What is the Community Music Center?
In partnership with Chestnut Commons and the Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation, this location is the inaugural site of our Community Music Center Initiative which offers top-quality music education programming at locations convenient and accessible to families across New York City. Chestnut Commons is a new mixed-use building serving residents of Cypress Hills and East New York.
Registration (La inscripción)
Sign up your child for BKCM Springtime Music Classes at Chestnut Commons!
Classes begin Saturday, March 2. The 12 week spring semester runs from Sat. Mar. 2 – Sat. June 15. Wondering if CMC is right for your child? Stop in on March 2 for a sample class.
- For 12 weeks of early childhood, recorder, and guitar lessons, the options are $100, $80, and $60 respectively.
- As for the Chestnut Band Beginning and Intermediate Academy, the choices are $225, $175, and $125 for the same duration.
*No student will be turned away due to financial need or due to a lack of an instrument!
New students will be able to finalize registration beginning Feb. 1. Pre-registration begins Wednesday Jan. 17, 2024 for currently registered students.
¡Inscribe a tu hijo/a en Clases de Música del BKCM en el Chestnut Commons!
Las clases inician el día Sábado 2 de Marzo. El semestre de Primavera de 12 semanas irá desde el día Sábado 2 de Marzo, hasta el 15 de Junio. ¿Se pregunta si CMC es adecuada para su hijo? Visítanos el 2 de marzo para disfrutar de una clase de muestra.
Cordialmente le solicitamos a las familias contribuir una pequeña porción del costo total de las clases. Usted tiene la libertad de escoger el monto que mejor le convenga.
- Por 12 semanas de lecciones en iniciación musical, flauta dulce y guitarra, las opciones son las siguientes: $100, $80 y $60 respectivamente.
- Por la Academia de Banda de Chestnut (Pincipiantes e Intermedios), las opciones son $225, $175 y $125 por la misma duración.
*¡Ningún estudiante será rechazado a causa de necesidad financiera o si no posee un instrumento!
Los nuevos estudiantes podrán finalizar la inscripción a partir del 1 de febrero.
La preinscripción comienza el miércoles 17 de enero de 2024 para los estudiantes actualmente registrados.
Community Music Center Classes
EARLY CHILDHOOD MUSIC & MOVEMENT
10:15am-11am (1-3 year olds)
11:15am-12pm (4-6 year olds)
12:15pm-1pm (mixed ages, returning students only)
Our program integrates singing, movement, instrumental play, body percussion, speech, poetry and drama. Children play pitched and non-pitched percussion instruments and experience the basic principles of ensemble playing. The children start learning to recognize written notation combined into rhythmic patterns.
Our very popular song repertoire includes games, chants and dances from the diverse cultures that make up our city. Listening, producing a sensitive tone, maintaining a steady beat, starting and stopping together are concepts that are positively reinforced by our devoted team of early childhood music specialists.
¡La Sra. Emma siempre trae la diversión con canciones, movimiento y juegos musicales!
RECORDER
12:15pm-1pm (Ages 7-8)
A highlight for children ages 7 – 8 is learning the recorder. At this age, children are prepared developmentally to undertake the challenges that go into playing the recorder. Learning proper fingering technique, breath control and basic notes allows students to play solos, duets and canons on the recorder. Students learn about melodic direction through reading the notes of songs. They learn about the staff, clef, key signatures and meter. They hear a variety of specially selected music that range from The Renaissance to Reggae. They practice different recorder styles and build a repertoire of tunes.
¡Los estudiantes aprenden canciones hermosas en su propia flauta dulce y empiezan a aprender a leer música!(Instrumentos proporcionados)
BEGINNING & INTERMEDIATE GUITAR
10:15am-11am (beginning)
11:15am-12pm (intermediate)*
12:15pm-1pm (beginning)
Students will learn the fundamentals of guitar performance, including chord shapes, strumming patterns, reading chord diagrams and following lead sheets. Repertoire choices draw from a broad variety of songs from all over the world and include both accompanying singing with the guitar and playing individual parts within a guitar ensemble.
*6 months experience needed on guitar for intermediate class
¡En ésta clase de 45 minutos, los estudiantes aprenden a tocar acordes, rasgueo y a acompañar sus canciones favoritas!
*Se requieren 6 meses de experiencia en guitarra para la clase intermedia
(Los instrumentos pueden ser proporcionados por pedido)
CHESTNUT BAND ACADEMY (Beginners)
10:15am to 12pm (Ages 9-14)
Our program invites students 4th grade and up to choose Clarinet, Flute, Trumpet or Percussion. Throughout the year, students learn to read notes and rhythms, develop good posture, breath support, and ensemble skills. We introduce students to popular repertoire and styles from the many diverse cultures of our city and the world. Beginning students work in individual instrumental groups while they achieve a basic proficiency on their instrument. After several weeks of practice, students are also given the opportunity to combine with the other instrumental sections to broaden their listening and ensemble skills.
¡Éste programa de 2 horas incluye lección semi-privada y clases de ensamble!
Los Instrumentos ofrecidos son: Clarinete, Flauta, Trompeta ó Percusión.
(Los instrumentos pueden ser proporcionados por pedido)
CHESTNUT BAND ACADEMY (Intermediate)
12:15pm-2pm (Ages 9-14)
Our highly popular Band Academy is geared for students with at least 6 Months experience on one of the following instruments: Clarinet, Flute, Saxophone, Trumpet, Trombone, Percussion. This program is for students who have some proficiency on their instrument. Throughout the year, students continue to learn to read notes and rhythms, develop good posture, breath support, and ensemble skills. We introduce students to popular repertoire and styles from the many diverse cultures of our city and the world. Students are also given the opportunity to combine with the other instrumental sections to broaden their listening and ensemble skills.
¡Éste programa de 2 horas incluye lección semi-privada y clases de ensamble!
*Se requieren 6 meses de experiencia en uno de los siguientes instrumentos: Clarinete, Flauta, Saxofón, Trompeta, Trombón ó Percusión.
(Los instrumentos pueden ser proporcionados por pedido)
Instruments can be provided upon request.
Los instrumentos pueden ser proporcionados por pedido