Music Room

 

444 Borden Road
Cheektowaga, NY 14224
716-668-5441

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Music Classes From Home

We are here to help.  From general music classes for grades K-8, high school and beyond.
 

Instructor Bios

Karen Janiszewski:
Karen has been the owner of Music Room since 2013.  She has a Bachelor's of Music Education from Mansfield University and a Master's of Music Education from Carnegie Mellon University.  She was the General Music and Choral teacher at St. Mary's Elementary School for four years after college until she became the owner of Music Room, where she has been teaching ever since!  Her primary instruments are piano, viola and violin, but has experience teaching all band and orchestra instruments.  Other interests include camping, gardening, writing and music arranging, dance and other performing arts experiences as a volunteer for various non-profits.

Rebecca Kayorie: Becky is the resident Voice Teacher at Music Room, also teaching piano and violin. She also works as a Piano Tuner throughout Western New York. Becky studied Voice in her undergraduate program at The Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam. She later received a dual master’s degree in Elementary and Special Education from D’Youville College and achieved her NYS teacher certification. Before joining the staff at Music Room, Becky taught Music and Theater at a program for individuals with disabilities. Becky likes collecting and learning to play new instruments. Her favorites are the piano, violin, saxophone, pipe organ, recorder, guitar, trombone, trumpet, accordion, etc. Actually, it’s impossible for her to choose!

Brendan Long: Brendan has been an instructor at Music Room since 2016.  He has a Bachelor's degree in Music Theory and Composition as well as a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the Univerity at Buffalo.  His primary instruments are guitar, bass guitar, ukulele and piano.  Brendan also enjoys the use of technology in music and enjoys making people laugh with creative variations and arrangements of famous songs!

Angela Cwiklinski: Angela is the resident woodwind specialist here at Music Room! She also teaches brass, piano, and percussion, and is an instrument repair tech! She completed Villa Maria College's B.A. in Music program, where she focused on oboe and piano, as well as music theory. She has worked there as a peer tutor, professional tutor, and embedded tutor, assisting students with music theory and teaching supplemental music fundamentals classes on her own. Angela loves to tackle as many aspects of music as possible, from teaching, performing, composing and arranging, repairing and flipping instruments, and learning as many instruments as she can!

This 2020-2021 school year is about to bring about many changes to the way students will be taught.  Many families have opted to homeschool and the idea of music instruction may be a little worrisome.  Let us help!

Music Room is launching a K-12 General Music program via Zoom in order to help students fulfill music education requirements.  There are 16 different classes to choose from, with options to suit any level of experience and musical interest.

How It Works:
- Most classes will have instruction twice a week for 40 minutes for the duration of the school year.  Some of the classes are 30 minutes and some are longer.
 
- Upon receipt of the first payment, students and families will receive a welcome email, and prior to their first day of class, will also receive codes for their Zoom meeting room and their information for any additional instructional interfaces, such as Google Classroom or Edmodo, depending on the instructor's choice.

- Students will be taught interactively and will be assessed often, in order to generate accountable grades.
 
- Instructors are REAL PEOPLE and will be teaching in real time, not as a pre-recorded self-paced study program.  All efforts are being made for you to bring home a real general music classroom. 

- Our classes will give you the assurance and confidence that your child is receiving an experience where they are learning exactly what they need to at their grade level, will prepare them if they are to return to school in-person, and will give them valuable knowledge for any future musical endeavors.
 
-The K-8 curriculum was designed by Karen Janiszewski, the owner of Music Room, who taught K-8 general music in a school prior to taking over the studio.  This curriculum was designed to be taught with no textbooks, very few supplies, and no classroom budget.

-All instructors have years of teaching experience at the studio and/or elsewhere, and have college degrees in music, education, or both.  See instructor bios for details.

-Payments are made monthly directly to the instructor, not to a large company!  Your instructor will manage every aspect of your class, from the registration, the content, the grades and will help make sure that they can sign off on or provide any proof of instruction you might need to submit.  

-Family and multi-class discounts will be available!  Subtract 10% per monthly payment for each additional family member, or elective class added. 

-Registration is open!  To get your child's name on the roster or to get additional information, please email the instructors directly.

-Have a scheduling conflict?  The teachers will be recording their sessions so students may access the material later! 




Course Offerings:


 
All music courses begin the week of September 7th.


Ms. Becky will be teaching Kindergarten General Music, Grade 1 General Music and Grade 2 General Music.  For more information, click HERE

Grade 3 General Music with Recorder Instruction, High School Music Appreciation, Recital Seminar, and Instrumental Masterclasses taught by Ms. Angela: click HERE to find out more!

Grades 4 through 8 General Music with Mrs. Karen: Click HERE for more information on each class.

Mr. Brendan will be teaching Beginner Ukulele, Beginner Guitar, High School Music Theory, and Beginning Music Theory for Grades 5 through 8.  Click HERE to learn more!



To ask questions, get payment information and to sign up for classes, please contact the instructor directly by first clicking on their page from the links above and you will find their email address there. 

Because each instructor is managing their own class, please be sure that you receive an email receipt as your proof of payment.  They will have different timelines as to when you will receive other information, such as a syllabus, the Zoom invitation link, monthly payment due dates, and any other code for an additional classroom management website.