Early Childhood Music Education

2011-2012 EARLY CHILDHOOD ADMISSIONS

   

There is still room in some of our Early Childhood classes for 2011-2012!

See the Diller-Quaile Catalog and Guide to Your Child's Diller-Quaile Education above
or the 2011-2012 Early Childhood Classes below for the Schedule of Courses.

Apply now...

To apply for early childhood classes for children from four months to seven years of age, please complete the application form and mail it along with the $60.00 application fee (check or money order only, please) to:

Early Childhood Admissions
The Diller-Quaile School of Music
24 East 95th Street
New York, NY 10128

Applications are considered on a first come, first served basis.  Preference is given to returning students and siblings who apply early.  Upon receipt of your application, we will provide an enrollment contract for your child to enroll in your top class choice available at the time.

For more information on early childhood classes or to check on availability before applying, please contact Dorothy Appleton, Head of Early Childhood Admissions
212-369-1484, ext. 43 or dappleton@diller-quaile.org

Join us in 2011-2012 for an educational and fun music experience!

Beginning the journey of music-making...

The Early Childhood Department – instituted in the early 1960s – offers an extensive selection of courses for introducing small groups of young children and their families to the joys of music and art. By engaging in developmentally appropriate group music experiences (listening, singing, moving, playing percussion instruments, and eventually reading and notating music), students are given the foundation for a comprehensive music education and the tools to express themselves artistically. Key to the Diller-Quaile approach is the collaboration among teachers and students, which creates a unique musical environment within each class session.

Diller-Quaile's curriculum – incorporating the pedagogies of Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, Zoltán Kodály, Carl Orff, Shinichi Suzuki, Maria Montessori, and Edwin Gordon – is taught through a repertoire of international folk songs as well as classical, modern, popular, and original music. Early Childhood classes feature pianists who improvise accompaniments in a variety of styles in response to the children's singing and movement activities, thereby fostering musical creativity.

In courses where art is studied, children begin to develop skills and an appreciation of art concepts through hands-on experiences with a wide range of media, materials, and tools, and exploring the creative process with their classmates and teachers. In our combined offerings, music is frequently a companion to art, as art is to music.

Diller-Quaile's highly trained and dedicated faculty is complemented by our early childhood development consultant, Dr. Elaine Heffner (http://goodenoughmothering.com/), who works closely with teachers and is available for periodic class observations and parent consultations. Prior to the start of each academic year, parents of enrolled students are invited to an evening orientation that includes a presentation of the School's programs and an overview of the Early Childhood curriculum, followed by informal meetings with their child's teachers in the classrooms. Parents of children in the Early Childhood Music and Art, and Preschool Music and Art separation classes are offered additional opportunities to meet with their child's teachers during the school year. The Early Childhood Department also presents discussions on child development that are open to parents, grandparents, and caregivers of children enrolled in Early Childhood classes; other School-wide events for families are scheduled throughout the year. Year-end student reports provide an overview of each child's experiences and growth.

• Music Infants (4-8 months)
• Music Babies (9-12 months; 13-16 months)
• Music Toddlers (17-20 months)
• Music for Nearly Twos and Twos (21 months-2.6 years)
• Family Music for Toddlers and Infants
• Music and Art for Nearly Twos and Twos (21 months-2.6 years)
• Giving Voice to Stories (2-2.5 years; 2.6-2.11 years)
• Early Childhood Music and Art for Twos (2-2.6 years)
• Preschool Music and Art (2.7-3.0 years)
• The Four Seasons: Art and Music (3&4 years)
• Story Dramatization (3&4 years)
• Music and Movement (3&4 years)
• Dalcroze Eurhythmics (2.7-3.5 years; 3&4 years; 4&5 years; for first and second graders)
• Chorus (4&5 years; for first and second graders)
• Meet the Instrument (3&4 years)
• Play the Instrument (4&5 years)
• Meet the Orchestra (5&6 years)

Please click here to download a 2011-2012 Application Form.

• FROM THE DIRECTOR
• EARLY CHILDHOOD
  DEPARTMENT
• INSTRUMENTAL AND
  VOCAL DEPARTMENT
  • Class Instruction for Beginners
  • Piano
  • Strings
  • Voice
  • Woodwinds
  • Guitar
  • Musicianship Study
  • Ensembles
  • High School Certificate Program
  • Adult Lessons and Classes
• HIGH SCHOOL
  CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
• ADULT DEPARTMENT
• TEACHER TRAINING
  DEPARTMENT
• OUTREACH DEPARTMENT
• MASTER CLASS SERIES
• PERFORMANCE SPACE
• RUG CONCERTS
• JUNE PROGRAMS
• PARENTS ASSOCIATION
• BENEFIT 2012
• EVENTS/SCHOOL
  CALENDAR