"Shaping the Future of the Arts in Maryland"
COURSES OF STUDY
Private Instruction (all instruments and voice)
Available for beginning, intermediate or advanced students, ages 4 and up. Students attend lessons once each week. At repertoire classes, students play and discuss music in an informal setting among friends in preparation for public recitals. These classes are offered at no additional charge to students currently enrolled in private in-struction. Students who have progressed beyond the elementary level are strongly advised to supplement their studies by taking theory classes.
The below listed rates are for students taking classes with a MPAI instructor. University professors teaching for MPAI are allowed to set their own rate.
Tuition: (for weekly private lessons, per semester)**
30 minutes $465 (recommended for beginners)
45 minutes $625
(advanced beginners/intermediate)
full hour $785
(intermediate/advanced)
Tuition: (for study of a second instrument by currently enrolled students)
30 minutes $365
45 minutes $545
full hour $725
**Students who have been accepted for study with university-level applied faculty will be subject to the upper-division tuition rates. Please call the MPAI office for details.
Music Theory Class
Based on the international curriculum of the Trinity College London, classes include the study of solfege, written
theory, ear training and harmony. Students will be placed according to age and experience.
Tuition: (for 15-weeks) Group Instruction
30 minutes weekly $130
Private Theory Lessons (all levels)
30 minutes weekly $465 *
* The reduced rate for students currently enrolled in private music lessons through MPAI is $355
Adult Piano Class
This beginning piano class for adults starts at the elementary level. The class will cover music fundamentals such as technique, sight reading and harmonization with class emphasis on keyboard repertoire. The one-hour class meets once a week for two 15-week semesters. The one-year course stresses the music skills needed to make a smooth tran-sition into private lessons. (A minimum of four students is required for this class.)
Tuition: $250 per semester
Musical Theater
If you would like to explore the world of musical theatre, then this is the program for you. Students, ages 6 to 18, will be accepted. Students will develop their skills in singing, acting, and movement. The ensemble will receive instruction through improvisations, vocal and dramatic coaching, and related blocking and choreography. Performance opportuni-ties will include a presentation at the end of the session. Many of our Musical Theater students have been selected to perform in local college and dinner theater productions as well as having been accepted into the Baltimore Actors’ Theatre Conservatory for school.
Day and Time: Thursdays 6:00 pm
Tuition: Music Theatre Workshop – $275
Second Instrument students – $235
Private Percussion Instruction
Private Percussion Instruction for beginning, intermediate or advanced students, ages 10 and up. Beginning les-sons will emphasize percussion techniques, sight reading, and rhythmic training through the study of the snare drum and other various percussion instruments. After completing the beginning level, students will have devel-oped the necessary skills to begin a secondary area of emphasis such as drum set, keyboard percussion, or tim-pani. Intermediate percussion lessons will include a principal as well as secondary percussion instrument such as snare drum and drum set, or snare drum and keyboard percussion. Intermediate lessons will focus on developing weaknesses into strengths, and will prepare the student for more advanced study. Advanced lessons are in-tended for high school percussionists who wish to perform at a higher level of musical understanding and techni-cal proficiency.
Percussion Ensemble
The Percussion Ensemble is a dynamic ensemble performing a wide range of music from traditional percussion ensemble literature to Latin-American and West African- inspired music, popular music, and jazz. Students will perform highly rhythmic groove based music on a variety of percussion instruments. The ensemble is open to intermediate and advanced level students age 13-18. The ensemble meets on Monday evenings from 7:00-8:30. Dr. Patrick Roulet, Director Corey Hewitt, Assistant Director
Music Lab
As part of our students’ music education we offer the use of our Music Lab, (Room 2087) at the Center for the Arts. On Saturdays, from 9 a.m. - 11 a.m., and Thursdays from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m., computer-aided instruction is available for registered MPAI students in the areas of ear training, sight singing, sight reading, theory, musician-ship and composition. An instructor is available during these hours to design a program tailored to fit individual student needs. Weekly attendance is required. Please call the MPAI office to arrange for this instruction at no additional charge.
Musikgarten
The Musikgarten early childhood music and movement program teaches music literacy with a sequential method, pre-paring a child for each new intellectual or physical step while being mindful of the particular developmental attributes, including interests and limitations, of children of the appropriate age group. In a joyful, thoughtful, and active environ-ment of singing, games, instrumental activities, and dances, children acquire skills that prepare a foundation to play any instrument, leading specifically into use of the keyboard. The children will experience a range of repertoire from classical and folk traditions. Parental involvement is necessary, so that musical activity may be continued at home, but no prior musical knowledge is expected of the parent. Children will learn solfege, singing, ensemble technique, key-board technique, and listening skills. Relatively small class sizes (6 - 8 children) provide time for individual attention while allowing for socialization between children, and the development of ensemble technique in music making.
Music Makers: At Home in the World (4 & 5 years old)
Music Makers: At Home in the World lays a foundation for music literacy, music appreciation, and performance skills, as well as providing activities that are helpful for children’s cognitive and physical development through an engaging variety of songs, games, stories, movement activities, and instrumental play. Thematic content for the class is drawn from a child’s home and outdoor environment. Students will learn pitch matching, ensemble tech-nique, an understanding of beat, and beginning concepts of music notation. Material packets include a CD, a poster with game pieces, notation games, instrument pages, and a book.
Tuition: $275/sessions
Materials: $120 (good for 2 sessions)
Music Makers: Around the World (5 & 6 years old)
Music Makers: Around the World is designed to add to what was learned in Music Makers: At Home in the World, but may also serve as a starting place for students of 5 to 6 years of age. As with Music Makers: At Home in the World, students learn through singing, playing games, listening, and playing instruments. The content explores other cultures through story, dance, and music. Students will learn to recognize musical solfege patterns aurally and visually and strengthen their understanding of musical notation. At the end of the year, they will begin to play the keyboard. Materials include a CD, a map, song pages, and notation games. Children will receive 2 pack-ets each session.
Tuition: $275/session
Materials: $120/yr.
Music Makers: At the Keyboard (6 – 9 years old)
The final step on the pathway to music literacy and readiness for individual lessons, Music Makers: At the Key-board is designed to teach children to play the songs they’ve been hearing, singing, and dancing to throughout the years of early-childhood. An extension of the work done in Music Makers: Around the World, this class fol-lows a sequential approach to building piano skills and understanding musical notation as set forth in the books. The second and third years of this class require the completion of the first and second years respectively. Chil-dren will receive 2 books, 4 CDs and notation games, and a Parent Handbook each year.
Tuition: $275/session
Materials: $120/yr.