The Community Arts Program is again offering music classes for K-2 students. Students will learn the fundamentals of rhythm, beat, pitch, good singing tone and other musical elements through games, songs and various activities.
Starting Jan. 27, two class options will be available. The morning class will meet from 10 to 10:45 a.m. and the afternoon class will meet from 5:15 to 6 p.m. Both classes cost $60 for the eight-week session and will be held at the Warsaw Evangelical Presbyterian Church, 210 S. High St. Registration for both classes is found at capwarsaw.com under the Vocal Prep page. Questions may be directed to Judie Meulink, artistic director for the Vocal Vision Youth programs, at [email protected].
Kim Rogers will lead the morning session. She is the lower elementary music teacher at Lakeland Christian Academy, teaching kindergarten through third grade. She has been married to her husband Matthew (pastor of First Christian Church, Warsaw) for 26 years this October, and has two daughters, Faith and Jordan (both studying ministry at Ozark Christian College in Joplin, Mo.).
Their family moved to Warsaw in 2019 from the western Chicago suburbs, where they resided and pastored for 21 years. Before moving to Warsaw, she taught music at Downers Grove Christian school (P-8th grade) for six years, and led an after-school extracurricular called JAM (Jesus and Motion) for nine years, teaching first- through fifth-graders to combine music with things like dance, rhythm sticks, black light, sign and more. She has loved leading kids in worship for the past 23 years in her two churches, as well as in the chapel at both schools.
Marlise Burkholder will lead the late afternoon session. She graduated from Grace College with a degree in music education. She has been working with the Youth Choir since 2018, and loves teaching the singers and watching their talents and love for music grow. She lives in Wakarusa with her husband Levi, son Zachary, and a golden retriever.