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Our history began in 1887 when Yamaha founder Torakusu Yamaha completed a repair job on a reed organ at a Japanese primary school. Perhaps no one thought at the time that this event would mark the beginning of 130-plus year history during which Yamaha would become a world-leading brand in musical instruments, other products, and services dear to the hearts of people everywhere. True to its slogan, “Sharing Passion & Performance,” the Yamaha Group helps enrich people’s lives day in and day out. Since our founding in 1887, we have offered the world a rich scope of products and services focused on sound and music. We want to create excitement and inspiration everywhere, joyfully highlighting music in life, education, and culture. We are deeply committed to creating customer value by offering products and services that draw on our reservoir of technology, know-how, and musical sensitivities. We have accumulated these values over our long history and are keen to address new challenges with a passion going beyond our customers’ expectations, always renewing our inspiration, and theirs. We are dedicated to engaging proactively with our customers to propose products and services that will stir their hearts over a lifetime. Looking ahead, we will be making every effort to ensure that we continue to be an “Indispensable, Brilliantly Individual Company,” always honouring long and close relationships with our customers.

Gymboree Play & Music has been fostering creativity and confidence in children ages 0-5 for over 45 years. Designed by experts in both education and in play, our age-appropriate activities help develop the cognitive, physical and social skills of children as they play. Our programs are also recognized for their unique approach to parent involvement—which encourages participation in and understanding of each child’s development.

Kindermusik® International is the world’s leading publisher of music and movement curricula for teachers and caregivers of children aged newborn to seven. Taught in private studios, early childhood centers, and public schools. Since 1978, our research-proven classroom enrichment program has united the lives of millions in over 70 countries through the universal language of music, advancing whole-child development and future school success. Our award-winning curricula blends the research and music education philosophies of Orff and Suzuki with the developmental research and pedagogical philosophies of Vygotsky, Piaget, and Montessori. From these scholars, we created a unique approach to early childhood education that empowers children to learn how they learn best. In fact, independent research proved preschoolers using our curriculum for just 30 minutes per week saw a 32% gain in early language and literacy skills. Founded as traditional mommy and me classes, our private Kindermusik studios have grown to more than 5,000 worldwide. Our music-and-movement activities are creatively designed to enhance cognitive, language, literacy, physical, creative, and social-emotional development in young learners. Plus, introduce musical concepts, genres, and styles building a lifelong appreciation for music. Kindermusik@School is our research-proven classroom enrichment program designed exclusively for Pre-K and Kindergarten programs in public and private schools, childcare centers, Head Start and Early Head Start, Parents as Teachers, and after school programs. Our multisensory and multi-cultural learning experience aligns with standards for high-quality early childhood education including: Common Core State Standards, Head Start Standards and Frameworks, and the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) Pillars. Develop your children's highest potential and strongest foundation for learning. Music now. Skills for life.