Early Childhood Music & Music Makers: At the Keyboard
2025–2026 Class Schedule & Registration is available now!
2025-26 Semester Start Dates: Fall Semester begins Friday, September 5, 2025 Spring Semester begins Friday, January 16, 2026
New family orientation sessions for 2025-26 classes: Early Childhood Music Class New Family Orientation - Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, 7:00pm, Armerding 120 Music Makers: At the Keyboard New Family Orientation - Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, 8:00pm, Armerding 124
Early Childhood Music Classes
Bond with your baby while stimulating your child’s natural curiosity about the world through singing, patterning, movement and playing simple rhythm instruments. Activities promote sensory and neural development. Basic American Sign Language will be used to enhance communication.
Parent/caregiver attends class.
$117* | 15 weeks | Required materials fee $36 fall term, $45 spring term (new Babies only, see below) $235 | 15 weeks | Required materials fee $36 fall term, $45 spring term
TUE | 9:30am-10:00am | Armerding 046 | Cathey
* Your child's first semester of the Babies class is discounted 50%. Required materials and registration fee apply.
Music and movement are the focus of these joy-filled classes for you and your toddler! Each lesson includes singing, focused listening, patterning, instrument play and activities designed to promote coordination, body awareness and control, and exploration of space. Parent/caregiver attends class.
Classes nurture your child’s growing independence and love imaginative play, and the natural world. Activities include singing, patterning, focused listening, creative and dramatic play as well as exploration of musical instruments and simple ensembles. This curriculum is designed to build expressive and attentive skills.
Activities Year One of this 2-year sequential program use the habitats of nature, instruments and self-expression to establish a solid musical foundation. Your child will create ensembles and be introduced to instruments of the orchestra. Symbolic music language is introduced.
Parent/caregiver attends last 15 minutes of class.
Year two of this sequential program explores music from countries around the world. Songs, dances, stories, rituals and customs from these cultures will give your child a deeper global understanding. Music literacy is strengthened through ensemble building and focus on written (symbolic) musical language-- melodic, rhythmic and harmonic.
Parent/caregiver attends last 15 minutes of class.
Take the next step with your friends into YM4 (Young Musicians 4). Graduates of Music Makers at the Keyboard Level 3 will meet weekly to further expand their musical experiences. Together they will improvise at the keyboard, play the piano and Orff instruments in an ensemble setting, enjoy playing pieces for each other, share in music theory games and dancing.
Pre-requisite is Music Makers at the Keyboard Level 3 or demonstrated level or reading skill.
