Young Musicians

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.

Enrollment is for the entire school year. Annual tuition includes 36 weeks of instruction.

Singing, rhyming, creative movement, and folk dancing complement the beginnings of rhythmic notation and identifying melodic patterns. In YM 5, 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.

Enrollment is for the entire school year. Annual tuition includes 36 weeks of instruction.

Students will explore music through playful activities that teach pitch matching, ear training, intervallic awareness, and rhythmic literacy. Singing, playing Orff percussion instruments, movement, improvisation, and beginning composition are a part of this class. Parents attend for the first few classes only.

This class is intended for music beginners who are interested in exploring music making using their voices, percussion instruments, and wind instruments. It is a “bridge” to voice, woodwind, brass, percussion, and piano lessons. The class will feature instruction on the recorder as a suitable beginning wind instrument for young children, as well as vocal technique, pitch matching, and ear training. Parents do not need to attend this class with their children.

Teacher and author of The Flying Jazz Kittens, Sherry Luchette, will engage students in learning music through the medium of Jazz. Featuring movement, play, listening, improvisation, and instrumental play, students will learn musical foundations, history, and love of America’s native musical style.

A care provider accompanies their child for all classes for this course.

Family Ukulele is a multigenerational space to come together and learn the ukulele. Students learn basic chords and rhythms, 5 strumming patterns, simple songs and even some novice improvisational skills that can lead you to have your own jam sessions at home! Ms. Jasso helps you ride that musical wave and gives you the confidence you need to work together, make beautiful music, and best of all have fun learning the Ukulele!

Children ages 7+ with an accompanying adult are invited to enroll.

Prerequisite: Participation in one year of YM classes and age 5 as of September 1, 2024

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.

Enrollment is for the entire school year. Annual tuition includes 36 weeks of instruction.

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.

Enrollment is for the entire school year. Annual tuition includes 36 weeks of instruction.