Ensemble Arts Academy is a full service music lesson studio offering private and group music lessons for all ages, all instruments, and voice

M usic Lessons for all Instruments & Voice
U niversity Trained Instructors
S heet Music & Supplies
I  nstrument Rentals, Sales, & Repairs
C amps, Classes, and Clubs; Camp Rocks!, Las Vegas Guitar Club

Our main location is our 6-room studio at Alexander and N. Tenaya Way.

A second location is at Montessori Visions Academy where students can join general music, guitar, or piano class, as well as private lessons.

Piano Wizard: A unique feature of the piano class is the combining of traditional methods with the innovative and engaging Piano Wizard Video Game in which students quickly and intuitively learn to play the piano and read notation in record time.

Our instructors include a former member of the USAF Band and the Disneyland Band, local.

New videos of Camp Rocks!

Camp Rocks! Now offered during TRACK BREAKS!

WHY MUSIC LESSONS?

• Making music is fun.

There's nothing new about this assertion; people have known it since before recorded history. Making music brings people together, breaks down barriers and almost always leads to a good time. Playing really well can make you feel like you're on top of the world. And even if you're not brimming with talent, doing your best and even messing up occasionally is a lot more engaging than staring at the TV.

• Making music is good for the brain.

Over the last decade, a series of new scientific studies has demonstrated a link between active music making-not just passive listening, but actually taking part-and increased brainpower. Young kids who make music show improved spatial-temporal reasoning, which is the foundation of later success in math and science. And they actually get better grades than kids who don't take music.

• Making music is good for your body.

Did you know that making music is a proven stress reducer? And stress on the body has been linked to the performance of the immune system. Studies show that people who make music have had higher levels of melatonin, a revitalized natural production of Human Growth Hormone-even an increase in the immune system's natural "cancer-killer" cells.

• Making music is good for the soul.

Everyone knows that music is beautiful. And beauty helps your peace of mind. But did you know the benefits of music on well-being have been scientifically measured? For example, older people who make music show reduced levels of anxiety, depression and loneliness. Among younger people, those who make music together are less likely to use drugs or get in other kinds of trouble.

• Making music is good for the social life.

Does this one really need an explanation? No matter what your age there are a variety of musical activities to help you get started - preschool kids can enjoy the Sesame Music Zone, teens can go all the way to The MusicEdge, adults can become Weekend Warriors and seniors can join a New Horizons Band near them!

If you're not a musician already, you may feel a little embarrassed to get started. But the next time you're at a party and people start picking up instruments, you'll feel embarrassed not to.

Fine Arts

The Illinois Learning Standards for Fine Arts were developed using the National Standards for Arts Education, 1985 State Goals for Fine Arts, various other national and state resources, and local standards contributed by team members.

Throughout time, the arts have been essential to human existence. When people create in sounds, images, gestures and words, they discover ways to shape and share their thoughts and feelings with others. The arts enrich the quality of life. All students deserve access to the arts through creation, performance and study.

Young children "respond to gestures and movement before they react to the spoken word. They understand and explore sound before they learn to speak. They draw pictures before they form letters. They dance and act out stories before they learn to read" (Fowler, 1984). The fine arts—dance, drama, music, and visual arts—are fundamental ways of knowing and thinking. In addition to their intrinsic value, the arts contribute to children's development. Recent research shows that study in music improves test scores in spatial temporal reasoning in young children (Rauscher, 1997).

Works of art are some of the highest achievements of civilization. In school, students learn the language of the arts and how to interpret visual images, sounds, movement and story. Because the arts are both universal and culturally specific, they are a powerful means of increasing international and intercultural awareness. Through the arts, students gain a greater understanding of their own cultural heritage, as well as a sense of the larger world community.

The Illinois Learning Standards in the Fine Arts address the language of the fine arts, sensory elements, organizational principles and expressive qualities and how the arts are similar, different or related to each other. Students also learn about production and performance in the arts and the role of the arts in civilization. When students study the arts they become informed audience members and informed consumers of the popular culture including electronic media. The standards in fine arts define a comprehensive arts education and reflect a commitment to a quality education for every Illinois school child.

Applications of Learning

Through Applications of Learning, students demonstrate and deepen their understanding of basic knowledge and skills. These applied learning skills cross academic disciplines and reinforce the important learning of the disciplines. The ability to use these skills will greatly influence students' success in school, in the workplace and in the community.

Solving Problems

Recognize and investigate problems; formulate and propose solutions supported by reason and evidence.

Problem solving is integral to the arts—providing students the opportunity to innovate and seek original solutions to open-ended problems. Multiple solutions are constructed using various sensory modes, traditional and electronic media and tools, and individual and group experiences. Students learn the relationships between processes and end products; they learn to communicate ideas, themes and meaning through solving problems in their art work.

Communicating

Express and interpret information and ideas.

The arts are forms of communication extending beyond reading, writing, listening and speaking. Communicating in the fine arts means learning to translate ideas through dance, drama, music and visual arts. Students also participate in the communication process as receivers– observing, analyzing, evaluating, critiquing and interacting.

Using Technology

Use appropriate instruments, electronic equipment, computers and networks to access information, process ideas and communicate results.

Computers, synthesizers, film and video provide opportunities to create and record sound composition, animated images, montages and other works. These experiences can lead to careers in areas such as music, graphic arts, video and film production, scene design and choreography. Technology (CD-ROM, slides, film, video, laserdisk, on-line services) also can link the classroom with the work of renowned artists and performers.

Working on Teams

Learn and contribute productively as individuals and as members of groups.

Individual creativity and inspiration are at the heart of the arts, but so are collaboration and group dynamics. Teamwork activities include planning dramatic scenes, developing choreography, creating group murals and performing music in ensembles. These activities give students experience in communicating ideas, considering the ideas of others and reaching consensus.

Making Connections

Recognize and apply connections of important information and ideas within and among learning areas.

Through the arts, students observe how dance, drama, music and visual art reflect history, society and everyday life. They see links between the individual and society in the creation and understanding of works of art. The arts relate to and reinforce other learning areas—for example, dance and the language arts (action relating to words and poetry), drama and social science (theatre conveying history and culture), music and mathematics (note duration expressed in fractions),

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According to the Asian Journal, The BFBF has become one of the most dynamic face-lifts Vegas has undergone. And the goal is still growing as Vegas grows. Our hopes is to grow the BFBF to become a global event around the world. We hope to shift societies thinking by bringing it back down to one of the most basic aspect of life: Family

Whether it’s immediate family, a family of businesses, a family of kids, a family of friends; regardless, we are all family. The world is in tough economic times and the BFBF hopes to relieve that by providing solutions to the world’s greatest problems of today. The BFBF is the solution to our economies growth, our families growth, and our own individual personal growth. We are linking businesses, non-profits, authors and speakers, leaders in society, entertainment and art. Through this we have a great chance on becoming the world’s greatest resource.

Our mission is simple; to bring families back together.