This program is designed for children 4–6 years old. No audition is required. No previous music training is required.
Classes meet once a week for ten or twelve weeks and are offered in the fall, winter, and spring seasons. Summer classes run for six weeks. Consider subscribing to our monthly email newsletter to know when the next round of classes will begin.
Parents may be included in classes from time to time to observe their child’s music development. We encourage parents to build upon these shared musical experiences at home.
Crickets do not perform in a choir like their older counterparts in the Conservatory Program. At the end of the term, Crickets present a very informal demonstration of their activities and achievements to parents and friends.
We view music as an aspect of healthy self-expression. Trained educators gently introduce the proper use and care of their first instrument—the voice, through a playful collection of interactive musical games, songs and activities.
Very young children often don't realize when they are speaking loudly, quietly, quickly, or slowly, and they have no inclination to their pitch or tone of voice. Crickets coaches children in realizing how, and how loudly, they are speaking or singing.
Music-making has been shown to release endorphins which helps fight depression. Regular, positive experiences in Crickets class activities may serve as a way toward self-regulating energy and mood.
As per research in music education for young children, participation in activities in a music program such as Crickets provides a foundation for strong reasoning, memory, verbal and spatial skills that will serve them well in school, and throughout their lives.
Lyndsay Davies teaches Crickets, a music and movement class for children ages 4-6, at CCM. In 2000, she began her career as a K-5 vocal music teacher in the Harford County Public School system. In 2001, she began teaching her first piano students (who are now college graduates!). In 2009-2013, she had the privilege of teaching ear training, sight singing and music theory classes for the Children’s Chorus of Maryland. Most recently, she taught vocal music to K-2 students at Redeemer Classical Christian School in Kingsville, MD. She also enjoys teaching music classes for her local homeschool co-op, Crossroads. She continues to teach piano lessons to students of all ages in her home studio, located in Timonium, MD.
Lyndsay is a certified Kodály music educator, having received her Master of Education in Kodály Music from the American Kodály Institute at Loyola University of Maryland in 2013. Prior to that, she earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Grove City College in Grove City, PA where she also studied trombone. Since moving to Maryland in 2000, she has continued to play the trombone with several community groups including the Bel Air Community Band and the Hunt Valley Wind Ensemble. As a former Kindermusik® instructor, Lyndsay has also taught several early childhood music classes.
In addition to teaching piano, Lyndsay also teaches her daughter, Eliza, at home. Apart from teaching, she enjoys reading, crafting, gardening, hiking, biking and, of course, all things musical!
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