Music Moves For Piano

Age 4-7


Registration for Music Moves For Piano \ has closed. Please complete the inquiry form to let us know of your interest.

Music Moves for Piano teaches student musicians to hear what they play and play what they hear in engaging, creative and fun classes.

Lesson activities sequentially apply what research says about how children best learn music and encourage students to listen, think, move, sing, improvise and perform. Students develop solid piano technique and keyboard skills through solos, duets, and improvisations. Four students is the maximum per class.

In Music Moves for Piano students learn to:

  • Improvise, play by ear, transpose, and harmonize
  • Sing and play
  • Perform with comfort and fluency in a variety of social settings
  • Play with technical ease and freedom from muscular tension
  • Listen to and perform music with understanding
  • Think about music in the context of a meter and a tonality
  • Become independent music thinkers

The youngest students must be 4 by September 1st of the current school year to register.

Music Moves FAQs

Class Details


Spring 2024

Class Age Length Rate Status
Book A Prek/K 4-5 50 minutes $560.00 Closed
Book B 6-7 50 minutes $560.00 Closed

PLEASE NOTE


  1. For Book A - PreK/K students must be 4 years old by September 1st of the current school year
  2. For Book B - New students must be 6 years old by September 1st of the current school year.  Continuing students may be younger than 6 that have completed Book A.

How To Enroll

Enrollment for Music Moves For Piano is not open. Please fill out our inquiry form for more information about our next enrollment period.

Fees & Aid

  • There is a once-yearly non-refundable $45 registration fee per family.
  • There is a $20 fee per term for payment plans.
  • No registration fee is charged for summer study.

Faculty


Krista Jadro

Krista Jadro

Every child has the potential to learn music. Music learning begins before birth and flourishes with...

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Cathy Marks

Cathy Marks

All children have the potential to learn music, and early music classes foster lifelong music...

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Christy Zarlengo

Christy Zarlengo

My goal is always to help young children fall in love with music, in an educational environment...

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Shena Miura

Shena Miura

I believe learning music offers both children and adults many benefits beyond the music itself...

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Shannon Prescott

Shannon Prescott

Shannon is an award-winning piano composer and oboist who helps her students find and express their musical interests to the best of their ability....

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About


Classes For Young Children


From infancy through age seven, our classes for young children guide students through sequential, developmentally appropriate lessons which foster their music learning and understanding. These classes for young children provide the foundation for lifelong enjoyment of music and are the first step to preparing children for formal instruction.

Our staff and faculty are skilled in early childhood music development and are happy to discuss any of these programs with you. Contact us at info@bmsmusic.org

Contact Us

Brookline Music School is a nonprofit organization that has provided excellence in music education to the Greater Boston community since 1924. We rely on the generous support of our donors to benefit the community through music.

Brookline Music School welcomes students of all ages. Enrollment is open year-round so students may begin private lesson study at any time. Join us!


Regular Hours

Monday to Friday: 9 am to 9 pm
Saturday and Sunday: 8 am to 7 pm

See the Lessons & Classes or Early Childhood calendars for holiday schedules including flex days, make-up days and closures.