What is Music Together®?

Music Together is an internationally recognized early childhood music program for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners, and the adults who love them. First offered to the public in 1987, it pioneered the concept of a research-based, developmentally appropriate early childhood music curriculum that strongly emphasizes and facilitates adult involvement.

Music Together classes are based on the recognition that all children are musical. All children can learn to sing in tune, keep a beat, and participate with confidence in the music of our culture, provided that their early environment supports such learning. By emphasizing actual music experiences rather than concepts about music, Music Together introduces children to the pleasures of making music instead of passively receiving it from CDs or TV.

Central to the Music Together approach is that young children learn best from the powerful role model of parents/caregivers who are actively making music. The program brings families together by providing a rich musical environment in the classroom and by facilitating family participation in spontaneous musical activity at home within the context of daily life.

Music Together is committed to helping families, caregivers, and early childhood professionals rediscover the pleasure and educational value of informal music experiences. All our teachers have successfully completed Music Together’s training program. Music Together applies the latest research in early childhood music development to the program. A curriculum pioneer since 1987.

When Lizz the director of MusicalMe was asked how much more than a music class MUSIC TOGETHER is: "It's family therapy! It teaches families how to play together with music. Music stimulates the brain in ways that nothing else can. And MUSIC TOGETHER is very different from other programs. The founders have done everything they can to make each song collection the most enriching collection of music possible. There are different meters: 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 7/8, even 2/3 and 3/4 within the same song. There are different tonalities: phrygian, mixolydian, dorian. Standard major and minor chords. The pitches of the songs are properly placed for children's voices. Everything you need is there."

A last word to the parents: "Remember to participate actively and frequently in making music and have fun doing it. I hope that you'll always be an advocate for music in your child's life and in your own life. Take this information about brain development and your own experience, take it to the school board and fight for music. Nothing will enrich your child as much as music does."

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