"Who would want to do math or spelling when they could be making noise?"
~ Student, November 2008
Keyboard Classes: 
Tuition is $55 per month for nine
months (Sept-May).
Registration fees cover all books and materials for the entire year. They may be paid all at once or in three installments.
Sunshine 1 registration is $188 including tax.
Sunbeams 1 registration is $186 including tax.
Moonbeams 1 registration is $146 including tax.
Sunrise:
The cost is $141 per 10-week block, including all supplies. (There are normally three blocks in one year.) If you prefer, you may pay by month.
Family discounts are available to those with 2 or more children in MYC programs.
Registration includes the following materials:
Level 1 Keyboard classes:
- Three large student manuals (A, B, and C), with sections for rhythm
ensembles, keyboard playing, scores for songs, listening activities,
and colouring/homework. (Moonbeams 1 this year only receive 2 books).
- Student activity book
- Tin sheet: a magnetic board with a picture of the
keyboard on one side and the grand staff on the other
- Castanets
- Parent guide
- Sturdy canvas bag to organize and carry supplies
- Songs CD
- Critters Meet the Staff book/CD (Sunshine 1 only)
Sunrise:
- 3 newly recorded CDs featuring a variety of
musical styles and accompaniments
- 3 spiral bound books with 70+ pages each,
including craft/activity pages and scores for songs we will sing in
class, with ideas for use at home
- child-size pair of claves (rhythm sticks),
tambourine, and shakers
- 3 finger puppets for added enjoyment at
home and in class
- Sunrise backpack
About Sunrise:
The Sunrise
program offers an introduction to music through rhythm and
singing. Sunrise lays strong foundations for both keyboard and academic
achievement, with an emphasis on rhythms, patterns, and left-to-right
reading.
Each class is
45 minutes long and is attended by 4-6 children and their
parents/caregivers. It is a wonderful opportunity to bond with your
child in a fun learning environment, and to give them experience
learning in a group setting and interacting with other children in an
organized yet playful format.
Children will sing many songs, including old favorites (such
as "Old MacDonald"), new songs written especially for the Sunrise
program (such as "Buddy Croak"), and personalized songs using 
the
children's own names (such as "________ had a Drum"). Rhythm is taught
using bears: Walking Bear is a quarter note (1 beat), Standing Bear is a
half note (2 beats), and so on.
Classes also include rhythm instruments, stories, games, stickers, and movement.
Students will have opportunities to perform informally at a
retirement home and will participate in the year-end recital in May with
keyboard students.
