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2025 Live Monthly Music Lesson Schedule
May 2025: Antonín Dvořák (37:23)
April 2025: Ambient, Synthesized, and EDM Music Styles (36:16)
March 2025: Zoltán Kodály (30:00)
February 2025: Stephen Foster (34:30)
January 2025: Giuseppe Verdi 1/22/25 (36:49)
December 2024: Franz Liszt & his Christmas Tree Suite (41:39)
November 2024: Hans Zimmer (45:56)
October 2024: Amy Beach (43:46)
September 2024: Clara Schumann (29:09)
August 2024: Igor Stravinsky (50:10)
July 2024: Frederic Chopin (51:26)
June 2024: Scott Joplin and ragtime music (34:45)
Bonus: "Spring into an Epic Summer Adventure into Narnia" Replays! (178:35)
May 2024: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (51:55)
April 2024: Aaron Copland (43:55)
March 2024: Johannes Brahms (34:48)
February 2024: Ludwig van Beethoven (41:28)
January 2024: Rogers & Hammerstein (47:21)
December 2023: Tchaikovsky & the Nutcracker (41:44)
November 2023: John Rutter (37:14)
October 2023: Johann Sebastian Bach (40:23)
September 2023: Asian music (27:41)
August 2023: Big Band/Jazz - Duke Ellington (37:36)
July 2023: Video Game Music (31:35)
June 2023: Gustav Holst’s The Planets (40:35)
May 2023: Disney Songs (41:20)
April 2023: Franz Schubert (44:10)
March 2023: African Music/Percussion (34:53)
February 2023: Eric Whitacre (44:24)
January 2023: Vivaldi and his Four Seasons (44:15)
December 2022: Britten and his Ceremony of Carols (43:57)
November 2022: Rossini and his opera themes (27:42)
October 2022: Mussorgsky & A Night on Bald Mountain (30:12)
September 2022: J. Strauss Jr. and his Waltzes (33:21)
August 2022: Saint-Saens and Carnival of the Animals (56:51)
July 2022: John Williams and his movie themes (30:01)
June 2022: John Philip Sousa and his marches (with bucket drumming!) (26:14)
May 2022: Grieg and In the Hall of the Mountain King (33:53)
April 2022: Gershwin's An American in Paris (52:02)
March 2022: Prokofiev & Peter and the Wolf (50:22)
February 2022: February: What's Not to Love? Musical Activities for Kids with Puccini's "Love" Tunes (34:40)
January 2022: Debussy and Impressionism in Music
Christmas Song Sing-Along (3:03)
What is Tempo? (14:17)
Dynamics Practice (13:06)
High & Low Pitches with Body Scale (9:35)
Improvising on the Piano (7:22)
Learn Left Hand Chords to 4 Piano Songs (15:21)
Piano Playing Basics & Learn 4 Songs (18:38)
The Keyboard Instrument Family
The Percussion Instrument Family (14:09)
The Woodwind Instrument Family
The Brass Instrument Family
The String Instrument Family
Major/Minor Scales and Chords
Learn About Music Intervals
Beginning Rhythm Counting
Beginning Sight-Singing with Solfege Hand Signs
Hand-Clapping Games
Singing Games
Bucket Drumming
Body Percussion Musical Activities (15:27)
Music Notes: Names & Lengths
Music Notes, Symbols, & Terms (14:22)
The Notes of the Treble Clef (12:14)
Creating Homemade Instruments video (16:15)
Christmas Song Sing-Along video (17:16)
Bonus video: What is a Percussion Instrument? (14:09)
Bonus video: Birdsongs ~ Music in Nature from Cindy West
Bonus video: How to Easily Provide a Music Education for your Kids at Home
Bonus: A Christmas Carol Tea Time (61:29)

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2025 Live Monthly Art Lesson Schedule
May 2025: Mama and Me Elephants (5/21/25 1pm CT)
April 2025: Singin in the Rain (59:07)
March 2025: No Drama Llama (49:30)
February 2025: Love Bugs (59:53)
January 2025: Tweet Hearts (56:14)
December 2024: Snow Happy (58:19)
November 2024: Thankful Turkey (50:05)
October 2024: Starry Night Pumpkins (56:17)
September 2024: A Little Nutty (56:16)
August 2024: Bold Butterfly (55:40)
July 2024: Beach Buddy (56:10)
June 2024: Surfing Shark (54:26)
May 2024: Don't Be Crabby (53:24)

Beginning Music Theory for Elementary (Do these lessons in order.)

The Notes of the Treble Clef (12:14)
The Notes of the Bass Clef (10:00)
Names of Music Notes, Symbols, & Terms (14:22)
Music Notes: Names & Lengths
Review Notes of Treble & Bass Clefs
Rhythm Practice through Body Percussion (15:27)
Rhythm Practice through Bucket Drumming
Beginning Sight Singing with Solfege Hand Signs
Beginning Rhythm Counting
Learn About Music Intervals
Understanding Major & Minor Scales and Chords
"The Friendly Music Staff" song
Music Theory with Piano Keyboard (beginning piano)
High and Low Pitches with Body Scale (9:35)
Practice with Dynamics
What is Tempo? (14:17)

Active Summer Learning for Elementary (but can be done anytime!)

Body Percussion Activities (15:27)
Bucket Drumming
Singing Games
Hand-Clapping Games
Piano Playing Basics & 4 Piano Songs
Piano Chords to Accompany 4 Songs
Improvising on the Piano
Dance: African Dance by Elle Sahin
Dance: How to do the Shim Sham Tap Dance Routine by Anna Brown
Dance: Latin Dance by Elle Sahin
John Philip Sousa and his marches (with bucket drumming!) (26:14)

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Special Fine Arts Topic Masterclasses Course for High School: Drama, Music, Dance, & Art

Drama: Hamilton the Musical: How and Why it Became a Sensation! by Gena Mayo
Drama: Steps for Preparing & Auditioning for a College Degree in Theatre by Frank Caputo
Drama: Acting Technique, Warm-up, and Vocabulary 101 by Sophie Murk
Drama: Performing Shakespeare 101 by Sophie Murk (48:07)
Music: How We Sing: Vocal Anatomy and Production by Jonathan Cramer
Music: Affective Voices: Utilizing Resonance and Phrasing to Create Affect in the Listener by Jonathan Cramer
Music: How Musical Key Relate & the Nashville Number System by Chris Brink
Music: Beginning Guitar with "Amazing Grace" by Blayne Chastain
Music: Beginning Ukulele Lesson by Alyssa Anderson
Dance: African Dance by Elle Sahin
Dance: How to do the Shim Sham Tap Dance Routine by Anna Brown
Dance: Latin Dance by Elle Sahin
Art: Watercolor Tips and Tricks by Alisha Gratehouse
Art: Pen & Ink Techniques by Sally (Beyond the Stick Figure)
Art: Cartooning 101 by Melody Guevara

Advanced Music Theory Course (High School Level)

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Pre-Lesson: Staff, Clefs, Note Names
Lesson #1: Aspects of Sound (14:49)
Lesson #2: Staff, Clefs, Ledger Lines (9:14)
Lesson #3: Accidentals, Notating Stems & Flags (10:08)
Lesson #4: Chapter 1 Review, Summary, & Practice Exercises
Lesson #5: Note and Rest Names and Durations (6:58)
Lesson #6: Dotted Notes/Rests and Ties (4:31)
Lesson #7: Rhythm Terms & Simple and Compound Meters (19:02)
Lesson #8: Practice Your Understanding of Meter
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Lesson #9: More About Meter and Rhythmic Notation (17:14)
Lesson #10: Chapter 2 Review, Summary, & Practice Exercises
Lesson #11: Chromatic and Major Scales (14:04)
Lesson #12: Key Signature and Major Key Circle of Fifths (8:54)
Lesson #13: Minor Scales (11:49)
Lesson #14: Minor Key Circle of Fifths (5:36)
Lesson #15: Scale Degree Names (9:13)
Lesson #16: Other Scales & Church Modes (7:20)
Lesson #17: Chapter 3 Review, Summary, & Practice Exercises
Lesson #18: Aural Skills you need to have (5:30)
Lesson #19: Singing ~ Movable vs. Fixed "Do" (11:49)
Lesson #20: Singing Common Major Melodic Patterns (15:45)
Lesson #21: Singing Minor Scales (21:19)
Lesson #22: Singing Common Minor Melodic Patterns (7:28)
Lesson #23: Solfege for Chromatic Scale & Sight-Singing Tips (10:08)
Lesson #24: Melodies to Practice Singing
Lesson #25: Aural Exercises #1
Lesson #26: Intervals (16:30)
Lesson #27: Tips for Intervals (9:21)
Lesson #28: Strategies for Difficult Intervals (12:16)
Lesson #29: Chords and Triads (21:21)
Lesson #30: Chapter 5 Review, Summary, & Practice Exercises
Lesson #31: Chord Functions (6:32)
Lesson #32: Diatonic Seventh Chords (15:51)
Lesson #33: All the Chords You Need to Know (9:52)
Lesson #34: Inversion Symbols (6:33)
Lesson #35: Figured Bass (19:35)
Lesson #36: Chapter 6 Review, Summary, & Practice Exercises
Lesson #37: More on Chord Function (9:05)
Lesson #38: Cadences (6:52)
Lesson #39: Chapter 7 Review, Summary, & Practice Exercises
Lesson #40: Aural Exercises #2
Lesson #41: Simple Part-Writing Rules (21:22)
Lesson #42: Part-Writing Examples (47:33)
Lesson #43: Chapter 8 Review, Summary, & Practice Exercises
Lesson #44: Common Harmonic Progressions (15:39)
Lesson #45: Uses of Second Inversion Triads (3:51)
Lesson #46: How to Harmonize a Melody (13:21)
Lesson #47: Chapter 9 Summary & Practice Exercises
Lesson #48: Melodic Form & Structure (9:53)
Lesson #49: Repetition (12:14)
Lesson #50: Rhythmic Transformation & Non-Chord Tones (12:35)
Lesson #51: Chapter 10 Summary & Practice Exercises
Lesson #52: Tips for Melodic Dictation (14:15)
Lesson #53: Key Relationships, Mode Mixture, Modulation (11:31)
Lesson #54: Chapter 12 Summary & Practice Exercises
Lesson #55: Secondary Function Harmony (47:18)
Lesson #56: More Secondary Function Chords (10:15)
Lesson #57: Secondary Function and Other Skills (11:00)
Lesson #58: Chapter 13 Summary & Practice Exercises
Lesson #59: Aural Exercises #3
Lesson #60: The Process of Harmonic Composition (26:48)
Lesson #61: More on Harmonic Composition
Lesson #62: Chapter 14 Summary & Practice Exercises
Lesson #63: Harmonic Dictation Prep (15:08)
Lesson #64: Practicing Harmonic Dictation
Lesson #65: Phrase Beginnings Harmonic Dictation
Lesson #66: Mid-Phrase Harmonic Dictation
Lesson #67: Visual Score Analysis (20:10)
Lesson #68: Instrumentation and Transposition (12:10)
Lesson #69: Chapter 16 Summary and Practice Exercises
Lesson #70: Intro to the Rest of the Book (1:52)
Lesson #71: Developing Listening Skills
Lesson #72: Strategies for Melodic Dictation
Lesson #73: Strategies for Harmonic Dictation
Lesson #74: Strategies for Harmonizing a Melody
Lesson #75: Strategies for Sight-Singing
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Final Exam: Practice Test 2 (0:35)

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