Bell's Studio
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St. Johns, Saint John, Antigua and Barbuda
About the store
Hi! I’m Jocelyn Beldman, a certified music educator (BMT, MTA, MME) and the owner of Bell’s Studio in St. John’s, Antigua. I teach students from Kindergarten and up (including secondary!) and work with a beautifully diverse community of learners. My passion is creating engaging, practical, and culturally relevant music resources that build strong musical foundations while keeping students excited about learning. With experience in both classroom and private studio settings, I design materials that are teacher-friendly, student-centered, and easy to implement. Whether you’re looking for structured lessons, creative activities, or assessment tools, my goal is to help you feel confident, organized, and inspired in your music classroom.
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Caribbean Music Unit (Grades 3 - 6)
Learn all about music from the Caribbean in this unit designed for students grades 3 - 6. This unit has six components to it: 1) Listening Journal 2) Caribbean Instruments and Research Project 3) The History and Origins of Steel Pan 4) Antigua and Barbuda: The Iron Band 5) How to Become A Calypsonian 6) Learn to Dance to Soca Music. Use this unit as a menu with options, use all or some. The Listening Journal is designed to be used in the first 5 minutes of each lesson before you move on to the
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Experience
Hi! I’m Jocelyn Beldman, a certified music educator (BMT, MTA, MME) and the owner of Bell’s Studio in St. John’s, Antigua. I teach students from Kindergarten and up (including secondary!) and work with a beautifully diverse community of learners. My passion is creating engaging, practical, and culturally relevant music resources that build strong musical foundations while keeping students excited about learning. With experience in both classroom and private studio settings, I design materials that are teacher-friendly, student-centered, and easy to implement. Whether you’re looking for structured lessons, creative activities, or assessment tools, my goal is to help you feel confident, organized, and inspired in your music classroom.
Teaching style
My teaching style is strongly influenced by the Kodály approach, with singing at the heart of everything I do. I believe music literacy should grow out of rich musical experience, not precede it. In my classroom, students sing daily, developing inner hearing, pitch accuracy, and rhythmic understanding before attaching labels to notation. We experience, explore, practice, and perform musical concepts long before we formally name them. Through sequential, sound-before-symbol learning, students build deep understanding rather than surface recognition. I value musicianship as much as literacy, and I strive to develop confident, expressive musicians who understand music from the inside out.
Additional biographical information
Jocelyn Beldman is a certified music educator (BMT, MTA, MME), professional musician, and performer who has been living and teaching in the Caribbean for over 15 years. As the founder of Bell’s Studio in Antigua, she works with students from Kindergarten through Grade 9, combining her classroom expertise with real-world performance experience. Music permeates every aspect of her life—whether she is teaching, performing, directing, or creating curriculum. Her work reflects a deep belief that music is meant to be lived, experienced, and shared, both inside and outside the classroom.
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