Music Together in Central & Eastern MA

Apple Country Music Together Bolton, Westborough, Northboro, Hopkinton, Shrewsbury (978) 729-3697 AppleCountryMusicTogether.com	LouLou’s Music Together Natick & West Roxbury (508) 369-1698 LoulousMusicTogether.com
Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester Auburn, W. Boylston, Millbury, Sterling, Sturbridge, Shrewsbury (508) 791-8159 www.pakmusic.org	Music Together of Assabet Valley Stow, Groton, Sudbury, Hudson, Maynard (978) 897-0874 MisterVic.com
Music Together MetroWest Framingham (508) 250-5719 MusicTogetherMetroWest.com	Groovy Baby Music Cambridge, Brookline, Charlestown, Boston, Somerville, Southie (617) 471-5779 GroovyBabyMusic.com
Old Colony Music Together Attleboro, Milton, Quincy, Norton, W. Bridgewater, Hyde Park, Easton, Rehoboth (508) 838-9815 OldColonyMusicTogether.com	Garden Music Together Worcester, Holden, Southborough (774) 249-3742 GardenMusicTogether.com
Music Together of Wellesley Wellesley (617) 823-1450 MusicTogetherWellesley.com	Greater Gardner Music Together Westminister, Gardner, Winchendon (978) 630-4573 GreaterGardnerMusicTogether.com
Mystic Valley Music Together Billerica, Lincoln, Medford (781) 259-0001 MysticValleyMusicTogether.com	Blue Hills Music Together Canton, Needham (781) 769-9827 BlueHillsMusicTogether.com

Joyful Music Lexington, Winchester, Melrose, Wakefield , Stoneham, Westford, Chelmsford, Lowell (978) 250-5521 x124 JoyfulMusic.com

Frequently Asked Questions

Why does Music Together have mixed-age classes for infants, toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarteners?

Mixed-age groupings are favored by today's leading child development researchers because they foster a more natural learning setting in which the parent/caregiver plays an important part: their child's musical model for participation. Mixed-age classes work because music is such a multi-faceted skill. Our classroom activities are specifically designed to provide children the opportunity to learn at their own pace, at their own level, and in their own area of interest. Children under the age of five learn from watching and copying or imitating their primary caregivers -- that's you! -- and through repeated exposure and experimentation with a particular activity. For this reason, there is no educational reason to separate ages. Mixed-age classes work because the whole family (infants thru kindergarteners plus grown-ups!) can come to the same class, and no one has to stay at home with a babysitter!

Can I take a Music Together free Sample Class?

Yes! Schedule your free sample class now through your local independently-run Music Together center listed at www.musictogether.com/bsp. Sample classes are a great way to learn about how our program works and discover for yourself why Music Together has become the gold standard in early childhood music programs since 1987.

Where can I learn about Music Together policies, registration, class schedules, etc?

Each Music Together center has its own detailed website where you can register for classes, learn about their teachers, and get directions that center's policies, schedule a free sample class and more. Visit www.musictogether.com/bsp to find the Music Together center(s) in your town.

Why is parent/caregiver participation so important in Music Together? (I can’t sing, so how can I be a part of my child’s musical education?)

Music Together classes provide a friendly, informal and supportive environment for everyone (grownups and children) to "find" their singing voices (or re-discover them!). Our emphasis is on participation and enjoyment, not performance. Your child thinks your voice is the most wonderful sound in the world, regardless of your musical ability. Children learn the elements of music from our carefully chosen class activities; they will learn their disposition (to participate and enjoy -- or not) towards music from you! (Think of how children of parents whose first language is not English learn to speak without an accent!).

I just know my child won’t sit still in class, how can Music Together work for us? (How does Music Together address different learning styles?)

• Children learn through play and experimentation: Your child will come up with many new ways to play some of the instruments -- please enjoy and celebrate their exploration and experimentation without expecting (or even forcing) them to play the "right" way.
• Children learn through observation: Some children prefer to sit and watch -- this is fine (and normal). Show your child how much fun you are having by participating, and your child will be learning music by being in class and watching your enthusiastic participation (think of how we learn to speak - by observation and experimentation).
• Children learn with their whole bodies: Some children need to move around during class -- this also wonderful and developmentally appropriate: rhythm is learned kinesthetically, and we incorporate lots of movement activities in each class.
• Most children quite often sing only at home or in the car, but prefer just to "watch" while in class: This is absolutely okay & normal because of the way children learn music. Young children typically do not "multi-task" -- they are either "doing" or "watching/learning". Our classes offer a smorgasbord of musical experiences, and your child often will want to sample as much as possible while in class, and then go home and "replay" the class again, this time singing or trying out some of the movements we did in class.