“Music is Magic” Delights Children at Bethel Woods
August 9, 2010 by The Catskill Chronicle
Story by Carol Montana
BETHEL, NY – In recent years, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts has added an education component to its programs. According to their Web site, “Community Outreach & Education programs at Bethel Woods provide enriching, engaging and educational experiences through programs and outreach initiatives that broaden exposure to history, cultural arts and community resources. … In 2009 Bethel Woods’ Community Outreach and Education programs benefited over 35,000 people.”
On Friday, August 6, Bethel Woods continued what has become a very popular community program, Music is Magic: 4 Weeks of Kids and Music is a Music Together-style program that introduces music to children 0-5 years old.
Bethel Woods, partnering with The Janice Center, offers a four-week program designed to teach children the joy of music through the interactive use of all sorts of items that help to make music
Held in the Events Gallery of the Museum, and utilizing the music of the 60s – Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Byrds, The Zombies and others – Tanya Cohen, owner and teacher at the The Janice Center introduces children, along with their adult friends – parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents – to make music using maracas, sticks, tambourines, frog-shaped castanets, different sized drums and really anything that can make music or keep a beat.
Sitting on a floor mat decorated with different musical symbols – whole notes, rests, naturals and more, the children clap and sing and move to the beat, using their instruments to keep time and create.
Later, they pass under a limbo stick decorated with colorful scarves, and play under a parachute which is gently raised and lowered to the floor to the tune of Time of the Season.
Elaine Muscara, Community Outreach Coordinator for Bethel Woods said that Music is Magic was one of the most successful programs in 2009. And from the smiles on the children’s faces, it’s delighting children in 2010, also. Cost for the four-week program is $106 per child, and $60 for an additional sibling. The rate includes a CD, songbook and Janice Center shirt.
A similar program is held around the holidays at the end of the year.
To find out more about The Janice Center and its programs, call 845-482-3324 or visit www.janicecenter.com. For more information about the Bethel Woods programs and concerts, visit Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.
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“Music is Magic” Delights Children at Bethel Woods
August 9, 2010 by The Catskill Chronicle
Story by Carol Montana
BETHEL, NY – In recent years, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts has added an education component to its programs. According to their Web site, “Community Outreach & Education programs at Bethel Woods provide enriching, engaging and educational experiences through programs and outreach initiatives that broaden exposure to history, cultural arts and community resources. … In 2009 Bethel Woods’ Community Outreach and Education programs benefited over 35,000 people.”
On Friday, August 6, Bethel Woods continued what has become a very popular community program, Music is Magic: 4 Weeks of Kids and Music is a Music Together-style program that introduces music to children 0-5 years old.
Bethel Woods, partnering with The Janice Center, offers a four-week program designed to teach children the joy of music through the interactive use of all sorts of items that help to make music
Held in the Events Gallery of the Museum, and utilizing the music of the 60s – Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Byrds, The Zombies and others – Tanya Cohen, owner and teacher at the The Janice Center introduces children, along with their adult friends – parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents – to make music using maracas, sticks, tambourines, frog-shaped castanets, different sized drums and really anything that can make music or keep a beat.
Sitting on a floor mat decorated with different musical symbols – whole notes, rests, naturals and more, the children clap and sing and move to the beat, using their instruments to keep time and create.
Later, they pass under a limbo stick decorated with colorful scarves, and play under a parachute which is gently raised and lowered to the floor to the tune of Time of the Season.
Elaine Muscara, Community Outreach Coordinator for Bethel Woods said that Music is Magic was one of the most successful programs in 2009. And from the smiles on the children’s faces, it’s delighting children in 2010, also. Cost for the four-week program is $106 per child, and $60 for an additional sibling. The rate includes a CD, songbook and Janice Center shirt.
A similar program is held around the holidays at the end of the year.
To find out more about The Janice Center and its programs, call 845-482-3324 or visit www.janicecenter.com. For more information about the Bethel Woods programs and concerts, visit Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.
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