East Bay Music Together Information

Established in 1996. Music and Movement for newborns through 7 years with the grownups who love them! Music Together is an internationally recognized early childhood music and movement program for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners, and the adults who love them. First offered to the public in 1987, it pioneered the concept of a research-based, developmentally appropriate early childhood music curriculum that strongly emphasizes and facilitates adult involvement. Music Together classes are based on the recognition that all children are musical. All children can learn to sing in tune, keep a beat, and participate with confidence in the music of our culture, provided that their early environment supports such learning. Since beginning in1997with one teacher (me) on the second floor of St John's on College Ave.in Berkeley, East Bay Music Togetherhas grown to offer classes at 13 locations in Berkeley, Albany, Alameda, El Cerrito, Montclair, Rockridge, Oakland, Lafayette, and Moraga.Our staff of 15 wonderful teachers make music with up to 1200 families every session.The focus of our classes is to bring the joy of family music making to all families with children birth through age seven and the adults who love them. We have had the privilege of sharing music with over 25,000 East Bay families in our mixed age classes, big kid classes, preschools, Head Start Centers, Children's Hospital in Oakland, and a residential treatment/incarceration facility for women with young children. How we began.... In1996 I was a concert pianist,piano teacher of 20 years, wanna-be scientist, and the mom of an energeticfouryear old son. As a mom and musician, I was passionate about offering my son the best possibl