Associazione Culturale Music Together Lucca e Pisa			Versione Italiana
The Method and Philosophy of Music Together® What are the basic principles of philosophy of Music Together®? What is Music Together®? Why Music Together? Why now? What can Music Together® offer my family? What are Music Together® classes like? Why sing in English and Italian? Click on the question that interests you. Have other questions? Contact us! Music Together Lucca e Pisa Tel. 377-1282512 info@musictogetherluccapisa.com
Basic philosophy of Music Together® 1. All children are music. 2. Therefore, all children can achieve basic music competence.  The Center for Music and Young Children© of Princeton defines basic music competence as the ability to sing in tune with accurate rhythm. 3. The participation and modelling of parents and caregivers, regardless of their musical ability is essential to a child's musical growth. 4. This growth is best achieved in a playful, developmentally appropriate, non-performance oriented learning environment that is musically rich yet immediately accessible to the child's and adult's participation. At Music Together® you will find: - Mixed-Age classes - “Parent Education Moments” during the class - Variety in the tones and rhythms in the songs - Learning the different musical modes (major, minor, dorian etc…) - Guided free improvisation - Every child encouraged to participate at his/her own level of development - Guidance for adults for music and movement activities < Back to questions
What is Music Together®? Creative Music & Movement Experiences for Infants, Toddlers, Preschoolers... ...and the Grown-ups who love them! Music Together® is a music education program for young children. It originated as an educational project of the Center for Music and Young Children® Princeton, NJ, USA, in 1987. A Music Together® class is not a “music lesson”. It is not designed to create young concert artists (though this may eventually happen!) It is a way for families to make music with their children. Music Together® classes are based on the idea that making music with children, family, and a community of families: · Enriches the lives of children and adults and… · Promotes musical growth in children, improving their musical skills and… · Should be FUN! Experience Music Together^® and find out how important--and how fun--your role can be! Our Music Together classes build on your child's natural enthusiasm for music and movement. We'll help you provide your child with the basic musical skills needed to enjoy school and social musical activities, and to study an instrument should he or she choose to do so. < Back to Questions
Why Music Together®? Why now? Formal musical education cannot teach a child to be musical, or find joy and inspiration in music. Musical predisposition or intrinsic inclination to be musical for life is the result of good, happy and positive musical experiences and a child’s association with music in early childhood. You are by far the most important model for your child. Music Together® is committed to support and facilitate your efforts to create a rich musical environment at home, thereby encouraging the natural process of music growth of your child and ensuring the realization of the child’s innate musical potential. Understanding the musical development of children will make you appreciate how your child responds to musical experiences and make the interaction between you more interesting and profound. But what matters most is that it will inspire you to give your child a variety of musical experiences to grow and share your love of music and feed their emerging musical self. < Back to Questions
What can Music Together® offer my family? ·Music Together® classes will expand your musical repertoire. Each semester, you will receive a CD of the new songs and the corresponding book. The music includes traditional songs, original songs and rhythmic rhymes. The songs include various shades, time and cultural styles exposing the child to a wide diversity of musical elements. · Music Together® classes are a source of ideas on how to bring music into your life every day in a spontaneous, fun and stimulating for your child. Not only will you be capable of recreating most of the activities in class at home with your family, but also discover that your creativity is stimulated and you will always find new musical games to do with your child. · Learn the mechanisms of music education of your child. Better understand the process by which your child can reach basic musical competency in the early years of his, in a musically stimulating environment and with a reference enthusiastic model (you!) < Back to Questions
What are Music Together® classes like? The classes have from 6 to 12 children accompanied by one (or both) parents or caregivers (au-pair, grandparent, baby sitter ...). The Music Together® teacher leads the class in songs, chants and rhythmic patterns that change every semester. The songs are accompanied by activities that include: · Fun and and games · Free and expressive dance · Using objects (scarves, balls ...) · Focus on tonal and rhythmic elements of music · Small and large movements · Playing with instruments · Opportunity to improvise with children and adults Informative and fun “Parent Education Moments” during classes enhance the understanding of the relevance of the activities taking place for the musical development of the child. The atmosphere invites and encourages the participation of children and parents regardless of their musical talent and preparation. Parents who participate in Music Together® find that playing music can become a crucial model for musical development of their children and often see also see their own musicality bloom! It is crucial that the parents who accompany the children to class each week actively participate in the class as they serve as musical models for their children. Each course consists of a 45 minute weekly lesson for 10 consecutive weeks. Music Together classes are non-sequential. Each of the 9 collections offers new music, movements and song. < Back to Questions
Why sing in English and Italian? In early childhood, children have the ability to recognize and store all types of sounds, regardless of what language in which they occur. As children grow, this capacity for language is drastically reduced. So getting children’s ears used to the sound of two languages furthers their ability to learn other languages in the future. The songs are mainly composed of simple words and short phrases that are repeated several times in order to facilitate learning. For parents this can be an opportunity to refresh their language skills in a fun and informal situation! < Back to Questions