Play-a-Story
Play-a-Story is a musical journey in which you
and your child travel through a storybook world.
Children create their own musical soundtrack
using the piano to create sounds, melodies,
harmonies and rhythms to express the story.
Using the piano, we will interpret mood, color and
nuance as the story unfolds. Play-a-Story teaches
this by providing a foundational, systematic and
creative experience that harnesses children’s
intuitive, musical appreciation and interpretation.
Play-a-Story Introductory Session
The Play-a-Story program presents a journey
into a new world. In this world, every imaginative
thought, emotion and dream is an opportunity to
express ourselves musically. In this world, musical
self-expression is our language. This language is
far more profound, descriptive, meaningful and
pure than any other.
In the Play-a-Story program, every student is
immersed in the culture of a world that believes
music has the power to emerge naturally from
within. The journey begins before students ever
learn to play another composer’s music; they
begin with the opportunity to discover their own
musical ‘story’.
At the early age of 4 or 5, children are given
musical sounds, motifs, styles, shapes and
dynamics. These tools build a comprehensive,
improvisational foundation that equips them with
the sounds of their new musical language.
“I think it’s important for the children to have a love of music and that’s what Play-a-Story has done... it’s allowed my daughter to have a love of music and not to feel that there’s a right or wrong or that she can do it or she can’t do it. It’s allowed her the freedom to express herself and she can play. She can play music. She is musical.”
