Music Play | Fall 2026 | Ages 0-5
Let’s playfully explore music together in this 8-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 | September 14-November 9 (no class October 12)
Location: Family Enrichment Center - 237 E. Miller St., Elmira, NYAfternoon Class: Tuesdays from 4:00-4:45 PM | September 22-November 10
Location: New Beginnings United Methodist Church - 300 E. Miller St., Elmira, NY
Cost: $150 for one student and $50 for each additional sibling registered. Infant siblings are free if under 6 months old when enrolled.
Questions? Click here for FAQ!
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…
FAQs
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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 become equipped in recognizing a wide range of musical responses from your child, and get ideas for how you can interact with your child to create a musically-rich environment at home!
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Not at all! Some children learn best by watching. Even if they seem distracted or uninterested, they’re still processing what they hear and see. Participation will come in their own time. Forcing participation can actually create resistance. Trust the process and keep modeling joyful music-making in class and at home.
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No! If your child is very active or vocal, this is also an important and valid way to learn music. Your teacher will use engaging music interactions, offer choices, and ask for your assistance in specific ways that will help focus your child’s attention and keep other children safe.
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