The Music Grove
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Ensembles and camps:
- Music Enrichment (Orchestra) Program: An orchestra program, highly recommended for all string students (beginner to advanced) aged about 9 and up. Weekly rehearsals on Thursdays, and many performance opportunities in concerts and competitions.
- Camp Calvin: Fiddle camp for all levels and ages. Instruction in fiddling, folk piano and guitar. For those interested in some fiddling fun!
- Cantilon Choirs: Highly recommended for all young students age 4+ to join! They teach music using a similar (Kodaly-based) method to me, so would compliment their instrumental lessons really well.
- Choir Alberta: you can search for other children's choirs to join on this organisation's website
Books:
- Colourstrings books: If I am using Colourstrings/Colour Keys with your child, you can order books from the publisher's website.
- Colourstrings books: another website from which you can order books, based out of the UK. Sometimes it's cheaper to order from here than from the publisher's site above
- Fiddle Time Joggers or Viola Time Joggers
- Fiddle Time Runners or Viola Time Runners
- Fiddle Time Sprinters or Viola Time Sprinters
- Fiddle Time Scales 1 or Viola Time Scales
- Fiddle Time Scales 2
- Third Position for the Violin or Third Position for the Viola
- Serial Shifting for the Violin or Serial Shifting for the Viola
Helpful articles:
- CBC Music article on teenagers and music lessons
- 13 Ways to Motivate Your Child to Practice
- Getting Kids to Practice Music - Without Tears or Tantrums
- How to Buy a Used Violin
