Welcome to the Amagansett School String Program
We are VERY excited to announce the creation of the Amagansett School String Program!!!
I wanted to share with everyone the blueprint we are building for our children:
I wanted to share with everyone the blueprint we are building for our children:
String Program 2023/2024
- Beginning Violin (a Suzuki Style Introduction to String Instruments)
- PK 4
- "Tiny Twinklers" begin to play the violin in a combination of Suzuki style and the Colorstrings method! (All Pre-K 4 students will still have their General Music Class each week as well)
- Kindergarten
- Continuing their work with the violin in a “Beginning Strings” class combination of Suzuki style and the Colorstrings method! (All Kindergarteners will still have their 1 General Music Class each week)
- First Grade
- Continuing with “Beginning Strings” class combination of Suzuki style and the Colorstrings method! (All First Graders will still have their 1 General Music Class each week)
- Second Grade
- Moving up to "Violin Level II" class where we will continue to combine Suzuki Style learning with traditional instrumental instruction and begin working our way through "Violin Karate" and the Strictly Strings Level I Method Book (All Second Graders will still have their 1 General Music Classe each week)
- Third Grade
- Continuing with "Violin Level II.5" class where we will continue to combine Suzuki Style learning with traditional instrumental instruction and continue working our way through "Violin Karate" and the Strictly Strings Level I Method Book (All Third Graders will still have their 1 General Music Classe each week as well as a Chorus Class each week)
- Fourth Grade
- Moving up to "Violin Level III" class where we will continue to combine Suzuki Style learning with traditional instrumental instruction and continue working our way through "Violin Karate" and the Strictly Strings Level I Method Book as well as some other string orchestra repertoire as appropriate for each year's specific group of students. Students will also have the ability to ELECT to change to the lower string instruments at this point including cello and viola. For students who CHOOSE this option, a MANDATORY RECESS PRACTICE will be included to ensure that they can comfortably play their new string instrument along with the rest of the class during string class. All Fourth Graders will still have their Chorus Class each week....All Fourth Grade students ALSO participate in the Amagansett School Beginning Band Instrumental Program and will have a Band Instrument, Band Lesson, and Band Class IN ADDITION to their work with the violin!!
- Fifth Grade
- Continuing with "Violin Level III" class where we will continue to combine Suzuki Style learning with traditional instrumental instruction and continue working our way through "Violin Karate" and the Strictly Strings Level I Method Book as well as some other string orchestra repertoire as appropriate for each year's specific group of students . Students will also have the ability to ELECT to change to the lower string instruments at this point including cello and viola. For students who CHOOSE this option, a MANDATORY RECESS PRACTICE will be included to ensure that they can comfortably play their new string instrument along with the rest of the class during string class. All Fifth Graders will still have their Chorus Class each week....All Fifth Grade students ALSO participate in the Amagansett School Concert Band Instrumental Program and will have a Band Instrument, Band Lesson, and Band Class IN ADDITION to their work with the violin!!
- PK 4
- Sixth Grade*** NEW THIS YEAR!!!!!!
- Continuing with "Violin Level III" class where we will continue to combine Suzuki Style learning with traditional instrumental instruction and continue working our way through "Violin Karate" and the Strictly Strings Level I Method Book as well as some other string orchestra repertoire as appropriate for each year's specific group of students . Students will also have the ability to ELECT to change to the lower string instruments at this point including cello and viola. For students who CHOOSE this option, a MANDATORY RECESS PRACTICE will be included to ensure that they can comfortably play their new string instrument along with the rest of the class during string class. All Sixth Graders will still have their Chorus Class each week....All Sixth Grade students ALSO participate in the Amagansett School Concert Band Instrumental Program and will have a Band Instrument, Band Lesson, and Band Class IN ADDITION to their work with the violin!!