Music Play | Spring 2026 | Ages 0-5

Let’s playfully explore music together in this 6-week session!

Enrich your child's development by immersing them in music! Music Play is a joyful, early-childhood music experience based on Edwin Gordon’s Music Learning Theory. The class will emphasize audiation ("thinking in music"), movement, and playful exploration as the foundation for musical understanding. In each class, children and their caregivers engage in singing, chanting, and movement designed to develop rhythm and tonal vocabularies. Songs will span many tonalities and meters, to give children a rich acculturation to different musical contexts. Movement activities draw from Rudolf Laban’s elements of time, space, weight, and flow, helping children experience music physically and expressively. This class will be full of discovery and creativity, inviting each child to learn music as naturally as they learn language.

Open to: Children ages 0-5 and their caregivers

TWO class options! (Choose one):
Morning Class: Mondays from 9:00-9:45 AM | March 23-May 4 (no class April 6)
Afternoon Class (FULL): Tuesdays from 4:00-4:45 PM | March 24-May 5 (no class April 7)

Location: Family Enrichment Center - 237 E. Miller St., Elmira, NY

Cost per family: $120 (pay-in-full) or 2 payments of $60

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Welcome!

My name is Grace Cox, and I am so glad you’re here! The journey of music has been a lifelong one for me. I grew up learning piano and violin from the age of five…

A little more about me
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General FAQs

  • Yes! In Music Play, we will use carefully-chosen songs, movement, and rhythm activities that are crafted to engage children in musical development. As a caregiver, you’ll learn about meter, tonality, and movement efforts, and understand how you can create a musically-rich environment at home!

  • You’re welcome to bring older siblings! They can participate in the class or use the provided seating to occupy themselves and observe.

Any other questions?

Let me know using this form! I'm excited to connect playfully with you and your child through music!