Early Childhood Music & Music Makers: At the Keyboard
Spring 2026 Class Schedule & Registration is available now!
Spring Semester begins Friday, January 16, 2026
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 classes | Required materials fee: $45 for spring term (*new Babies only, see below) $235 | 15 classes | Required materials fee: $45 for spring term
*Your child's first semester of the Babies class is discounted 50%. Required materials and registration fee apply.
Spring 2026 Class Offering: TUE | 9:30am-10:00am | Armerding 046 | Cathey
Spring Semester Babies Class runs Tues, January 20 - Tues, May 12, 2026. See CSA Calendar for Spring Break and any other program-wide scheduled breaks.
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.
$235 | 15 classes | Materials fee: $43 for spring term
Spring Semester classes run from the week of January 19 - the week of May 11, 2026. See CSA Calendar for Spring Break and any other program-wide scheduled breaks.
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.
Parent/caregiver attends class.
$265 | 15 classes | Materials fee: $48 for spring term
Spring 2026 Class Offerings: TUE | 10:45am-11:30am | Armerding 120 | Storm WED | 10:15am-11:00am | Armerding 120 | Storm
Spring Semester classes run from the week of January 19 - the week of May 11, 2026. See CSA Calendar for Spring Break and any other program-wide scheduled breaks.
Activities Year One of this 2-year sequential program uses 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.
$290 | 15 classes | Required materials fee: $53 for spring term
Spring Semester classes run from the week of January 19 - the week of May 11, 2026. See CSA Calendar for Spring Break and any other program-wide scheduled breaks.
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.
$290 | 15 classes | Required materials fee: $60 for spring term
Spring 2026 Class Offerings: TUE | 2:00pm-3:00pm | Armerding 120 | Storm TUE | 4:00pm-5:00pm | Armerding 120 | Storm SAT | 10:00am-11:00am | Armerding 120 | Wilder
Spring Semester classes run from the week of January 19 - the week of May 11, 2026. See CSA Calendar for Spring Break and any other program-wide scheduled breaks.
Spring Semester classes run from the week of January 19 - the week of May 11, 2026. See CSA Calendar for Spring Break and any other program-wide scheduled breaks.
Music Makers: At the Keyboard (Musikgarten) Level 2 Prerequisite: Music Makers At the Keyboard Level 1
$330 | 15 classes | Required materials fee: $52 for spring term
Spring 2026 Class Offerings: TUE | 5:00pm-6:15pm | Armerding 124 | Wilder THR | 4:00pm-5:15pm | Armerding 120 | Wilder SAT | 8:40am-9:55am | Armerding 124 | Wilder
Spring Semester classes run from the week of January 19 - the week of May 11, 2026. See CSA Calendar for Spring Break and any other program-wide scheduled breaks.
Music Makers: At the Keyboard (Musikgarten) Level 3 Prerequisite: Music Makers at the Keyboard Levels 1 and 2
$330 | 15 weeks | Required materials fee $52
Spring 2026 Class Offering: WED | 4:00pm-5:15pm | Armerding 124 | Wilder
Spring Semester classes run from the week of January 19 - the week of May 11, 2026. See CSA Calendar for Spring Break and any other program-wide scheduled breaks.
Young Musicians 4 (YM4) and Young Musicians 5 (YM5) Pre-requisite: Music Makers at the Keyboard Level 3 or demonstrated level or reading skill.
Take the next step with your friends into YM4 (Young Musicians 4) and YM5 (Young Musicians 5). 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.
