Class Descriptions


Classes are being held in the studio at the
United Methodist Church
 Marshall, MI 
and 
Bedford Homeschool Partnership Building

Family Music Classes and Keyboard Classes will be at the Marshall location
 
 
 


Music Makers at the Keyboard I - Marshall - Winter 2024 (1st - 3rd Grade)
70 Minute Class-parent included

Tuesdays, 11:00-12:15.  Parents encouraged to attend most sessions.

Want to hear your students playing and singing songs in just a few weeks - and be willing to "perform" in small groups?  Want them to learn to understand and play chords with songs familiar to them? Music Makers at the Keyboard provides a pathway to true music literacy. This program is designed to teach the children to play the songs they will be hearing, singing, and dancing to in class. This is an extension of the work done in Music Makers: Around the World. This class follows a very sequential approach to building piano skills and understanding musical notation as set forth in the books, Music Makers: At the Keyboard. (However, Music Makers: Around the World is not a pre-requisite.)
Parents are requested to join this class for the entire period during most of the first year.  This method of teaching piano is very non-traditional and requires the understanding and help of a parent or caregiver.  

Children will receive 2 books, including 2 CDs and notation games for each semester. This winter session will be 13 weeks, starting January 9, 2024 - Start date changed to January 16, 2024 

 

Tuition:$182.00/Winter Semester
Materials:$58 - full packet. $20 - sibling packet
Total:$240.00/Winter Semester Check for sibling pricing


Family Music Thursdays Winter 2024 (Infant-4 Yrs)
Child with caregiver

Infant - 4 Years    Thursdays 4:45-5:30PM
Participate with your child for 45 minutes each week in singing, chanting, moving, dancing, listening and playing simple instruments.  A 13 week winter semester is beginning on January 18, 2024.

Musical play activities: 
– Help develop a strong musical bond with your child and closer family ties.
– Bridge the natural connection between music and movement.
– Enhance your child’s musical aptitude andSta listening abilities.
– Lay the foundation for singing and vocal development, listening skills, and purposeful movement.
- Continue the important work on "beat" within your child. 

Features:
– Movement activities for coordination, body awareness, exploration of space, body control and the pure joys of movement.
– Folk songs for singing, dancing and listening.
– Focused listening examples from both daily life and music intruments.
– Instruments to explore: rhythm sticks, jingles, rattles, drums, and resonator bars.
– 4 wonderful semesters, each with a 60 minute CD, a colorful parent activity book to use at home.
Start Date: January 18, 2024

Tuition:$130
Materials:$38.00
Total:$168


Private Lessons - Rita - 30 Minutes (10-95 Yrs)
Private Piano Lessons- 30 Minute
Private Lesson schedule to be arranged at time of registration. Marshall students will register through this website and contact Rita for scheduling.
Tuition:$20
Materials:as needed
Total:$20


Music Class Applications - Fall 2022 Gull Lake Virtual Partnership (1st - 12th Grade)
30 minute private instruction as a music class application
This music class application will be focusing on piano skills, one-on-one, with Rita Burghart.  Registration is through Gull Lake Virtual Partnership - contact Nancy Brown. Scheduling will be through Rita - 269.753.5044 - text or phone.  This application is in-person either at the Bedford location or the Burghart Music Studio in Marshall. Rita will be on-site in Bedford on Wednesdays in the fall of 2022 and in Marshall on Tuesdays. 
Tuition:Paid through Gull Lake Partnership
Materials:To be purchased as needed