Learn a bit of our background...
What is Music Together®?
Since 1987, Music Together has introduced millions of children, parents, and teachers around the world to the joys of family music-making and the powerful benefits of having music in their lives. Our music classes help little ones develop their innate musicality—and much, much more.
From babyhood through the early years, Music Together nurtures each child’s natural musicality in a playful, musically rich learning environment. Our research-based music classes are designed to be non-formal and non-performance oriented, so your child can learn at his or her own pace, in a way that’s developmentally appropriate.
Our Philosophy
Most people think being musical is a question of talent—you either have it or you don't. While that may sound reasonable, it's completely untrue! All children can learn to dance and sing just as naturally as they learn to walk and talk. With this in mind, we formulated four basic principles that guide everything we do.
The Four Principles of Music Together®
All children are born musical.
All children can achieve basic music competence—that is, they can learn to sing in tune and dance accurately to a beat.
It's crucial that parents and caregivers participate in class and model music-making for their children in class and at home, regardless of their own musical ability.
The environment that best fosters young children's musical growth is playful, musically rich, and developmentally appropriate.
Our Mission
In a nutshell: Our mission is to make the world a better place by making it more musical. We do this by providing the highest-quality music and movement classes to families everywhere—and by involving parents and caregivers. When a family starts making music together early in their child's life, their relationship to music changes, and they begin to recognize that they are indeed a musical family!
Music Together® Research
Our early childhood music curriculum has decades of research behind it, in both music education and child development. Because research on music in early childhood was central to the creation of Music Together, we call ourselves a research-based music program. And because we recognize that children learn through play, we make everything we do in class engaging and fun.
In order to keep on top of new discoveries and trends in music and early childhood development, Music Together has a research team led by program coauthor Dr. Lili M. Levinowitz. Changes to the curriculum and new programs are tested "in the lab"—at our Music Together Lab School in Princeton, New Jersey. That way, Music Together continues to evolve, innovate, and stay on the cutting edge.
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