Group Class

Fall Musikgarten 2025: Classes begin the week of September 15th

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 Musikgarten recording/digital download
• Tuition cost: $205 per semester, $192 if you own the cloth bag from previous class, or $157.50 if sibling participated previously and still own materials
• Weekly class time:
  • Thursdays 9:30-10:00 am
  • Thursdays 11:00-11:30 am

Toddlers – Sing 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: two pair of rhythm sticks, parent book and  Musikgarten recording/digital download
  • Tuition cost: $213.00 per semester, or $172.50 if sibling participated previously and still own materials.  $300 for mixed ages, multiple children
  • Weekly class time:
    • Mondays 6:15-6:45 pm (mixed ages babies-age 3 class option)
    • Wednesdays 5:20-5:50 pm
    • Thursdays 10:15-10:45 am (mixed ages babies-age 3 class option)
    • Thursdays 5:30-6:00 pm (mixed ages babies-age 3 class option)

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 Musikgarten recordings/digital downloads
• Tuition cost: $234.00 per semester, or $187.50 if sibling participated and still own materials
• Weekly class time:
  • Wednesdays 6:00-6:40 pm
  • Thursdays 3:30-4:10 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 with Wind Dancers in fall & Sun Catchers in spring semester
• Children come independently for this 50-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: $268.50 for the 15-week semester or $55.00 per month by auto-deduct Sept – Jan (5 months).  *Reduced price for sibling packets if older sibling previously participated and still own materials
• Weekly class time:
  • Tuesdays 6:20-7:10 pm (parents join at 6:55 pm)

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

• 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, CD/digital downloads, and parent guidebook
• Tuition cost: $298.50 per semester or $61.50 per month by auto-deduct Sept – Jan 1 (5 months) *Reduced price for sibling packets if older sibling previously participated and still own materials
• Weekly class time:
  • Tuesdays 5:10-6:10 pm (parents join at 5:55 pm)

Music Makers at the Keyboard Year 1 (Red Bk) – Ages 7 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: $561.50 for the 15-week semester or $115.75 per month by auto-deduct Sept – Jan (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)

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.  Pre-requisite to have taken Music Makers Keyboard Year 1 and finished red and green books.
• Home materials: purple lesson book, notation cards, parent book, practice and listening CD/digital downloads
• Tuition cost: $553.50 per semester or $114.00 per month by auto-deduct Sept – Jan  (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)

Click here to register for Fall 2025 Musikgarten Classes

Spring Musikgarten 2026: Classes begin the week of January 26

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 Musikgarten recording/digital download
• Tuition cost: $205 per semester, $192 if you own the cloth bag from previous class, or $157.50 if sibling participated previously and still own materials
• Weekly class time:
• • 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: scarf and parent book and Musikgarten recording/digital download
• Tuition cost: $213.00 per semester, or $172.50 if sibling participated previously and still own materials.  $300 for mixed ages, multiple children
• Weekly class time:
  • Mondays 6:15-6:45 pm (mixed ages babies-age 3 class option)
  • Wednesdays 5:20-5:50 pm
  • Thursdays 10:15-10:45 am (mixed ages babies-age 3 class option)
  • Thursdays 5:30-6:00 (mixed ages babies-age 3 class option)

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 Musikgarten recordings/digital downloads
• Tuition cost: $234 per semester, or $187.50 if sibling participated and still own materials
• Weekly class time:
  • Wednesdays 1:00-1:40 pm
  • Wednesdays 6:00-6:40 pm
  • Thursdays 3:30-4:10 pm

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: $268.50 per semester or $69.00 per month by auto-deduct Feb 1 – May 1 (4 months) *Reduced price for sibling packets ($249.50) if older sibling previously participated and still own materials
• Weekly class time:
  • Tuesdays 6:20-7:10 pm (parents join at 6:55 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, and CD/digital downloads
• Tuition cost: $298.50 per semester or $76.75 per month by auto-deduct Feb 1 – May 1 (4 months) *Reduced price for sibling packets ($279.50) if older sibling previously participated and still own materials
• Weekly class time:
  • Tuesdays 5:10-6:10 pm (parents join at 5:55 pm)

Music Makers at the Keyboard Year 1 (Green Bk 2) – Ages 6 to 8 (Register HERE)

• Using an aural approach, this is the second semester in year one as part of a 3-year series of keyboard classes (pre-requisite: Music Makers at the Keyboard 1 – Red Bk 1 – from fall semester).  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: green lesson book, notation cards, practice and listening CD/digital downloads
• Tuition cost: $561.50 for semester or $142.50 per month by auto-deduct Feb 1 – May 1 (5 months) *Reduced price for sibling packets ($527.50) if older sibling previously participated and still owns materials
• Weekly class time:
  • Mondays 4:00-5:00 pm (parents join at 4:45)

Music Makers World and Keyboard Year 2 (Blue Bk 4) – 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.  Pre-requisite to have taken Music Makers Keyboard Year 1 and finished red and green books.
• Home materials: purple lesson book, notation cards, parent book, practice and listening CD/digital downloads
• Tuition cost: $553.50 per semester or $142.50 per month by auto-deduct Feb– May  (4 months) *Reduced price for sibling packets ($527.50) 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 Home Keyboard Year 3 (Yellow Bk 6) – Ages 7-1/2 to 9 (Register HERE)

•  This is the final semester in year three of a 3-year series of keyboard classes (pre-requisite: Music Makers at the Keyboard 3 – Orange Bk 6 – from fall semester). Students continue to sing, dance, drum, work together in ensembles, and read/play card-notation games.  More 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: yellow lesson book, notation cards, practice and listening CD/digital downloads
• Tuition cost: $ for semester or $ 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:
• NONE FOR SPRING 2026

Click here to register for Spring Musikgarten Classes