What is Little Bands? Little Bands School is Part of Grekin Music, a community music school founded by musician and educator Dr. Joshua Grekin. Grekin Music offers private lessons on all instruments, and opportunities for orchestra, choir, jazz band, exciting electives and a variety of small ensembles. Little Bands Academy is our initial "basic training" program; a powerful introduction to music that builds a strong, comprehensive skill set and a deep understanding of music. How Does It Work?
Students join a band. The instrumentation of the band is piano, guitar, bass, drums and voice, like a small rock band or jazz band. The band follows a detailed curriculum of songs and writes their own songs, and each band member learns every song on all 4 instruments! This helps facilitate a comprehensive understanding of the music and boosts skills like composition, improvising, and interacting with other band members. Little Bands students will be playing and singing as a group the very first day of class. By the time they have been in the program for one semester they understand how a piece of music is put together. They can improvise and compose. They work well as a team, sing, and play four instruments. This is a comprehensive education that can continue for years, and accommodates students from pre-school through high school. This program is also ideal for schools in the classroom environment. For information on how the program can be formatted for larger classes, contact us at [email protected].
