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

Brookline Music School's Movement & Dance Program explores kinesthetic creativity by using movement, music, props, games and play to develop and link students’ learning into complex dance moves and phrases.

Movement & Dance Instructor Tom Krusinski starts with each child’s strengths within individual and ensemble work, engaging them using the practices of Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences, including spatial, linguistic, mathematical and logical. Such intelligences assist in emotional and behavioral control, resisting impulses, developing cognitive flexibility and memory, and bringing courage and joy to meeting challenging situations in and out of the dance class.

To inquire about enrolling in a Saturday private lesson, please complete this inquiry form.

Offered as a complement to the private lesson program, Brookline Music School's Musical Skills Classes give students an opportunity to learn more about their instrument or voice in a positive and supportive group setting. Students collaborate with other musicians their age, learn about different musical styles and techniques, and have the opportunity to practice performing for their peers.

Music Therapy is the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program. In music therapy sessions, music is used within a therapeutic relationship to address physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs of individuals.

Music stimulates all of the senses and involves the client at many levels, facilitating multiple developmental skills, encouraging socialization, self-expression, communication, and motor development. Our board-certified music therapists use music-based interventions in a clinical setting to help clients achieve individualized goals.

Music therapy is for people of all ages with various strengths and needs. The list includes:

• People who need support with language, motor, social, or other skill development
• Children, teenagers, and adults with mental health needs
• Adults who have experienced stroke or traumatic brain injury
• Adults with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia

Experience the thrill of team music-making!

Joining a performing ensemble is among the most exciting ways to explore music of any genre in greater depth and to share the experience with fellow musicians in a social, collaborative setting. BMS chamber, jazz, and rock ensembles for youth and adults offer weekly or bi-weekly rehearsals and multiple performance opportunities throughout the year. Small ensemble playing further reinforces the technical and musical skills aspiring musicians need for solo performing and large band or orchestra participation. 

Placement in an ensemble is based on an informal placement audition. Each group will receive weekly coaching from one of our distinguished faculty members.

Adult students at Brookline Music School share an enthusiasm for music that adds a valuable dimension to our artistic community. BMS offers a variety of private lessons, group classes, ensembles, workshops and salons that will appeal to a range of experience, whether you're a music beginner, someone who has played an instrument for many years, or a student returning to music after a gap.