun and interactive experience. Each student will also receive a workbook for at-home practice, helping to reinforce what they’ve learned and continue their musical journey between classes.
Students will learn multi-key, primer-level songs written on the staff. We will focus on fingers 2-3-4, basic rhythms, midline crossovers, and left and right-hand discernment.
A new class is starting for fall semester. Reserve your space now as this class is filling up quickly!
ENSEMBLE CAMP
July 29 — August 2, 2024
9:00 AM — 1:00 PM
$275
K&S Ensemble Camp is your opportunity to explore music played in small and larger groups. Learn about music across the ages, make friends, and make music together. Four days of fun, learning and rehearsals will end with an informal concert on Friday.
Camp taught by Mary Goetz & Rachel Williams
HANNAH BAAKER
TEACHES
Group Piano
Music Theory
AGES
3 – 17
CURRENT OPENINGS
coming soon
WORDS TO DESCRIBE MY TEACHING STYLE
Patient
Individualized
Creative
Collaborative
Holistic
Hannah has had many years of experience teaching young children and working with learners with diverse needs, including neurodiverse students and students with learning disabilities. She believes student-led learning is the most effective way to work together.
Hannah provides both private and group lessons and has extensive experience with lab-style teaching, where several students are learning at their own pace at the same time.
A typical lesson with Hannah starts with asking the student about their day and setting intentions for the lesson with the student. Hannah believes that each student comes into the lesson with various mental loads from their life, so she works with them to individualize each week to their own capacity and goals.
After that, Hannah's lessons vary from student to student! A general guide would be working in the lesson book, then the theory book, and then supplemental music. Hannah uses goals and challenges to help her students be motivated to reach their achievements.
Hannah also provides preschool music classes that focus on an introduction to musical concepts through piano playing. Her preschool classes set up our youngest students to understand and recognize musical elements once they are ready for private lessons.
In her spare time, Hannah enjoys photography, graphic design, and leading worship at her church. She enjoys traveling, nature, and photographing every adventure with her wife, Sara.
EMMY ERICKSON
Student Teacher
Teaches
Voice
Piano
Ages
Voice: 7 to adult
Piano: 5 to adult
Education
BM Vocal Music Education K-12 (finished with schooling, completing my degree with a professional semester in student teaching)
Lessons
Private/one-on-one lessons
Words to describe my teaching style
Adaptable
Vibrant
Exploratory.
Emmy offer a fresh perspective as a newly graduated teacher. She also has a formal education with very recent research and pedagogy. She has studied vocal pedagogy and science which focuses on free and released singing through body mapping, awareness, and anatomy. She values both classical training and technique, yet also highly value training in modern, contemporary styles & techniques - both adding value to the whole singer/musician. She thoroughly believe that lessons have to adapt to the individual musician, and this plays out in the ways that educators word and approach various techniques.
In a voice or piano lesson, warmups are essential. This allows for time to vitalize whatever body parts are utilized and to explore what is possible in the voice/hands. Technique and performance skills will be addressed in every lesson and weaved into both the formal curriculum & repertoire.
Emmy is a huge gym rat and loves to be moving. She has a huge passion for health & fitness, which translates into the way she conduct her lessons: total body awareness and control. Hiking, tubing, camping, etc. have been activities that she loves to do whenever she gets the chance to be outside! She is an absolute foodie & loves to explore and try different spots in the cities. She also loves watching sports, reading books, journaling, and spending time with her family.
CHAMBER MUSIC CAMP
Chamber Music: the most sought-after, gold-standard genre of classical music, otherwise known as the Art of Collaboration. It is learned only by direct experience with peers.
Taught by faculty members Sam Rudy (violin/viola, co-founder Lux String Quartet, Oskaloosa Music Festival, and member of the Quad City Symphony) and Rachel Williams (cello/piano, principal cello of Minnetonka Symphony, Spring Lake Park School District, and Valley Presbyterian Church), local student musicians will experience the joy this art form has to offer over a week of rehearsals, coachings, masterclasses, and a final performance.
Rather than spending rehearsal time learning one's own part, this camp teaches its musicians how others' parts go and how to fit with them. Students will be expected to have excellent preparation before camp begins.
Chamber Music's skill-set includes listening, responding, preparing, focusing, polishing, conversing, performing, experimenting, improvising, and learning; in total, the Musicality of Collaboration.
Recommended for intermediate and advanced string students and/or advanced wind and keyboard students; pre-formed groups welcomed but not required.
MINECRAFT PIANO CAMP
Play the game of Minecraft IRL! In this bootcamp, students will learn and reinforce basic piano skills through Minecraft themed games. Come have fun this summer!
Camp taught by Sarah Mensen
Ages: 7-12
$250
July 31st - Aug 4th
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm