Music Learning Theory

Benefits of musical awareness

  • — attention, concentration and memory stimulation
  • — closer bond with the child
  • — stimulation of dopamine when listening to music (feel-good hormones)
  • — strengthening neural connections through movement to enhance the learning process
  • — learning by imitation through the activation of mirror neurons.
  • — learning through the senses: when listening and playing percussion instruments and manipulative materials, they not only receive auditory but also tactile and visual stimuli.
  • — balance sense and proprioceptive sense (body awareness)
  • — eye-hand and eye-hearing coordination
  • — social skills and sense of belonging
  • — enjoy cooperative games (collaborative learning)
  • — understand object permanence (if something goes beyond their sight, they realize it still exists)
  • — communication skills and development of musical intelligence
  • — development of creativity

Little Sponge baby
From 0 to 12 months

Babbling brook toddler
From 13 to 36 months

8 babies in each group.
Sessions are in both english and french.
45 minutes each, once a week.

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SUZUKI METHOD

Learn to play the violin

The Suzuki method allows students to begin learning the instrument at the age of 4. It emphasizes learning, listening and practicing the instruments before solfege.

« Trying to understand children and accept them as they are and not as they should be seems to me essential. »

BIO

Who guides this class?

My name is Marisol Segura, I was born in Mexico City and started my musical journey playing the violin at 7 years old. Although my professional experience has been mostly playing in a professional orchestra, since 2013, my career has been oriented to teaching violin in projects for children's and youth orchestras, both in my country and in Sistema New Brunswick.

I have attended specialized workshops in music pedagogy of Kodaly and Dalcroze in Texas, USA and in Metz, France, respectively. Later, I began my violin training with the Suzuki method in Latin America and Montreal, giving me the essentials and suitable strategies to teach children starting from the age of four. I hold a certification in early childhood music based on Music Learning Theory (MLT) from the Gordon Music Education Institute in Spain.