Group Class

October Musikgarten 2024: Start date varies based on class – see below. 

Nimble & Quick, Mixed Ages: Babies through Age 3 (Register HERE)

• Family bonding time, parent/caregiver attends throughout the 30-minute class with child
• Nursery Rhymes in singing, dancing, finger and body plays, exposure to musical echoes and simple rhythm instruments
• Materials: Family Packet with , parent book and CD/digital download
• Tuition cost: $196 family cost,  $145 with one child.  Notify instructor if you have participated in previous class for reduced material cost.  
• Weekly class time, starting OCTOBER 17:
  • Thursday 10:30-11:00 am
  • Thursday 5:30-6:00 pm

Toddlers – Play With Me: Toddlers ages 15 months to 3 years (Register HERE)

• Family music class in which parent/caregiver attends throughout the 30-minute class with child
• Singing, dancing, finger and body plays, exposure to musical echoes and simple rhythm instruments
• Singing, dancing, finger plays, imitating musical echoes, listening blanket time and playing rhythm instruments
• Home Materials: Pair of jingle sticks, parent book and CD/digital download
• Tuition cost: $154 per semester, or $112.50 if sibling participated previously and still own materials
• Weekly class time, starting OCTOBER 15:
  • Tuesdays 6:00-6:30 pm

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

• First semester of sequential music-making
• Children come independently for this 50-min. 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: one folder-posters with game pieces, notation cards, CD/digital downloads, and parent guidebook
• Tuition cost: $140 for the 8-week semester. *Reduced price for sibling packets if older sibling previously participated and still own materials
• Weekly class time, starting OCTOBER 29 :
  • Tuesdays 5:00-5:50 pm (parents join at 5:35 pm)

Music Makers at the Keyboard Year 1 (Red Bk) – Ages 6 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, practice and listening CD/digital downloads
• Tuition cost: $333.50 for the 10-week semester or $83.50 per month by auto-deduct Oct – Jan (4 months) *Reduced price for sibling packets if older sibling previously participated and still own materials.
• Weekly class time, starting OCTOBER 14:
  • Mondays 5:10-6:10 pm (parents join at 5:55 pm)

Click here to register for October Musikgarten Classes

Fall Musikgarten 2024: Classes begin the week of September 9th

Registration Deadline: September 1, 2024

Babies 1: Babies to 15 months old (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 CD/digital download
• Tuition cost: $202 per semester, $192 if you own the cloth bag from previous class, or $153.75 if sibling participated previously and still own materials
• Weekly class time:
  • NO CLASSES FALL 2024

Toddlers – Play With Me: Toddlers ages 15 months to 3 years (Register HERE)

• Family music class in which parent/caregiver attends throughout the 30-minute class with child
• Singing, dancing, finger and body plays, exposure to musical echoes and simple rhythm instruments
• Singing, dancing, finger plays, imitating musical echoes, listening blanket time and playing rhythm instruments
• Home Materials: Pair of jingle sticks, parent book and CD/digital download
• Tuition cost: $210.50 per semester, or $168.75 if sibling participated previously and still own materials
• Weekly class time:
  • Mondays 6:15-6:45 pm – CANCELED
  • Tuesdays 5:45-6:15 pm – CANCELED
  • Wednesdays 5:15-5:45 pm – FULL

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 and tonal 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 CD/digital downloads
• Tuition cost: $231.25 per semester, or $183.75 if sibling participated and still own materials
• Weekly class time:
  • NO CLASSES FALL 2024

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

• First semester of sequential music-making
• Children come independently for this 50-min. 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, CD/digital downloads, and parent guidebook
• Tuition cost: $266.00 per semester or $53.25 per month by auto-deduct Sept 1 – Jan 1 (5 months) *Reduced price for sibling packets if older sibling previously participated and still own materials
• Weekly class time:
  • Tuesdays 4:40-5:30 pm (parents join at 5:15 pm)

Music Makers Around the World – Germany & African American: Ages 5-1/2 to 7 years (Register HERE)

• Pre-piano course in which child comes independently, 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, CD/digital downloads, and parent guidebook
• Tuition cost: $303.50 per semester or $60.75 per month by auto-deduct Sept 1 – Jan 1 (5 months) *Reduced price for sibling packets if older sibling previously participated and still own materials
• Weekly class time:
  • NO CLASSES FALL 2024

Music Makers at the Keyboard Year 1 (Red Bk) – Ages 6 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, practice and listening CD/digital downloads
• Tuition cost: $471.00 per semester or $94.25 per month by auto-deduct Sept 1 – Jan 1 (5 months) *Reduced price for sibling packets if older sibling previously participated and still own materials
• Weekly class time:
  • Mondays 5:10-6:10 pm (parents join at 5:55 pm)

Music Makers at the Keyboard Year 2 (Purple Book) – Ages 7 to 8 (Register HERE)

• Using an aural approach, this is the second year of a 3-year series of keyboard classes. Students continue to sing, dance, work together in ensembles, and play card-notation games, however embarking on more challenges with melodies extending beyond the 5-finger position, and culminating with scale melodies. Playing by ear continues, but reading activities are more plentiful to accommodate the needs of the children, through sight-reading cards and notation games. Continued work in major and minor tonalities, as well as duple and triple meters.
• Home materials: purple lesson book, notation cards, parent book, practice and listening CD/digital downloads
• Tuition cost: $463.50 per semester or $91.20 per month by auto-deduct Sept 1 – Jan 1 (5 months) *Reduced price for sibling packets if older sibling previously participated and still own materials
• Weekly class time:
  • NO CLASSES FALL 2024

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, practice and listening CD/digital downloads
• Tuition cost: $463.50 per semester or $92.60 per month by auto-deduct Sept 1 – Jan 1 (5 months) *Reduced price for sibling packets if older sibling previously participated and still own materials
• Weekly class time:
  • Mondays 4:00-5:00 pm (parents join at 4:45 pm)

Click here to register for Fall Musikgarten Classes

Spring Musikgarten 2024: Classes begin the week of January 29th

Registration Deadline: January 19, 2024

Babies 2: Babies to 15 months old (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 CD/digital download
• Tuition cost: $189 per semester, $179 if you own the cloth bag from previous class, or $146.25 if sibling participated and still own materials
• Weekly class time:
  • Wednesdays 5:45-6:15 pm
  • Thursdays 11:00-11:30 am

Toddlers – Dance With Me: Toddlers ages 15 months to 3 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: pair of finger cymbals, parent book and CD/digital download
• Tuition cost: $198 per semester, or $161.25 if sibling participated previously and still own materials
• Weekly class time:
  • Mondays 6:15-6:45 pm
  • Tuesdays 5:20-5:50 pm
  • Thursdays 10:15-10:45 am

Cycle of Seasons – Sun Catchers: 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 and tonal 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 CD/digital downloads
• Tuition cost: $221.50 per semester, or $176.25 if sibling participated and still own materials
• Weekly class time:
  • Tuesdays 6:00-6:40 pm
  • Thursdays 9:30-10:10 am

Music Makers at Home – Cattail Marsh & Meadow: Ages 4-1/2 to 6 years (Register HERE)

• Second semester of sequential music-making (pre-requisite: My Home Place & Woodlands from fall semester)
• Child comes independently, 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, and CD/digital downloads
• Tuition cost: $252.50 per semester or $63.25 per month by auto-deduct Feb 1 – May 1 (4 months) *Reduced price for sibling packets if older sibling previously participated and still own materials
• Weekly class time:
  • No Class Currently Scheduled
  • Open to a Morning Time if Enough Interest

Music Makers Around the World – Amerindians: Ages 5-1/2 to 7 years (Register HERE)

• Pre-piano course in which child comes independently, 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, and CD/digital downloads
• Tuition cost: $255.00 per semester or $63.75 per month by auto-deduct Feb 1 – May 1 (4 months) *Reduced price for sibling packets if older sibling previously participated and still own materials
• Weekly class time:
  • Wednesdays 4:30-5:30 pm (parents join at 5:15 pm)

Music Makers at the Keyboard Year 1 (Red Bk) – Ages 6 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, song pages, practice and listening CD/digital downloads, Amerindians CD/digital downloads
• Tuition cost: $326 for semester or $81.50 per month by auto-deduct Feb 1 – May 1 (5 months) *Reduced price for sibling packets if older sibling previously participated and still own materials
• Weekly class time:
  • Thursdays 5:20-6:20 pm (parents join at 6:05 pm)

Music Makers at the Keyboard Year 2 (Blue Bk 4) – Ages 6-1/2 to 8 (Register HERE)

• Using an aural approach, this is the second semester in year two of a 3-year series of keyboard classes (pre-requisite: Music Makers at the Keyboard 2 – Purple Bk 3 – from fall semester). Students continue to sing, dance, drum, work together in ensembles, and read/play card-notation games. Fun challenges await! New songs to play by ear, including more complex parts for the left hand. Technique exercises will eventually lead to more fluid playing. There are also new songs to learn to read and play, plus some old favorites reappear.
• Home materials: blue lesson book, notation cards, practice and listening CD/digital downloads
• Tuition cost: $456 for semester or $114 per month by auto-deduct Feb 1 – May 1 (4 months) *Reduced price for sibling packets if older sibling previously participated and still own listening materials
• Weekly class time:
  • Mondays 5:00-6:00 pm (parents join at 5:45)

Click here to register for Spring Musikgarten Classes

Summer Musikgarten 2024: Classes held from June 3 – August 1

Registration Deadline: May 23, 2024

My Musical World: Babies to 13 months (Register HERE)

My Musical World was created to be a listening pleasure for the whole family with a wide variety of repertoire and sounds from around the world. This set seeks of offer parents the gift of simplicity with selected activities to enhance development through active participation in music-making.

• $104 for 8-week session, includes materials ($90 for session if already own cloth bag & instruments, $70 if own recording as well)
• Materials: Cloth bag, rhythm sticks, shaker, scarf, parent book and CD/Digital Download
• Caregiver attends with child throughout the whole class
• Weekly class time:
  • Mondays 6:15-6:45 pm
  • Thursdays 10:45-11:15 am – CANCELED

Nature’s Music: Family Music Class for Babies to age 5 (Register HERE)

Join together while singing, dancing, and playing instruments, involving the whole family while exploring nature. Move and sing while learning about creepers & crawlers, buzzers & singers, jumpers & hoppers, and swimmers & leapers. Enhance listening skills and develop coordination through these fun movement activities!

• $165 cost whole family during the 8-week session (no class July 4 week), includes materials – or $115 cost for one child
• Materials: Sandblocks, parent book, CD/digital download
• Caregiver attends with children throughout the whole class
• Weekly class time:
  • Mondays 5:30-6:10 pm
  • Wednesdays 5:20-6:00 pm – CANCELED
  • Thursdays 11:20am – 12 (noon) pm – FULL

Music Makers: Seashore Ages 5 – 6 (Register HERE)

Take the Music Makers: Seashore class and fill the air with music as we explore the oceanside. The Seashore is our point of departure for this unit. Where the ocean meets the land is a magical place full of the wonders of the natural world. Become your child’s companion in discovering a world of nature and music.

• $135 for 8-week session, includes materials (no class July 3rd)
• Materials: Poster (10″ x 15″), 6 Game Pieces, 1 Coloring Page in a Sturdy Folder, Parent Book, CD/digital download
• Caregiver attends last 15 min. of class for class activity. Siblings may join in during this time.
• Weekly class time:
  • Wednesdays 4:20-5:10 pm – CANCELED

Intro to Music Makers: At the Keyboard Ages 6 – 8 (Register HERE)

Combining dancing, echoing patterns, instrument playing (drums), writing pages and time at the keyboard to learn beginning hand placement and 3 songs by the end of this short introduction.

• $119.50 for 4 weeks (July 11, 18, 25, Aug 1)
• Materials Included: Bound workbook, CD/digital download
• Parents/Caregiver attends last 10 min. of class for summary and class activity
• Weekly class time:
  • Thursdays 2:00-2:45 pm

Click here to register for Summer Musikgarten Classes