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Keith Knighton<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Teaching Specialty<\/h4>\n
Kodaly Method<\/div>\n

Also Teaches<\/h4>\n
Voice and Piano<\/div>\n

Age Group Focus<\/h4>\n
4-12<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Why Take Lessons From Me<\/h4>\n
\n Your young children will enjoy being filled with the fertile musical seeds of well-trained hands, minds, ears, and hearts. These young artists can then become fully developed musically at a much younger age. This allows Dan Whitley Music to later produce high-level recordings and live performances with them.\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Accomplishments<\/h4>\n
\n Has taught music for over 30 years to music teachers and elementary students<\/em><\/strong>
\n Former member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
\n Author of book, “Musical Games for Parents & Teachers of Little Singers”
\n One of the first music teachers in the United States who studied music education in Hungary under the master teachers whom Zoltan Kodaly selected to work with him
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Teaching Experience<\/h4>\n
\n Faculty member of the Kodaly Center of America
Presenter at the Massachusetts Music Educators Association All-State Conference\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Education<\/h4>\n
\n Bachelor of Arts in Music, University of Utah
\n Masters in Music Education, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Mass.
\n Graduate of Kodaly Musical Training Institute, Wellesley, Mass.
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Available<\/h4>\n
Tuesday Afternoons<\/div>\n\n\n\n

I have been schooled in the Kodaly System. It teaches that children learn best from doing, by participating in songs and musical games while at the same time learning musical elements in a sequential order. Your child will learn how to produce a beautiful singing tone quality from my expertise and by listening to other children\u2019s voices. I am one of few music teachers in our country who has had the privilege of studying music education in Hungary from the Hungarian master teachers that Kodaly selected to work with him. I am committed to maintain these high musical standards for your child.

Musical concepts will be introduced in a well-structured presentation and internalized through fun activities to foster self-confidence in singing. My curriculum begins with simple children\u2019s songs and games then progresses into more involved songs of our American heritage. Older children will learn folk songs from other countries and ultimately music of the master composers. Each semester I will introduce 15-20 age appropriate songs for the children to sing and study. They will develop physical coordination. Many of our songs call for skipping, hopping, tapping, hand clapping with a partner, walking the beat and clapping rhythm while singing. The focus will be on unity and not individual competition. The children will work together as a group and learn to wait their turn. They will learn how to evaluate both solo and group performances. Most importantly, the children will experience the joy of singing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Favorite quotes: “Early development of connected musical substance versus random disconnected nothingness.”

Learn more about Keith at his web site www.welltrainedsingingschool.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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