Recorder

NEW for 2025!

NEW Curriculum developed by Shelle Soelberg, Let’s Play Music creator.

Explore music and learn the recorder flute in 8 sessions. July 21 – August 1, 2025 @11:30 am – 12:30 pm (excluding July 24 & 25).

Enroll on my LPM Storefront (see link below) and pay for materials ($29 + shipping).

Pay tuition via Venmo @GillPianoStudio or invoice by July 5 for early bird pricing $125. Regular tuition is $150.

Deadline to enroll is July 10. Materials will be shipped to me, ready for the first day of class.

Session size 4-8 kiddos ages 6-12. 

LPM STOREFRONT

Get ready to play songs for the Children’s Sacrament Meeting Presentation this fall on the recorder!

Do parents come to class?: Nope! Just the last session for the parent showcase.

Student Materials Set – $29

  • Student Songbook with 20 pages of full color repertoire, worksheets and instruction pages.
  • Digital Album – 15 engaging and educational tracks including curriculum songs and accompaniment tracks. Get the FREE Let’s Play Music app to access the album.
  • High Quality German Recorder
  • Some students will learn to play recorder – those who love it and practice at home. If your child does not, s/he will enjoy a rich musical experience with classical music, composition, improvisation, ensemble playing, rhythm reading, harmony, note reading, ear training, and music making.
  • Contains LPM/Presto content. Those that have had LPM or Presto will know some songs already. Those that haven’t will learn them.
  • There is note reading, rhythm reading, chord & harmony review for some, and will function as an introduction to others.

Curriculum Highlights

  • “The Squeaky Symphony” is a silly song whose lyrics teach proper recorder technique and include a section where students are free to play all the horrible sounds that happen when playing incorrectly, all in the spirit of playfulness. (See below for a ‘squeak peek’)
  • “Banuwa” is a Liberian folk song chanted, sung, and played on percussion and 3-part recorder. A full accompaniment track makes this a robust, immersive, rousing musical experience.
  • “How the Stars Fell into the Sky” is a Cherokee Nations story telling of children losing their way and using the stars and their ancestors to come back home. The Star People: A Lakota Story by S.D. Nelson may be used in place of the Cherokee story.
  • “Cherokee Morning Song” is our puppet show and is a lovely wood flute, guitar, and drum song perfect for engaging the imagination!
  • Typical tonguing and fingering exercises that are usually boring are fun, easy, and musically rewarding using fantastic accompaniment tracks. You won’t believe how fun it is to play an A over and over again!
  • Absolutely no Hot Cross Buns!