Kids Choir
Kids’ Choir is an opportunity for children to sing in a fun ensemble setting.
- Ages: 5-8
- Price: $90
- Start Date: July 30th
- End Date: August 1st
- Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday, 9:30 am-12:00 pm
Lisa Ebener, Instructor
Mrs. Lisa Ebener is currently in her 12th year as the third through fifth grade General Music Teacher for Northwest Community Schools in Jackson, MI. She has been teaching music in public schools since 1998 after graduating from the Florida State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education. In that time, Mrs. Ebener has been the Elementary and Middle School vocal music teacher for Decatur County Schools in Bainbridge Georgia, Elementary Music teacher for the Florida State University Laboratory School in Tallahassee Florida, and Elementary Music teacher for Northwest Community Schools in Jackson Michigan. She has also completed a Master’s degree in music education from the Michigan State University.
Tuneful Toddlers
These courses are a guided child and parent(s) experience. Parents partner with the instructor to guide their child through interactive musical activities such as finger plays, echo songs, movement activities, simple circles, and hand-held instruments. Each 45-minute class is filled with experiential, play-based lessons to develop your child’s rhythmic, tonal, movement, and listening skills to foster a lifelong appreciation of music.
- Ages: 1.5-3
- Price: $80
- Session 1: August 28th – October 16th, Wednesdays, 5:30-6:15 pm
- Session 2: October 23rd – December 11th, Wednesdays, 5:30-6:15 pm
- Session 3: January 15th – March 5th, Wednesdays, 5:30-6:15 pm
- Session 4: March 12th – April 30th, Wednesdays, 5:30-6:15 pm
Lisa Ebener, Instructor
Mrs. Lisa Ebener is currently in her 12th year as the third through fifth grade General Music Teacher for Northwest Community Schools in Jackson, MI. She has been teaching music in public schools since 1998 after graduating from the Florida State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education. In that time, Mrs. Ebener has been the Elementary and Middle School vocal music teacher for Decatur County Schools in Bainbridge Georgia, Elementary Music teacher for the Florida State University Laboratory School in Tallahassee Florida, and Elementary Music teacher for Northwest Community Schools in Jackson Michigan. She has also completed a Master’s degree in music education from the Michigan State University.
Tuneful Tykes
These courses are a guided child and parent(s) experience. Parents partner with the instructor to guide their child through interactive musical activities such as finger plays, echo songs, movement activities, simple circles, and hand-held instruments. Each 45-minute class is filled with experiential, play-based lessons to develop your child’s rhythmic, tonal, movement, and listening skills to foster a lifelong appreciation of music.
- Ages: 3-5
- Price: $80
- Session 1: August 28th – October 16th, Wednesdays, 6:30-7:15 pm
- Session 2: October 23rd – December 11th, Wednesdays, 6:30-7:15 pm
- Session 3: January 15th – March 5th, Wednesdays, 6:30-7:15 pm
- Session 4: March 12th – April 30th, Wednesdays, 6:30-7:15 pm
Lisa Ebener, Instructor
Mrs. Lisa Ebener is currently in her 12th year as the third through fifth grade General Music Teacher for Northwest Community Schools in Jackson, MI. She has been teaching music in public schools since 1998 after graduating from the Florida State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education. In that time, Mrs. Ebener has been the Elementary and Middle School vocal music teacher for Decatur County Schools in Bainbridge Georgia, Elementary Music teacher for the Florida State University Laboratory School in Tallahassee Florida, and Elementary Music teacher for Northwest Community Schools in Jackson Michigan. She has also completed a Master’s degree in music education from the Michigan State University.
Introduction to Suzuki Violin
This small group class is based upon Dr. Suzuki’s method that Every Child Can learn music when a musical environment is created. The child-parent-teacher-triangle will be established to guide and support the student’s learning. Introductory class will consist of preparatory violin group exercises/games, in addition to individual instrument learning segments, in which parents and students observe each other’s lessons. The class will include brief overviews and resources for parents on the Suzuki method. Please wait on renting/purchasing a student violin until after the classes begin, since the teacher will need to size the students.
- Ages: 4-7
- Price: $400
- Start Date: August 29th
- End Date: May 1st
- Thursdays 1:00-2:00 pm
Baltia McGinty, Instructor
As a Suzuki student from a very young age with former Jackson teacher Beatrice Baker Thorpe, Baltia does not remember life without a violin. Baltia has a love for teaching the Suzuki Method of violin, which emphasizes nurturing the student’s whole character and creating a musical environment. She has completed Suzuki training Units 1-3 with the Suzuki Association of America, and is currently training in Unit 4. As a Suzuki parent and teacher to her own four children, she has learned how to create a musical environment and practice routines in the home. Baltia has experienced each role of the Suzuki triangle, which consists of the student, parent, and teacher. She has taught both private Suzuki lessons and led groups over the past 20 years. Pertaining to other arts, she studied voice with Monte Long, and performed in community theater. She plays in JSO’s Community Strings, and has played in both Albion College and Hillsdale College Orchestras. Baltia loves sharing the gift of music through the Suzuki Method with students, since it has played such an important role in her own life.