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Music Learning Academy/*Music Moves for Piano Keyboard Games: A Comprehensive Course (September 2023)
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*Music Moves for Piano Keyboard Games: A Comprehensive Course (September 2023)

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LIVE SESSIONS FOR TEACHERS THAT REGISTER AFTER JULY 14, 2023 BEGIN FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8.

If you are ready to dive into teaching Marilyn Lowe’s Music Moves for Piano, then comprehensive courses are for you! These courses are designed to give you all of the information you need to know to teach Music Moves for Piano with confidence. Included in this course are 10 asynchronous modules, filled with activity descriptions and ideas, opportunities for you to be the student, and video demos with young students, a private Facebook group to connect with an amazing community of teachers, and 10 weeks of live read aloud and practice meetings to offer support, ideas, a safe space to practice, and answers to your burning questions.

Registration
Once you register for the course, you will have instant access to all course modules and the Facebook group. If you sign up before 9/21/23, the September-November series of live meetings are included. If you sign up after this date, you will have acces to the next series of live meetings (date TBD).

Content
The Keyboard Games course is divided into eleven modules. Each asynchronous module includes lectures, videos of how to lead classes, and video demos with students. 

  1. Let's Get Started
  2. The Lesson Plan
  3. MLT - Part 1
  4. Rhythm
  5. Pitch
  6. Movement
  7. Creative Activities
  8. Keyboard Pieces
  9. MLT - Part 2
  10. Parent Communication
  11. Focus Meetings:
    1. Keyboard Games for Older Beginners (and transfer students)
    2. Teaching Piano to Students with Exceptionalities (with Music Therapist Adrienne Flight)

Live Meeting Schedule
Beginning in September 2023, there will be 10 weeks of live read aloud/Q&A meetings with me and practice sessions with Sarah Boyd, an amazing Music Moves for Piano instructor and member of the Music Learning Academy team. These live sessions will be recorded for those who cannot attend.

  • Module 1: Let's Get Started
Friday, 9/8: Facebook Live, 1-1:30pm ET

  • Module 2: The Lesson Plan
Tuesday, 9/12: Read aloud/Q&A, 12-1pm ET
Thursday, 9/14: Practice session, 1-2:15pm ET

  • Module 3: MLT 1
Tuesday, 9/19: Read aloud/Q&A, 11am-12pm ET
Thursday, 9/21: Practice session, 1-2:15pm ET

  • Module 4: Rhythm
Tuesday, 9/26: Read aloud/Q&A, 10-11am ET
Thursday, 9/28: Practice Session, 1-2:15pm ET

  • Module 5: Pitch
Tuesday, 10/3: Read aloud/Q&A, 12-1pm ET
Thursday, 10/5: Practice session, 1-2:15pm ET

  • Module 6: Movement
Tuesday, 10/10: Read aloud/Q&A, 11-12pm ET
Thursday, 10/12: Practice session, 1-2:15pm ET

  • Module 7: Creative Activities
Tuesday, 10/17: Read aloud/Q&A, 10-11am ET
Thursday, 10/19: Practice session, 1-2:15pm ET

  • Module 8: Keyboard Pieces
Tuesday, 10/24: Read aloud/Q&A, 12-1pm ET
Thursday, 10/26: Practice session, 1-2:15pm ET

  • Module 9: MLT 2
Monday, 10/30: Read aloud/Q&A, 12-1pm ET
Thursday, 11/2: Practice session, 1-2:15pm ET

  • Module 10: Parent Communication
Monday, 11/6: Read aloud/Q&A, 12-1pm ET
Thursday, 11/9: Practice session, 1-2:15pm ET

  • Module 11: Focus Meetings
Tuesday, 11/14: Q&A, 11am-12pm ET
Thursday, 11/16: Wrap Up, 1-2:15pm ET

Materials
Materials for the courses can be purchased directly from www.musicmovesforpiano.com.

  • Keyboard Games A Student Book
  • Keyboard Games B Student Book
  • Keyboard Games Teacher’s Edition

Cost 
The Keyboard Games course is $257 USD. Access to the course materials and recorded live sessions does not expire. If, for any reason, I have to discontinue the course, you will be given 3 months to complete it.

Returning Keyboard Games teachers
If you would like to join a new session of Keyboard Games for access to the 10 live read aloud/Q&A meetings and 10 live practice sessions, the cost is $57. All proceeds will go directly to the Marilyn Lowe Fund. Please contact me to enroll.

Questions
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to email kjadro@musiclearningacademy.com.

Meet the Instructors

Krista Jadro

Krista Jadro is the owner of Music Learning Academy. In addition to offering online courses, webinars, and resources through MLA, Krista has a thriving piano studio and is a consultant for Brookline Music School’s early childhood and group piano programs. She is also a consultant to the Arts Education and Special Needs Music Classes for Young Children programs at the Berklee Institute in Boston. 

Prior to her current positions, Krista redesigned and directed Brookline Music School’s early childhood and group piano program, taught general music to children and adults with autism, and coordinated University of Delaware's Community Music School early childhood classes.

Krista has completed professional development levels in Music Learning Theory (Level I Early Childhood, Level I Elementary General, and Level I Piano) and is on faculty with the Gordon Institute for Music Learning. She earned degrees in Music Education from University of Delaware (M.M, B.M.).

Krista lives just outside of Boston with her husband, Brian, and their amazing kiddos Luci and Niko.

Sarah Boyd

Sarah Boyd believes that musicians are people who make music, and everyone can learn to participate in music making.  Sarah leads Piano Vine Studio, an audiation-based private and group piano studio for students of all ages, both in-person and online. 

Sarah was introduced to Music Moves for Piano by her piano professor, Dr. Garik Pedersen, at Eastern Michigan University, in 2007. She completed the PDLC through the Gordon Institute of Music Learning,  Early Childhood Level 1, with Dr. Edwin Gordon and Dr. Cynthia Taggart teaching, in 2008. She is extremely grateful to have met Marilyn Lowe beginning in 2010 and was mentored by her, as were so many others. Sarah completed the GIML Piano Level 1 PDLC in 2022. 

In 2010, she founded Hummingbirds Music Together, an early childhood music program for children and the grownups who love them. She is on staff as the Lead Teaching Artist for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, writing curriculum, leading teacher workshops, and leading group music experiences for classrooms in and around Detroit.

Sarah holds a Bachelor's degree in Music Dducation and is currently completing a Master's degree in Music Education at Eastern Michigan University with Dr. Heather Shouldice. She completed a Graduate Certificate in Injury-Preventive Well-Coordinated Keyboard Technique with Dr. Lister-Sink at Salem College in 2022. 

Sarah and her husband, Ryan, enjoy music making with their  children Julia, JP, Luke, and Wesley.