Music Begins in Families

Strengthening family relationships through joyful music-making.

Building Strong Families, One Song at a Time

Some of the strongest family relationships are built through simple, joyful moments shared together. Joyful music making creates opportunities to slow down, connect, laugh, learn, and simply enjoy being together. These shared experiences strengthen family relationships, create lasting memories, and become gifts that children carry with them throughout their lives.

Whether you’re singing with a newborn, bouncing a toddler on your knee, or exploring music with your preschooler, these classes are designed to help you experience the joy of making music together.

When should children begin to learn music? Zoltán Kodály, the famous Hungarian composer and music educator, was often asked this question. His answer: nine months before the birth of the mother.

What Will We Experience Together?

Children and the people who love them experience a rich variety of joyful musical activities designed to strengthen relationships while creating meaningful musical experiences. Throughout your time in Music Begins in Families, you may enjoy:

  • Joyful songs and lullabies
  • Fingerplays and lap songs
  • Singing games and musical play
  • Movement, dance, and rhythm activities
  • Beautiful folk songs and quality children’s literature
  • Stories, listening experiences, and imaginative play
  • Rhythm instruments, scarves, puppets, and other engaging materials
  • Simple musical ideas and activities to enjoy together at home

Whether a child is quietly observing, eagerly participating, or somewhere in between, every shared musical moment contributes to a lifetime of learning, connection, and joyful memories.

Classes are designed for children from birth through age 5 with their parent, grandparent, or other special loved one.

Our Classes

Every class in Music Begins in Families is built on the same philosophy of joyful music making, meaningful relationships, and shared experiences. Each class is thoughtfully designed for a different stage of childhood while inviting the important adults in a child’s life to participate, connect, and grow together.

Family Music

Designed for children age 6 and younger, together with the adults who love them.

Family Music is a joyful place where children and the people who love them sing, move, play, laugh, and learn together. Through songs, fingerplays, movement, musical games, stories, rhythm instruments, and imaginative play, families strengthen relationships while creating meaningful musical experiences that naturally become part of everyday family life.

Families with children of multiple ages are warmly welcomed, making Family Music a joyful opportunity for siblings to learn, sing, and grow together.

AgesChildren age 6 and younger, together with the adults who love them
ScheduleMondays & Wednesdays, 10:00–10:40 a.m.
Tuition $45/month — First child$55/month — Family rate (includes all children from the same household or grandchildren attending with a grandparent)
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Music Adventures

As children grow, the music grows with them.

Music Adventures invites families to continue making music together through joyful singing, movement, musical games, stories, rhythm instruments, and imaginative play designed especially for the growing abilities of preschool and kindergarten-aged children. Each experience encourages deeper musical discovery while preserving the joy, connection, and meaningful family experiences that are at the heart of every Artful Musician class.

Parents, grandparents, and other loved ones are warmly invited to participate as families continue growing, learning, and creating joyful musical memories together.

AgesChildren ages 4–6, together with the adults who love them
ScheduleTuesdays, 11:00–11:50 a.m.
Tuition $45/month — First child$60/month — Family rate (includes all children ages 4–6 from the same household or grandchildren attending with a grandparent)
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Sing Me a Story

Where beloved stories come alive through music, movement, and imagination.

Imagine opening a favorite children’s book and stepping inside the story. In Sing Me a Story, books become unforgettable musical adventures as children and the adults who love them sing, move, act, imagine, and play their way through each story together. With puppets, creative movement, dramatic play, and joyful music making, every class becomes an immersive experience that children remember long after the final page is turned.

Throughout the year, families journey through a carefully chosen collection of seasonal stories and beloved books that inspire creativity, nurture a love of reading, and create meaningful musical memories together. It is a one-of-a-kind experience that beautifully weaves together music, literature, imagination, and family connection.

Building a Family Library

Each month, families receive a list of the featured singing stories from class. My hope is that many of these treasured stories will find a place in your own home library, where the songs, stories, and joyful memories can continue long after class is over.

This Year’s Story Adventures

Each month, families embark on a new musical storytelling adventure inspired by a different collection of beloved books and seasonal themes.

  • SeptemberAll About Animals
  • OctoberHalloween Fun
  • NovemberBedtime & Thanksgiving
  • DecemberFavorite Christmas Singing Stories
  • JanuaryTravel & Transportation
  • FebruaryFriendship & Love
  • MarchCounting Stories & Weather
  • AprilNature
  • MayMy Favorite Things
AgesChildren ages 8 and younger, together with the adults who love them
ScheduleTuesdays, 10:00–10:45 a.m.
Tuition $45/month — First child$55/month — Family rate (includes all children ages 8 and younger from the same household or grandchildren attending with a grandparent)
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Ready to Begin?

Whether you’re making music with a baby, exploring stories together, or preparing your preschooler for exciting new adventures, we’d love to welcome your family.

Come join us as we build strong families—one joyful musical experience at a time.