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Music Learning Academy/*Music Moves for Piano Book 1: A Comprehensive Course (Alumni)
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  • $247 or 3 monthly payments of $82.35

*Music Moves for Piano Book 1: A Comprehensive Course (Alumni)

Learn how to confidently guide your students through Book 1, creating rich, engaging, and meaningful music learning experiences. 
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Details

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. 

Modules (listed below) will be asynchronous. Each module will include a live practice session/Q&A when released.

Registration
Registration will be open from November 1-30. The session will begin December 1 and will run through May 31.
Note: Enrollment in the Keyboard Games Comprehensive Course is mandatory before registering for the Book 1 Course.

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

  • Student Book 1
  • Book 1 Teacher’s Lesson Plans
  • Pattern CD
  • Rhythm and Tonal Patterns from the Pattern CD
  • Boogies and Blues

Curriculum
The Book 1 course will be divided into thirteen modules. Each includes lectures, videos of how to lead classes, and video demos with students. After the release of modules 2-14, a live practice session/Q&A will be scheduled. The time of the live sessions may rotate based on participant availability.

  1. Introduction
  2. The Lesson Plan
  3. Music Learning Theory (focus on the theory for Book 1)
  4. Rhythm Learning Sequence Activities
  5. Tonal Learning Sequence Activities
  6. Activity Time
  7. Technique
  8. Keyboard Geography
  9. Exploration/Creativity/Improvisation
  10. Review
  11. Performance Pieces
  12. Rote Solos
  13. Pre-notation Activities
  14. Modules
  15. Certification

Cost
The Book 1 course is $247 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.

If you are in need of financial assistence, please complete the scholarship form. The number of scholarships awarded in any session is determined by the number of qualified applicants and available funds.

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

Meet the Instructor

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 these positions, Krista redesigned and directed Brookline Music School’s early childhood and group piano program, taught early childhood music classes, and taught general music to children and adults with autism.

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.).