Fall Classes & Descriptions

12-Week Session beginning the week of September 15th-December 19th.

Music for Babies and Toddlers (6 months-4 years)

$225.00

(6 months-4 years)

Join us in a 35-minute class that will bring the joy of music and movement to you and your young child, aged birth to 4 years! Learn to play musically with your child through singing, dancing, focused listening, and exploring and playing instruments. Our class environment promotes the development of each child's music aptitude and skills, as well as attention, impulse control and language skills. This class is perfect for families with multiple children!

This session will begin the week of September 15th and end the week of December 19th.

  • Monday- 9:00-9:35 am & 10:00-10:35 am

  • Tuesday- 9:00-9:35 am & 10:00-10:35 Am

  • Wednesday- 10:00-10:35 am & 5:30-6:05 pm

  • Friday- 10:00-10:35 am

$225 total includes 12 classes for child plus caregiver.

Please note: Caregiver attends class with child.

Music for Preschoolers (3.5-5 years)

$250.00

This weekly forty-five minute class connects the child's world with the natural world, while nurturing the emerging independence of three- and four year-olds. Activities include singing, stories and rhymes, listening games, playing instruments, patterns to echo, and movement games, all of which promote musical development while satisfying the child's need to learn in a creative, holistic environment.

  • Wednesday 3:30-4:15pm

Please note: Caregiver attends class with child. Registration for semester includes 12 weekly class sessions.

$250 total includes 6 classes for child plus caregiver.

Pre-k in the Neighborhood (4.5-5.5 years)

$265.00

Join us for exciting musical adventures inspired by natural habitat themes! Our engaging 50-minute pre-piano class nurtures music concept development through singing, playing melody/rhythm patterns, movement activities, listening games, and exploration of instrument families. Music skills developed through carefully planned sequences include pitch matching, rhythm competency, building instrumental ensembles, and interpreting musical notation. These skills establish a strong foundation for beginning piano study in a few years!

Caregivers and family members are invited to join the last 10 minutes of class.

  • Wednesday, 4:30-5:20pm

$265 total includes 12-week session and class materials.

Kindergarten Around the World (5.5-7 years)

$275.00

Come celebrate the music of cultures around the world! Our Around the World 1 class for 5.5- to 7-year-olds is a perfect follow-up to our Pre-K Course, but we also welcome new students to join the fun and learning.

In this 55-minute class, children explore the music, dances, and stories of different cultures. The key music ingredients are singing, listening, playing instruments, movement, tonal and rhythm patterns, as well as chording and ensemble work. By echoing and playing patterns, the children will build a vocabulary of musical phrases which they can recognize aurally and visually, leading to an understanding of musical notation. Culminating celebrations of each culture, through music, foods, and participation in special traditions, are highlights for the children!

Caregivers and family members are invited to join the last 15 minutes of class.

This level of classes are an excellent preparation for studying piano in Piano 1. We be sure to spend some of our time in the piano room learning some beginner keyboarding skills!

  • Monday, 5:00-5:55 pm

$275 includes 12 classes and materials for session.

Piano: Year 1 (minimum 6.5+ years)

$300.00

The required age of 6.5 years minimum is to ensure the class is developmentally appropriate for your child, setting them up for success and confidence in the program. If your child doesn’t meet the minimum age requirement, or is brand new to music, check out our class offerings of Kindergarten Around the World. This level extends our pathway to music literacy and skills by learning to play the piano. Our Piano Year 1 program teaches the children to play the songs they've been hearing, singing, moving to, and enjoying in earlier years.

Progressing on from Around the World, this sixty-minute class follows a sequential, broad-based approach to building piano skills, including the ability to improvise, transpose, compose, play by ear, and to understand musical notation. Parents participate in the final fifteen minutes of class, but are also encouraged to attend the entire class as much as possible. Success in this remarkable program depends upon the support of an adult committed to working with the child during the first year.

  • Monday, 3:45-4:45 p.m.

  • Wednesday, 4:40-5:50 p.m.

Please note: This program continues throughout the school year, with another fee of $300 required upon Winter/Spring Semester. Each semester, children will receive two music books for playing pieces, aural perception training, reading and writing, and theory work. Materials also include four recordings (CD plus digital download for each), rhythm, melody and harmony notation/reading games.