Song Play Term Two

Song Play is Melbourne Recital Centre's early learning music program for families with young children 0-5yrs.

Using a different musical theme each week, the sessions encourage children to develop the foundations of musical, movement, and creative skills.

Designed and run by early learning specialist Clare Zabrowarny, Song Play mixes fun interactions with real instruments, musical games, dancing, and most importantly, singing. Created by Clare, especially for Melbourne Recital Centre, Song Play has been a staple of the Centre's Kids & Families offering since 2017.

Each Song Play session works towards the outcomes of the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework and encourages children to develop musical skills through Kodály teaching methodologies. Song Play sessions include:

• Singing songs
• Musical games
• Movement and dance
• Listening and responding to live and recorded music
• Rhythmic activities and hands-on basic percussion
• Literacy through sung and spoken stories
• Imaginative group games, role play and stories encouraging creativity

Song Play sessions run weekly during public school terms, with two classes: for 0-2.5 year olds and 2.5-5 year olds.

Term Ticket Prices

Cost per term (8 weeks)
$180 (includes Song Play musical pack for participation)

Song Play Term Two packages are on sale now.

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About Clare Zabrowarny

Clare Zabrowarny is a qualified music educator and violinist who has worked in the public and private school systems for the past 20 years. Combining her experience in classroom environments and her passion for community development, Clare has developed a unique curriculum engaging young children and their families in shared musical experiences. Clare holds qualifications in Kodály and Orff musical pedagogies as well as a Bachelor of Music from the University of Melbourne and a Graduate Diploma of Education. Clare also teaches Violin at Eltham High School and has started a string program at Eltham East Primary School.

What skills and outcomes will my child get from Song Play?

Singing Skills
• Learning to sing songs with only two or three tones within the appropriate pitch range to develop in tune singing.
• Vocal exploration – imitating sounds and creating sounds for physical shapes

Aural Perception
• Recognising high and low sounds with matching spatial/body awareness of a physical distance between high and low
• Soft and loud relationships in songs and speech
• Melody identification of known songs
• Inner hearing – hiding sounds or songs rather than singing aloud

Rhythmic Skills
• Learning to maintain a steady beat in a variety of ways
• Clapping or tapping rhythms
• Fast and slow concepts
• Use of body percussion and instruments
• Moving to the beat, following body actions and finger play

Percussion Instruments
• Using a drum, guiros and finger cymbals. 
• A variety of small auxiliary percussion instruments

Introduction to Musical Form
• Moving and responding to musical form of known songs

Listening to Music
• Listening to in tune singing, instrument playing and recordings