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Stave House

Let me tell you a musical story, Here is a House with four rooms… “ and so, begins the wonderful imaginary journey into the world of Stave House where your children will be equipped with classical music skills for life, able to read write and play music. Stave House lays a musical foundation that is taught via a ‘see, hear, do ‘interactive approach to learning. The method encourages storytelling, role play, singing games and rhymes teaching creativity, inspiring curiosity and offering the child the freedom to explore academic musical concepts. Stave House is compatible with all other Montessori learning. The idea for the method was conceived in a Montessori school 25 years ago, by Fellow of the London College of Music, Ruth Travers (ALCM LNCM FLCM Director Stave House) who felt that if approached in a way that engaged them, very young children could learn to read music without gimmicks, finger numbers or letters being written above the music, thus helping them to become independent musicians. Ruth believes that strong music literacy in early childhood is beneficial to music development in the later years. With this in mind she created Stave House, a programme that makes learning music for the young easy and fun. The Stave House method teaches children to read, play and write music. It uses a series of creative characters to engage children, through storytelling and nursey rhymes.

The characters used represent the musical notes – like Ferdie the fox for F and father Crotchet for a single beat. The characters when combined make music. Children are also taught to arrange the notes in their own liking, and re-ordering them to hear the different aural effects. This gives them exposure to music composing. The Stave House method is designed for all musical instruments. It is accredited and certified by the London College of Music. This not only affirms the quality of the Stave House teaching, it also means that along the way children will have the opportunity to mark progress and obtain recognition through structured assessments & certification. The latter is found to be essential for growth. The foundation built by the Stave House method lasts a lifetime.

Ruth has been teaching and composing music for over thirty years. She is English and lives in Essex, U.K. with her husband Russell. Ruth became a Fellow of the London College of Music in 2015.