Description"Alexei Wajchman, a San Francisco music teacher born and raised in the Mission, is offering a music class for the upcoming Fall semester. Mr. Alexei has been teaching children's music since 2010. He's worked at Big City Montessori, Montessori Children's House of the West Coast, Montessori House of Children, Children's Day School, Little Tree Preschool, Noe Valley Childcare, and Gan Noe among others.
His classes consist of folk/rock singalongs, fingerplays, and dancing/movement songs. The songs are a mix of originals and covers ranging from Woody Guthrie and Malvina Reynolds to Nirvana and The Ramones. He also teaches a different lesson on music theory (beat, rhythm, melody, harmony, ear training, etc.) and music history/appreciation each week. For instance, one month might focus on Dynamics (the volume of the music) and the instruments/music of Africa. Another month could be Intervals and the music of Asia.