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Music Kids

Based on year-to-year interest within specific age ranges, the Gray School's highly-qualified early childhood faculty offers small group classes for “Music Kids” at various stages of early childhood from birth to age 8. At age 6, Music Kids can advance to private lessons studying specific instruments.

This year, Music Kids from 4 to 7 years old can take Keyboard Kids piano classes. This introductory class focuses on piano while building a great foundation in music which can translate to any instrument as children grow.

KEYBOARD KIDS

Keyboard Kids provides a classical piano education in a fast-paced class with friends for children ages 4-7. Piano class provides theory games, fun sheets, and engaging music in groups of 4-5 students. Students play piano music together as a group on individual digital pianos. Music is written for ages 4-7 and is fun to learn with friends. Students learn to correctly count rhythms, keys on the piano, as well as the fundamentals of staff note reading. Students progress over several years through a graduated course of staff note reading which ultimately creates musical independence. The Gray School uses the Mayron Cole Method in class piano.

Classes are scheduled at convenient times right after school day ends. Weekly piano camps are held during the month of June each year. Bring a friend and enjoy the fun of learning to play the piano together.

Keyboard Kids Faculty

Photo of piano teacher Vicki Gray with piano student. Vicki Gray owns and directs the Gray School of Music. She founded the Gray School of music and has taught piano for 40 years. She has a Masters of Music from Southern Methodist University and has done doctoral studies in piano at the University of North Texas. Mrs. Gray is a distinguished and accomplished composer. Compositions have included five children’s fairy tale operettas; MUSIC FOR MINORS, a method for preschool music; and articles in professional journals and newsletters. Mrs. Gray is an expert on musical technology and motivational techniques. Her students have been winners in competitions at Baylor University, Dallas Piano Solo Competition, Dallas Symphonic, DMTA Jazz Festival, at the state level in the Texas Music Teachers Association Solo Performance Competition, and McKinney Young Artist Competition. Mrs. Gray has been awarded a Permanent Professional Certificate by the National Music Teachers Association and has been listed in Who’s Who of American Women. She is the mother of three children, all of whom attended music conservatories and obtained doctorate degrees in piano performance. Jenni has a Bachelor of Piano Performance from Eastman School of Music, Master of Music from the University of Texas, and Doctorate from the University of Houston. Julie has a Bachelors and Masters of Piano Performance at Eastman School of Music and a doctorate from the University of Texas. Justin earned a Bachelor in Piano Performance from the Juilliard School, a Masters of Music in Piano Performance from Southern Methodist University, and a doctorate of Piano Performance at the University of North Texas. Mrs. Gray enjoys gardening, cooking, and playing with her six grandchildren. Her husband, Haskell, is owner of a consulting and representation firm for advanced computer networking.

Photo of piano teacher Grace Choi with Piano student. Grace Choi has a Masters of Music in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from Southern Methodist University as well as a Master of Music in Music Education from the Eastman School of Music. She received a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance and a Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature from Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul, Korea. She was awarded a Meadows Artistic Scholarship Award from SMU and the Kanable Scholarship and the John and Linda Lyon Van Voorhis Fellowship at the Eastman School of Music. Since her debut performance at the age of 13 with the University of Texas at Arlington orchestra, she has performed throughout Asia and the US. Ms. Choi has also performed in masterclasses for Joaquin Achucarro, Yaroslav Pugach, and Andre Marchand.

Ms. Choi has taught piano since 2001 as private and group instructor in Seoul, Korea, Rochester, New York, Interlochen, Michigan, and Dallas, Texas. She is also an experienced early childhood teacher, having taught at the Meadows Community Education in Dallas and the Eastman Community Music School in Rochester, New York. An advocate for the arts, she has worked as an intern for arts organizations such as Dallas Chamber Music and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.

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