Villa Musica’s Early Childhood Music classes introduce children to music through purposeful play and active music making. Orff-Schulwerk is an approach to music teaching and learning, combined with and supported by movement, based on things that children like to do: sing, chant rhymes, clap, dance, and keep a beat or play a rhythm on anything near at hand. The pedagogical materials used in the Orff classroom include poems, rhymes, games, songs, dance, and instrumental music. At the heart of all of this is improvisation – the instinct children have to create their own music.
"Learning is an act of discovery." Jean Piaget, Ph.D.
Family Music for Babies and Toddlers Ages: 0 - 2.5 (parent/guardian participation required) Wednesdays 9:30-10:15am Saturdays 9:00-9:45am Number of participants: max. 8 children Cost: $140
Music for big little kids
Ages 3 and 4 (parent/guardian participation required) Wednesdays 10:30-11:15am
Saturdays 10:00-10:45am
Number of participants: max. 8 children Cost: $140
2010-11 Session Dates
Fall Session (10 weeks) September 27th - December 11th, 2010 (No Class
Thanksgiving week) Winter Session (10 weeks) January 10th -
March 19th, 2011 Spring Session (10 weeks) April 4th - June
11th, 2011
To register for our Early Childhood Music classes please click here
Cami Smith
Cami Smith is a board certified music therapist (MT-BC) with advanced level training in Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT) through the Center for Biomedical Research in Music at Colorado State University. She is also a trained Suzuki violin teacher and a piano teacher. She began her musical studies at the age of 3 1/2 in Buffalo, NY and continued her training in Toledo, OH. She graduated from the College of Wooster in Wooster, OH in 2000 with a degree in Music Education with an emphasis in Music Therapy. Cami has been a Neurologic Music Therapist for 10 years, teaching violin privately for 22 years, and piano privately for 3 years. Before moving to San Diego, CA, she worked in Phoenix, AZ in the largest Neurologic Music Therapy clinic in the country and maintained a management position for 4 years. After moving to San Diego, Cami began her own music therapy and teaching company in 2008 to provide more opportunities for people to receive music therapy services, private violin and piano lessons, and adaptive music lessons. Cami has extensive training in classical, Suzuki, and fiddle music and additional behavioral and sensory integration training. Cami is thrilled to continue her professional work with Villa Musica as a music therapist, early childhood music instructor, and violin teacher. She continues as an active performer in a local Irish band.
