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Socorro Independent School District
Socorro Independent School District - Piano
classes offered at SISD


 
Piano classes offered at SISD									
MIDI FOR KIDS is offering open enrollment for after school music classes to be
held at Montwood Middle and El Dorado High School, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and
Thursdays after school.  The classes are open to students from 1st through 12th
grade.  With partners Romeo Music and Midi For Kids, the classes will combine
traditional music theory with creativity and improvisation. Students will learn
how to play, compose, create, build instrumental skills, play by ear, read
notation and connect musical concepts to other subjects such as math and
language. Students learn and explore the following concepts through
piano/keyboard:  pattern recognition, music problem solving, abstract reasoning,
discriminative listening, recursion, and generative learning. “Piano is the
basis for everything and can help children to learn any other instrument.  By
taking music classes, student test scores have gotten better, their attention
span improves and they are more disciplined,” said Sara Long.  Sara Long is a
2nd year teacher with MIDI for Kids After-School Music Programs at El Dorado
High School. Sara has taught music for thirty-one years and is newly retired
from Socorro ISD. She has a Bachelors of Music degree from Sul Ross State
University in Alpine, Texas.To find out about price plans, weekly schedule and
calendar, please log onto www.midiforkids.com. Registration is also available
online.  Class size is limited.Classes at El Dorado High School with Sara
Long:Keyboard for grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 for
beginners.Thursday at 4:30 - 5:15 Starting: 08/28/2008Keyboard for grades 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 for 2nd year returning.Wednesday at 4:30 - 5:15
Starting: 08/27/2008Keyboard for grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 for
beginners.Tuesday at 4:30-5:15 Starting: 08/26/2008Classes at Montwood Middle
School with Laura Aguirre:Keyboard for grades 4, 5, 6 for 2nd year
returning.Thursday at 4:00-4:45 Starting: 09/04/2008Keyboard for grades 1, 2, 3,
4, 5 for beginners.Wednesday at 4:00-4:45 Starting: 09/03/2008Keyboard for
grades 2, 3, 4 for 2nd year returning.Tuesday at 4:00-4:45 Starting:
09/02/2008There will be no classes during the SISD Fall and Spring
Intersessions. The cost is $65 per month plus materials and registration fee. 
For more information, please call Sara Long, 915-256-5172 or email her at 
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.“The first expectation of parents is for their child to learn how to play the
instrument. By learning music, it helps children improve their focus and build
their concentration skills which they can use in other classes,” said Aguirre.
Laura Aguirre is a new teacher with MIDI for Kids After-School Music Programs at
Montwood Middle School. She graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso
with a Bachelor’s degree in Music. She is currently the piano lab teacher at
Montwood Middle School. The MIDI for Kids program is comprehensive even within
the musical training. MIDI for Kids uses the entertainment and emotion of music
to invite innovation and cooperation from students.
 
12440 Rojas Drive, El
Paso, TX 79928 - (915) 937.0000Socorro Independent School District does not
discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or
age in its programs, activities or employment.		

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