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The Young Musicians Tree
A comprehensive plan for your child’s musical growth
2025-26 Schedule
Winter: November 18, 2025 – March 1, 2026
Spring: March 2 – June 1, 2026
Tuition: $360
Materials fee: $20 (one-time annually)
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Shake, Rattle, and Roll
Tuesdays
10:15 am
Sharon Weed -
Sound Sprouts
Tuesdays
9:30 am
Sharon Weed
Saturdays
9:30 am
Sharon Weed -
Singing Safari
Saturdays
9:15 am
Sherry LuchetteSaturdays
10:00 am
Sherry LuchetteSaturdays
11:15 am
Sharon Weed -
Melody Makers
Saturdays
9:00 am
Mary AlonsoSaturdays
10:00 am
Mary AlonsoSaturdays
10:15 am
Sharon WeedSundays
2:00 pm
Lesley Baird -
Strummers and Drummers
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Musical Maestros
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Bridge to Piano 1
Tuesdays
4:00 pm
Rachael Denny and Renee GilorminiSaturdays
9:00 am
Rachael Denny and Renee Gilormini -
Bridge to Piano 2
Saturdays
10:00 am
Rachael Denny and Renee Gilormini
Summer 2026 Schedule
June 13 – August 1, 2025
Tuition: $210
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Beach Boogie
Thursdays
10:15 am
Sharon Weed -
Tidepool Tunes
Saturdays
9:30 am
Sharon Weed -
Sea Sounds
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Jungle Jamboree
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Jump and Jive
Saturdays
11:00 am
Mary Alonso -
Exploring Instruments
Class Descriptions
Research has shown that babies prefer the sound of their caregivers’ voices over any other kind of music. YM Infants class is a special opportunity for babies and caregivers to bond through musical experiences including musical massage, bouncing, swaying, playing instruments, and singing.
A care provider accompanies their child for all classes for this course.
Beach babies and bouncing bundles of joy, unite! Babies and caregivers bond through musical experiences including musical massage, bouncing, swaying, playing instruments, and singing.
This interactive class brings out the best in your active tot, fostering musical joy in class and at home!
A care provider accompanies their child for all classes for this course.
Expand your child’s musical skills through movement, and further develop cognitive skills in fun and engaging ways.
The positive atmosphere of this class helps foster lifelong connections with music, builds strong parent-child emotional bonds, and develops the foundation for basic cognitive skills including attention, memory, perception, and cognitive flexibility. Through PCM’s Young Musicians curriculum, you and your child will learn about the fundamentals of music by moving your bodies, singing, and playing. In every class session, you will learn multicultural songs and games with particular attention paid to beat, rhythm, and listening skills.
A care provider accompanies their child for all classes for this course.
Splish! Splash! “Swim” into summer in a music class that is all about the beach, the ocean, and animal friends with fins!
You and your child will learn about the fundamentals of music by moving your bodies, singing and playing through songs and activities specifically created to bring out the joyful musician in children aged 1.5 to 2.5 years old.
A care provider accompanies their child for all classes in this course.
Develop your child’s musical abilities through more independent activities and expand cognitive skills through creativity and self-awareness.
Set your child on the right path by engaging them in multicultural music, movement-based play, and developmentally-based learning. This class focuses on cognitive skills relevant to music, such as sustaining attention, remembering songs, and recognizing perceptual cues as well as developing gross motor function in toddlers by encouraging them to move their bodies in time to sounds and music. Children will practice listening and singing, playing simple instruments like maracas and drums, and taking turns, leading to musical competence, confidence, a sense of belonging, and increased social skills. You and your child will participate actively in the class, while you support the development of your child’s musical creativity and build further skills for musical interaction together.
A care provider accompanies their child for all classes for this course.
Dive into Sea Sounds! This summer music class takes you under the sea, where you and your child will learn about the fundamentals of music through movement, singing, and playing songs and activities specifically created to bring out the joyful musician in children aged 2.5 to 3.5 years old.
A care provider accompanies their child for all classes in this course.
Singing, dancing, playing games – children adore this active, play-based learning environment.
This developmentally-based class supports the growth of your child’s cognitive skills through activities such as recognizing musical patterns, focusing on the most important aspects of music, and understanding connections across artistic representations. Your child will learn foundational musical skills such as tempo, meter, pitch, and volume, and play a wider variety of percussion instruments. They’ll also play with picture-based pre-notation and collaborate in musical activities with other children designed to foster basic musical knowledge and encourage individual and group creativity.
A care provider accompanies their child for all classes for this course.
Walk like the animals, talk like the animals, sing like the animals! Take a musical jungle tour featuring songs, rhymes, movement and games.
Children and caregivers will play and grow together as you explore classroom instruments, find musical patterns, and create excitement for musical learning.
A care provider accompanies their child for all classes in this course.
YM 4 classes engage children in activities that strengthen their emerging understanding of music as a language. Children learn to recognize melodic and rhythmic patterns through singing, chanting, dancing, and creating. Students will have opportunities to play a wide variety of pitched and unpitched percussion instruments.
A care provider accompanies their child for all classes for this course.
Jump in! Music is a language that we can all learn to speak. Children and caregivers will experience music through movement, chanting, singing, and creating.
Participants will play a wide variety of classroom instruments and enjoy the social and emotional benefits of making music with others.
A care provider accompanies their child for all classes in this course.
Singing, rhyming, creative movement, and folk dancing complement the beginnings of rhythmic notation and identifying melodic patterns. Ensemble training and creative improvisation begins as children sing and play together using a wide variety of pitched and unpitched percussion instruments. Performing for an audience is also introduced.
A care provider accompanies their child for all classes for this course.
Prerequisite: Participation in one year of YM classes and age 5 as of September 1, 2025
In Piano Bridge 1, students will have the opportunity to both experience making music through PCM’s YM 5 and 6 curriculum and to learn the fundamentals of piano. Students will sing, move, and play and use their musical knowledge as they learn about the piano keyboard, rhythm and melody reading, and playing along together. Students who take this course as 5–6 year olds will be better prepared to begin piano lessons in the piano department the following school year.
A care provider accompanies their child for all classes for this course.
Continuing students from Bridge to Piano ONLY. No new students.
For students ages 6–8, Piano Bridge 2 follows the same curriculum as Piano Bridge 1, but allows for older children to proceed at a faster pace as their developmental skills allow. This class is an excellent first step to piano lessons in a less strenuous practice setting.
Information for New Families
Placement
The placement in a class is based on the child’s age as of September 1st. Enrollment for the entire school year is required.
Parents Attend
In the class levels YM Infants through YM 6, a parent or caregiver must attend class with the child. Parents learn how children develop musically and how to encourage musical experiences at home to enhance and reinforce what is learned in class.
Trial Class
Before enrolling in any of the Young Musician’s classes for the first time, a free trial class is available.
To make an appointment, call 626.683.3355 or e-mail music@pasadenaconservatory.org.
Resources
The Young Musicians Handbook
A guide to getting the most out of the Young Musicians program.
Playlist
PCM faculty perform favorite songs from the Young Musicians curriculum.
Meet Our Young Musicians Faculty
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Mary Alonso
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Lesley Baird
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Rachael Denny
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Renee Gilormini
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Misha Kreinbring
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Sherry Luchette
JazzbassStringsbassYoung MusiciansAdult Studies -
Sharon Weed
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