An innovative Kodaly-inspired music curriculum guiding you into music literacy, Choir & Instruments. What is Colourstrings? https://www.colourstringsvan.com
Colourstrings is an internationally reputable Kodaly based approach to music & instrumental teaching from Finland. It is the only approach that will take a chid from the earliest stages of music kindergarten through instrumental lessons at conservatory level. Music & Movement Classes 3mths - 6 yrs grouped by age. Core music skills are developed through a host of increasingly specific activities in
a playful, imaginative yet structured enviroment. Classes focus on the young child’s developmental and emotional needs and aim to provide a set of experiences, which will help to develop within each child, a personal response to music. With the help of the simple graded song books & CDs, children learn to sing in tune (a skill which we believe everyone is capable of learning!) develop a strong sense of beat, an understanding of the basic music concepts (pitch, rhythm etc.) and highly developed listening skills. Eventually the children learn to read and write basic music notation prior to learning an instrument through Colourstrings (if they later wish to). Favourite songs from the music kindergarten classes reappear in the instrumental books creating an integrated system of learning that has already produced many generations of professional musicians and active hobbyists world-wide. All the early work takes place on an unconscious level (3mth-2 yrs). For example, a lot of work with children under three emphasizes the pulse of the music. We pat or play an instrument, march around as we sing the song while the pulse is experienced unconsciously. In the 3 year class musical concepts are explained in a semi-conscious way through games. For example children will say the rhyme, clap the rhythm of the words and then play the rhythm on a drum. Eventually in the 4 & 5 year classes, learning is made conscious through games and musical stories and the children will be able to write down the rhythm that they have just played (which they work out aurally and don't just copy from the board!). All musical ideas and concepts are introduced in this progressive way through games. The child experiences the concept long before articulating what the concept means. There are no exceptions and no failures, thanks to the quality and depth of the unconscious learning that the children have had in our younger classes.
*Read here about the latest research & proven benefits of attending early music & movement classes.
01/25/2025
Learning an instrument is hard work! Brain work!
Practise is a habit! It’s both the parents and the teacher’s job to guide the child through the steps to form a practise habit.
Every student, no matter their ability or interest, benefits from music learning. It builds resilience, focus, creativity, and cognitive growth – skills that shape success in all areas of life.
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✨Join us on an exhilarating music day camps designed for kids aged 4 to 9 years! Through Winter & Spring themed songs we’ll explore melodies on xylophones and world percussion instruments whilst we develop music literacy through games! 🎶 Learn Music & art🎶 Play & Dance🎶 Musi...
01/09/2025
WED JAN 15TH CAMP - ✨Join us on an exhilarating music day camps designed for kids aged 4 to 9 years! Through Winter & Spring themed songs we’ll explore melodies on xylophones and world percussion instruments whilst we develop music literacy through games! All welcome.
🎶 Learn Music & art
🎶 Play & Dance
🎶 Musical Games
Students who struggle with literacy might just need a little rhythm in their lives! 🧠 Research highlights that rhythm-based music education can help boost literacy skills, especially for those who need it most.
When students engage in rhythm activities—clapping, tapping, or drumming—they’re not just making music; they’re building pathways in the brain that support reading and language development. 🎵
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Laura Hasthorpe B.A., C.P.G.S., C.S.A.K
Colourstrings Conservatory of Music
Certified Music Specialist for over 20 years
Laura is the Director of the Colourstrings Conservatory and is a Certified early childhood music specialist with over 20 years of experience.
A Professional Violist and musical entrepreneur, she is the first early childhood specialist to bring the Colourstrings Music Education to Canada in 2004. Laura has undertaken numerous international Colourstrings Violin teacher training courses with Dr. Géza Szilvay, Yvonne Frye and Heidi Viksten in London, Scotland and Finland where the approach originates.
She has attended International Kodaly workshops with Helga Dietrich, James Cuskelly David Vinden, Lucinda Geoghegan and Judith Brindle, and is continually taking high level music training courses around the world.
Bringing Colourstrings to Canada
After setting up her own school, The Colourstrings Conservatory of Music in 2004, Laura also set up the highly successful Colourstrings program at the VSO school of music 2011 until Spring 2017. The full Colourstrings Program is only taught at 129 east 8th ave.
What is Colourstrings?
Colourstrings is an internationally reputable Kodaly based approach to music & instrumental teaching from Finland. It is the only approach that will take a chid from the earliest stages of music kindergarten through instrumental lessons at conservatory level.
Music & Movement Classes 3mths - 6 yrs grouped by age.
Core music skills are developed through a host of increasingly specific activities in a playful, imaginative yet structured enviroment. Classes focus on the young child’s developmental and emotional needs and aim to provide a set of experiences, which will help to develop within each child, a personal response to music.
With the help of the simple graded song books & CDs, children learn to sing in tune (a skill which we believe everyone is capable of learning!) develop a strong sense of beat, an understanding of the basic music concepts (pitch, rhythm etc.) and highly developed listening skills. Eventually the children learn to read and write basic music notation prior to learning an instrument through Colourstrings (if they later wish to).
Favourite songs from the music kindergarten classes reappear in the instrumental books creating an integrated system of learning that has already produced many generations of professional musicians and active hobbyists world-wide.
All the early work takes place on an unconscious level (3mth-2 yrs). For example, a lot of work with children under three emphasizes the pulse of the music. We pat or play an instrument, march around as we sing the song while the pulse is experienced unconsciously. In the 3 year class musical concepts are explained in a semi-conscious way through games. For example children will say the rhyme, clap the rhythm of the words and then play the rhythm on a drum.
Eventually in the 4 & 5 year classes, learning is made conscious through games and musical stories and the children will be able to write down the rhythm that they have just played (which they work out aurally and don't just copy from the board!). All musical ideas and concepts are introduced in this progressive way through games. The child experiences the concept long before articulating what the concept means. There are no exceptions and no failures, thanks to the quality and depth of the unconscious learning that the children have had in our younger classes.
*Read here about the latest research & proven benefits of attending early music & movement classes.
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