Expanded String Music Program

An education in music is much more than a diversion for an hour. Well-organized, sustained music study gives a student intellectual and creative advantages that will last a lifetime. The study of music allows students to gain an appreciation and understanding of civilization’s greatest achievements and nurtures skills and abilities that form the basis for success in any area of a child’s education.

Ambleside will continue weekly instruction in 2010-11 with our wonderful teacher, Theresa Britt.

Ambleside School is excited to announce the continuation and expansion of the strings orchestra program for the 2010-2011 school year. Ambleside School is continuing its string orchestra program and we would like to invite all Ambleside students Kindergarten and older to consider joining our Thursday afternoon orchestra program.

Suggested Reading:
Nurtured By Love – Shinichi Suzuki
Ability Development from Age 0 – Shinichi Suzuki
Helping Parents Practice – Ed Sprunger
Teaching From the Balance Point – Ed Kreitman

Why join the orchestra? What can my child gain?

12 Important skills
1. Self-confidence. Being able to produce meaningful music instills a sense of accomplishment and confidence.
2. Coordination. Hand, eye, body posture and thought all work together when one plays an instrument.
3. Teamwork. In orchestra, you are an important part of the musical team.
4. Comprehension. Learning to perceive and derive meaning from musical sounds and symbols sharpens one’s ability to comprehend abstractions.
5. Problem-solving. Learning the basics of music teaches one to understand a problem and reach an appropriate solution.
6. Discipline. Learning all of the basics of music and applying them correctly takes perception and discipline.
7. Arts Appreciation. The word beauty, serenity, and excitement come to life with each musical experience. These feelings help you appreciate all forms of art.
8. Reasoning logically. Analyzing a musical work develops one’s inductive and deductive reasoning skills.
9. Communicating. Music offers the ability to cultivate feelings and thoughts through nonverbal means and to respond to these nonverbal thoughts in others.
10. Conceptualizing. You learn how cultures use music for personal expression.
11. Making value judgements. Learning to comprehend, consider, and evaluate in music can
help you make informed decisions and uphold value judgments in other aspects of life.
12. Using symbols. Learning to read, write and interpret musical notation strengthens one’s abilities in other symbol system interpretation.