Musicians All! Program

For Children Birth to Five Years

Musicians All! is a program designed to nurture the natural musical development of young children. It is based on the philosophy that all children are musical and have musical potential but that they need to be provided with appropriately nurturing environments in order for their music development to progress normally. Each Musicians All! session is divided into two components: free play with a variety of instruments and structured, but in-formal, immersion in a variety of music activities. The first 15 minutes is devoted to free instrument play, serving several purposes: an opportunity to experiment with a variety of instrumental sounds or to observe other children or adults experimenting with instrumental sounds; a chance for the children to interact with each other as well as other adults in a comfortable social situation. Since getting your child dressed, fed, and to a class right on time is sometimes a challenge, this flexible beginning eliminates any stress related to arrival time.

The second part of the session will always begin with the same song - this serves as a prompt for the instruments to be put away and the other music activities to begin. A variety of singing, moving, and chanting activities will be included in every session. You will also notice a lot of repetition in these activities and songs but that is intentional. Think of the number of times you read the same book to your child! Repetition is very important to their learning. All activities are based on the most current research in early childhood music.

Fall 2009

Friday 8:45-9:45am
$115 ($95 sibling tuition)
11 Sessions:
September 4, 11, 18, 25
October 2, 9, 23, 30
November 6, 13, 20

Winter 2010

Friday 8:45-9:45am
$75 ($55 sibling tuition)
7 Sessions:
January 15, 22, 29
February 5, 12,19, 26
March 5 (possible make-up date for snow cancellation)

Winter 2010

Saturday 9:00-10:00am
$75 ($55 sibling tuition)
7 Sessions:
January 16, 23, 30
February 6, 13, 20, 27
March 6 (possible make-up date for snow cancellation)

Spring 2010

Friday 8:45-9:45am
$75 ($55 sibling tuition)
7 Sessions:
March 19
April 2, 9, 16, 30
May 7, 14