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Early Childhood Music

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New 7-week sessions of Early Childhood Music classes start April 8 at the Musikhaus Studio in Seabrook. You and your child can still join us, paying partial tuition. There are a few spaces left in each class. To sign up, contact Carla@MusikhausTexas.com, 832-630-1926 or fill out the form below.

Music Play for babies and children to 5 years of age, with caregivers. Learn how to play musically with your child! Tuition for 7-week session: $70.

  • Mondays at *time change* 10am – April 11 to May 30 (class canceled April 18 due to severe weather)
  • Fridays at 10am – April 8 to May 27 (no class on May 6)

For more info on all Musikhaus classes, see Piano & Early Childhood Music Lessons.

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Music Play is play immersed in music! Ana Luisa, age 3.

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Kids learn to sing the resting tone of a song game.

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Launching rockets in unusual paired meter… Kids LOVE this game!

Historic First Musikhaus Piano Party: 12-Bar Blues (Part 1)

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It was May 2014, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. I think I had 20 beginning piano students, and most of them had studied the quintessential 12-bar blues called The Low Down Boogie, by Marilyn Lowe. Because the students were learning to audiate (really think music, like you think in English or in images), it was only natural that they would want to “say” their own blues now. So, the theme of the first Piano Party was original 12-bar blues compositions or improvisations.

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Cover of the program of the historic 1st Musikhaus Piano Party

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Program of the historic 1st Musikhaus Piano Party

I didn’t get to film the event because I was MC, so the videos from the 12-Bar Blues series of posts are from lessons. First, hear The Low Down Boogie (from Lowe’s Music Moves for Piano: Keyboard Games Book B) as played by Laura, age 7.

Now hear Emília’s own original blues composition, inspired by The Low Down Boogie when she was 8:

As for my current students here in Texas, I will start posting their music as soon as I get their parents’ authorizations!

–by Carla J. Seibert

Piano Parties!

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Piano Parties are group lessons that happen 2 to 6 times per year depending on how many other performance opportunities there are. They are for students to share their music and some refreshments, feel connected to and motivated by the community of piano students, learn from their peers, develop performance confidence and cooperative skills, and reinforce musical skills, especially rhythm when playing with other students. Sometimes we invite no guests, sometimes we dress in costume, and sometimes we hold a formal recital open to the public!

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Piano and Early Childhood Music Lessons Coming to Clear Lake / League City Area!

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Jessie, Musikhaus mascot

In December 2014, Musikhaus Music Education moved from Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, to Seabrook, Texas, USA (with mascot Jessie! – see photo), becoming Musikhaus Piano and Early Childhood Music Studio, serving the Clear Lake / League City area southeast of Houston (the Bay Area) and Friendswood.  The new Musikhaus will officially inaugurate activities for the fall semester of 2015, though I’ve been very fortunate to be teaching my first, talented piano student in the US since January!

This year Musikhaus will focus on musical beginnings to help students learn music similarly to the way they learn their native languages:

  • Music Play – interactive music and movement for babies, toddlers and preschoolers up to 5 years of age with caregivers; groups of 2 to 6 students, 40 minutes per week (plus attunement and transition time)
  • Keyboard Games – classes for 4- to 6-year-olds incorporating singing, movement and piano activities; groups of 2 to 4 students, 50 minutes per week
  • Piano Lessons for 6 years and up – developing musical fluency with improvisation and creative repertoire at the piano, singing and movement; groups of 2 students, 55 minutes per week (50-minute private lessons possible if lesson partners not available)

Let me know if you have any questions at carla@musikhaustexas.com, or follow the Musikhaus Facebook page to stay up to date.

The Musikhaus space, including bathroom, is wheelchair accessible except for wide cambered chairs.

Se habla español. Falamos português.

by Carla J. Seibert