Music Education for Adults: Benefits of Going to a Kids Music School Rather Than Private Tuition
Music Education for Adults: Benefits of Going to a Kids Music School Rather Than Private Tuition
We spoke about the benefits of private music tutoring last
time. Now let us talk about benefits of learning at a kids
music school, where apart from individual tutoring, kids get
choir, ensemble and orchestra.
Any music school that has more than 20 music teachers is
quite a serious organization. They select the teachers
through a rigorous process, for the reputation of the music
school is at stake.
The year at a kids music school starts with planning the
choir, ensemble, orchestra and other group activities for
the year. History and music theory lessons follow and
finally one-to-one lessons are scheduled.
Children get to meet new people and make new friends of all
ages at the kids music school. Although sometimes it is
essential to attend the school every day, it is quite an
internally motivating thing for children. The company of
friends and healthy competition is an invisible source of
energy that continues throughout the schooling.
There is no doubt that a lot of private music teachers are
also good. But the fact remains that you can't have choir,
ensemble and orchestra with a single teacher. At most you
can play a duet, but what about group activities! Only at a
music school can you avail of such facilities that develop
the harmonic ear. Moreover, the group activities at the kids
music school help develop a sense of rhythm and tempo in the
child.
Theory is also of vital importance so that the child can
progress to complex lessons easily. Instruments like
metronome, although not recommended, need to be learned at
some point of time. Theory is something that can only be
taught at a music school by specialist teachers.
Just like a math teacher at public school cannot teach
anatomy in spite of the fact that he can read and write
something about the subject, a music teacher specializing in
one subject cannot teach other subjects effectively. If a
music teacher offers you several subjects to choose from,
like theory, voice, piano, guitar, etc., then you better
beware that he cannot do justice to all of those subjects
and he's not even qualified to teach more than one special
subject.
If you need evidence, just ask the teacher for his Diploma.
Although Canadians tend to take each other's word for
anything, don't be so careless about your child's musical
education.
This is not the complete list of advantages your child gets
by going to a specialized kids music school. I will talk
more about the topic in my next few articles.
We spoke about the benefits of private music tutoring last
time. Now let us talk about benefits of learning at a kids
music school, where apart from individual tutoring, kids get
choir, ensemble and orchestra.
Any music school that has more than 20 music teachers is
quite a serious organization. They select the teachers
through a rigorous process, for the reputation of the music
school is at stake.
The year at a kids music school starts with planning the
choir, ensemble, orchestra and other group activities for
the year. History and music theory lessons follow and
finally one-to-one lessons are scheduled.
Children get to meet new people and make new friends of all
ages at the kids music school. Although sometimes it is
essential to attend the school every day, it is quite an
internally motivating thing for children. The company of
friends and healthy competition is an invisible source of
energy that continues throughout the schooling.
There is no doubt that a lot of private music teachers are
also good. But the fact remains that you can't have choir,
ensemble and orchestra with a single teacher. At most you
can play a duet, but what about group activities! Only at a
music school can you avail of such facilities that develop
the harmonic ear. Moreover, the group activities at the kids
music school help develop a sense of rhythm and tempo in the
child.
Theory is also of vital importance so that the child can
progress to complex lessons easily. Instruments like
metronome, although not recommended, need to be learned at
some point of time. Theory is something that can only be
taught at a music school by specialist teachers.
Just like a math teacher at public school cannot teach
anatomy in spite of the fact that he can read and write
something about the subject, a music teacher specializing in
one subject cannot teach other subjects effectively. If a
music teacher offers you several subjects to choose from,
like theory, voice, piano, guitar, etc., then you better
beware that he cannot do justice to all of those subjects
and he's not even qualified to teach more than one special
subject.
If you need evidence, just ask the teacher for his Diploma.
Although Canadians tend to take each other's word for
anything, don't be so careless about your child's musical
education.
This is not the complete list of advantages your child gets
by going to a specialized kids music school. I will talk
more about the topic in my next few articles.