Group Class

Fall Musikgarten 2026: Classes begin the week of September 14th

Babies 1: Babies to 13 months (Register HERE)

• Family bonding time, parent/caregiver attends throughout the 30-minute class with child
• Singing, dancing, finger and body plays, exposure to musical echoes and simple rhythm instruments
• Materials: cloth bag with rhythm sticks, scarf and shaker, parent book and Musikgarten recording/digital download
• Tuition cost: $225 per semester, $215 if you own the cloth bag from previous class, or $180 if sibling participated previously and still own recording
• Weekly class time:
  • Thursdays 11:00-11:30 am
  • Thursdays 5:15-5:45 pm

Toddlers “My Day” Family Music Classes:  13 months to 3-1/2 years (Register HERE)

• • Family music class in which parent/caregiver attends throughout the 30-minute class with child
  • Singing, dancing, finger plays, imitating musical echoes, listening blanket time and playing rhythm instruments
  • Home Materials: storybook with musical melody lines and lyrics, and  Musikgarten recording/digital download
  • Tuition cost: $232 per semester,  $330 for mixed ages of multiple children per family
  • Option to purchase Instrument Sets for musical play at home – talk to instructor if interested
  • Weekly class time:
    • Tuesdays 6:05-6:35 pm
    • Wednesdays 5:20-5:50 pm
    • Thursdays 10:15-10:45 am
    • Thursdays 4:40-5:10 pm

Cycle of Seasons – Wind Dancers: Preschool ages 3-1/2 to 5 years (Register HERE)

• Family music class in which parent/caregiver attends throughout the 40-minute class with child
• Singing, dancing, finger plays, rhythm language and tonal (solfege) echoes, listening time, playing instruments, development of speech through story-telling, creative input, and recorded movement activities
• Home Materials: animal cards in cloth pouch, parent book and two Musikgarten recordings/digital downloads
• Tuition cost: $260 per semester, or $210 if sibling participated and still own materials
• Weekly class time:
  • Wednesdays 6:00-6:40 pm

Music Makers at Home – My Home Place & Woodlands: Ages 4-1/2 to 6 years (Register HERE)

• First semester of sequential music-making, this class follows the Cycle of Seasons series
• Children come independently for this 45-minute class and parent/siblings join the last 15 minutes for class activity
• Themed lessons including singing, dancing, listening, building on rhythmic and tonal echoes through notation cards, playing simple instruments, learning about orchestral instruments, acting out stories and building class ensembles
• Home Materials: two folder-posters with game pieces, notation cards, parent guidebook, and Musikgarten recording/digital download
• Tuition cost: $300 for the 15-week semester or $60 per month by auto-deduct Sept – Jan (5 months).  *Reduced price ($275) for sibling packets if older sibling previously participated and still own materials
• Weekly class times:
  • Mondays 4:50-5:35 pm (parents join at 5:20 pm)
  • Thursdays 3:40-4:25 pm (parents join at 4:10 pm)

Music Makers Around the World – British Isles & Amerindians: Ages 5-1/2 to 7 years

• A 60-minute pre-piano course in which child comes independently for 45 minutes, and parent/siblings join the last 15 minutes for class activity
• Themed lessons including singing, dancing, learning about composers, acting out stories, careful listening to musical works, utilizing learned rhythmic and tonal patterns to read notation cards, sing solfege, find patterns and track while singing new song pages
• Home materials: Folder-poster with melodic and rhythmic notation, song pages, Musikgarten recording/digital download, and parent guidebook
• Weekly class time:
  • NONE FALL 2026

Music Makers at the Keyboard Year 1 (Red Book) – Ages 6-1/2 to 8 (Register HERE)

• Using an aural approach, this is the first of a 3-year series of keyboard classes. Students continue to sing, dance, work together in ensembles, and play card-notation games. We begin learning chord-playing and simple melodies from pattern echoes, and by the end are able to transpose to various keys, improvise and read “mystery songs.”
• Home materials: red lesson book, notation cards, parent book, Musikgarten recording & practice tracks on digital downloads
• Tuition cost: $455 for the 15-week semester or $91 per month by auto-deduct Sept – Jan (5 months).  *Reduced price ($417) for sibling or if older sibling previously participated and still own materials
• Weekly class time:
  • Mondays 4:00-4:45 pm (parents join at 4:30 pm)

Music Makers at the Keyboard Year 3 (Orange Book) – Ages 8 to 9 (Register HERE)

• This is the third year of a 3-year series of keyboard classes. Students will sing, dance, work together in ensembles, and play card-notation games, while encountering more music by Beethoven, Haydn and Mozart. Technical skills continue to develop through improvisation, arpeggios, and scales. Students experience greater fluency in note-recognition and reading.
• Home materials: orange lesson book, notation cards, Musikgarten recording & practice tracks on digital downloads
• Tuition cost: $446 per semester or $89.25 per month by auto-deduct Sept – Jan  (5 months) *Reduced price ($417) for sibling packets if older sibling previously participated and still own materials
• Weekly class time:
  • Mondays 5:45-6:30 pm (parents join at 6:15 pm)

Click here to register for Fall 2026 Musikgarten Classes