Jana Vitols, offers music and movement integrated learning experiences, utilizing the Dalcroze/Eurythmics approach, as a foundation for children’s musical development. While providing children foundational music skills, she also encourages them to discover their own creative identities. She present a variety of songs from the traditional canon of children’s music, enhanced by original melodies and multi-lingual works. Playing multiple string instruments and singing, she leads children in exploring sound, pitch, tonality, melody, meter, rhythm, tempo, dynamics, musicality, phrasing, patterns, and improvisation skills. She cultivates imaginative musical activities with creative movement, books, puppets, percussion instruments, and folk dances as teaching tools. These interactive classes provide a joyful experience for children to attain an understanding of the primary concepts inherent in music, while also discovering their own unique musical expression.
She has been served as faculty/guest artist/atelierista at at the following Seattle institutions:
Seattle Symphony’s Soundbridge Music Discovery Center
FamilyWorks Family Resource Center
Seattle Emergency Housing Youth Programs
King County Libraries
Dusty Strings Music School
REWA-Refugee Women’s Alliance
Epiphany Early Learning Preschool
Hilltop Children’s Center
Wallingford Childcare Center
Magic Lantern Montessori
Willa Playschool
Lakewood Co-op Preschool
Capitol Hill Co-op Preschool
Queen Anne Co-op Preschool
Blossoming Buds Preschool
Greenwood Developmental Preschool
Stroum Jewish Community Center Early Learning
and since her arrival in Richmond, VA in 2021…
VCU Health Family Care Center
Sabot School, Music Atelierista
Jana’s programs are a big hit at the library! She skillfully keeps the attention of toddlers as she leads them in musical play. Parents love it!
~Gaye Hinchliff, Children’s Librarian, King County Library System