Class Descriptions

Sing, play and bond!



This class offers adults the opportunity to play with their children in a way that will delight the child and awaken his or her curiosity about music.  Activities include singing, bouncing, rocking, finger plays, nursery rhymes, body awareness games, playful echoes, playing simple instruments, and dancing.

Location:  Home Studio - Virtual Zoom Option Only
Tuesdays, 5:45-6:15 pm
Nov 2 - Dec 14, 5 week option, $60 + materials (no class Nov 23)
Children attend with caregiver
8 Students MAX  

Location: Fitchburg Community Center, Prairie View Room
Thursdays 10:15-10:45 am
Small class size in a large room!  Masks required for ages 3 and over
Session 2 Nov 4 - Dec 9 (no class Nov 25) Registration Link
Children attend with caregiver
4 students Min and 10 students - Max
$75 - siblings in same class are 10% off
Materials are provided or you have the option to purchase your own
Registration is through Fitchburg Recreation using link above

 

 
 

This class is designed to nurture the emergent independence
of the 3 and 4 year old child.

Activities include singing, chants and rhymes, listening games, patterns to echo, and movement games, all of which nurture the child's musical development while satisfying the child's need to learn in a holistic environment.  Themes are associated to nature and activities one would do in each of the four seasons of our year.

Parents stay for the class, although some of the activities are designed to have the children participate independently of their parents.

This FALL & Winter 2021, we will be using the Cycle of Seasons, WIND DANCERS curriculum and materials.  Family materials include:  Parent Book (32p), CD with digital code, 6 Animal Cards in Cloth Bag and 2 jingle sticks, 2 pair of sticks, 2 scarves, 1 pair of finger cymbals, also all in a cloth drawstring bag

Location:  Home Studio:  Virtual Zoom
Tuesdays, 10:00-10:30 am
Nov 2 - Dec 14, 6 week option, $90+ materials (if you don't already have them)
Children attend with caregiver
8 Students MAX 


Location: Fitchburg Community Center, Prairie View Room
Thursdays 11:15-11:45 am
Small class sizes in a large room!  Masks required for ages 3 and up.
Session 2 Nov 4 - Dec 9 (no class Nov 25) Registration Link
Children attend with caregiver
4 students Min and 10 students - Max
$75 - siblings in same class are 10% off
Materials are provided or you have the option to purchase your own
Registration is through Fitchburg Recreation using link above

 

Music Makers  4s and 5s is a first year class for 4-5 year olds in preparation for keyboard playing!

There are two years of potential curriculum for your child to encounter!  Music Makers at Home in the World and Music Makers Around the World.  This class includes singing, creative and structured movement, playing instruments and ensemble work, ear training and guided listening, as well as a developmentally sound approach to music literacy that builds symbolic thinking, concentration, memory, and self-expression.  The language of music begins to expand from aural learning to visual pattern recognition.

Fall 2021 Music Curriculum will be Music Makers at Home in the World;  My Home Place
Take the Music Makers: at Home class home and fill the air with music in your daily life. My Home Place, our immediate surroundings, is our point of departure. Take every opportunity to go listening with your child, starting close to home and moving into nearby nature to find hidden places, a stream, an old tree, an accidental wild spot on the fringe of the city. Look and listen to discover who might be at home. Family packet includes: Parent Book (24p), CD, Poster (10" x 15"), Graphic Notation Game, 2 Instrument Poster/Pages, Tree Poster in a Sturdy Folder.  Intruments include:  2 jingle sticks, 2 pair of sticks, 2 scarves, 1 pair of finger cymbals, all in a cloth drawstring bag

Location:  Home Studio:  Indoor with masks (everyone over age 3) Or virtual Zoom
Mondays 1:30-2:15 pm
email beth@bethsmusicwell.com now for early class placement
Nov 8 - Jan 10, 8 week option, $160 + materials (no class Dec 20, 27)

Children attend by themselves 
4 Students MAX 



 

Music Makers @ the Home Studio is a class for 5-6 year olds in preparation for keyboard playing!

There are two years of potential curriculum for your child to encounter!  Music Makers at Home in the World and Music Makers Around the World.  This class includes singing, creative and structured movement, playing instruments and ensemble work, ear training and guided listening, as well as a developmentally sound approach to music literacy that builds symbolic thinking, concentration, memory, and self-expression.  All of this is then taken to the piano keyboard for a first introduction to piano lessons.
 

The Musikgarten Group Piano curriculum is the final step on the pathway from early childhood music to music literacy.  This program is designed to teach the children to begin to play the songs they've been hearing, singing, and dancing to throughout the years of early childhood.

During Piano I year, the children will be introduced to the keyboard.  Through the year, the children will become comfortable with D, C and G major 5 finger positions as well as d, c and e minor.  They will be introduced to the I and V7 (also i and v7) chords to accompany their songs. Transposing their repertoire to all known positions is encouraged as each new position is introduced.

This class follows a very sequential approach to building piano skills,understanding musical notation and setting up practice habits as set forth in the book, Music Makers: At the Keyboard, Book One (Red) and Book Two (Green).

Piano Level 1 Groups:  45 minute classes, 2-4 students max
(older beginning students will be place in groups or partners of similar aged students)

For Piano I  children will receive Book One, 2 CDs/downloads and notation games plus a Parent Handbook. Class size limited and will close when limit is reached.  Further names will be placed on a waiting list.  As children progress through, Book 2 will be offered along with 2 CDs/downloadable music and notation games.


 

 

In Piano Level 2, the children learn new hand positions that move out of the 5-finger position, new keys and notation games, how to write out familiar songs and will have many more opportunities to compose their own music.  Improvisation games and skills are developed further.  There are more songs to play by ear with more complex parts for the left hand.  Technique exercises will eventually lead to more fluid playing.
The student will work with compositions by many famous composers.  Pieces written by Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Schumann, Dvorak and MacDowell are included, some for drumming or dancing, some to explore dynamics and tempi, and some for harmonic analysis.  

Materials include the keyboard book, 2 CDs and notation games.

Pre-requisite Piano Level I.


 

Home materials include books, CDs/downloadable music, and notation games.

Pre-requisite Level 2 (Books 3 & 4).

 

Private piano lessons are 30 minutes of one on one instruction one time a week

Children 8+ years of age or those who have completed Book 6 of the Musikgarten keyboarding program.  

   

 

 

Preschools & Childcare Centers can arrange for a Music Well instructor to come to your facility!  Schedule on a weekly basis for continued comprehensive learning, or schedule less frequently to serve as an enrichment program.  


Plan a FREE music class for YOUR PRESCHOOL - email Beth at beth@bethsmusicwell.com

• Up to 10 children in one class with classroom teacher participating
• 30 minute classes
• instruments and materials provided by Music Well

4K Music Classes - Music class supports and enhances reading and math literacy sills!  Music class supports social emotional learning!  Music class allows for creative expression in a beatiful, universal language!  Music class is not only singing and playing instruments, but also movement in flow, time and space!  Music class prepares the young child for future learning! 
Contact Beth to arrange for music class for your 4k program!  beth@bethsmusicwell.com