about music together®

Families making music together. That’s the whole idea.

You already know how to do this. You’ve been singing to your baby since before they were born. Humming in the car. Making up silly words at the changing table. Music is already part of your family — you just might not think of it that way yet.We see it, though. And it’s exactly why we chose the curriculum we use. Music Together is a research-based early childhood music and movement program founded in 1987 and now offered in thousands of communities across more than 40 countries. It’s built on the idea that every child is musical, and that children learn music the way they learn language — not through formal instruction, but by hearing the people they love use it naturally. We chose it because that belief matches ours: families belong together making music.

What Our Teachers Bring

Music Together gives us the songs, the research, and the developmental framework. Our teachers bring everything else. They know your child’s name. They notice the first time your toddler claps on the beat. They see the new parent near the door who isn’t sure this is going to work, and they make space for that.Most children’s activities create a single relationship: instructor to child. Our teachers build connections between the families in the room. They guide without directing. They invite without pressuring. They hold the room so the music can come from everyone in it. No recitals, no evaluations, no pressure to prove your child is “getting it.” Just real voices, real music, and a teacher who knows your family.

Music That Travels Home

Each semester brings a new collection of songs — folk, jazz, lullabies, music from cultures around the world — in a range of tonalities and meters that challenge adults and meet children where they are. Each week is 45 minutes of singing, movement, and instrument play, plus a songbook and home recordings. But what our teachers are really working toward isn’t a great class. It’s the moment your family starts singing these songs at the dinner table, in the car, and at bedtime. That’s when the real learning happens.

The First Five Years

Birth to five is the critical window for musical development. Children who grow up surrounded by live music-making absorb the ability to sing in tune and keep a beat the way they absorb language — naturally, through the people they love. That’s why adult participation isn’t optional. Your child isn’t learning music from the teacher. They’re learning it from you.We protect this window. It’s the only stage when families can truly do activities together — before classes become drop-off and sports become spectator events. Our teachers know how fast it goes.

The Research

Music Together’s curriculum draws on Edwin Gordon’s music learning theory and decades of early childhood research. A peer-reviewed study found that children in the program showed significantly greater ability to delay gratification compared to a control group. Other research confirms that group singing reduces cortisol, increases oxytocin, and builds social bonds through interpersonal synchrony.Our teachers didn’t just learn this in training. They see it every week. The science confirms what’s happening in the room. Our teachers know how to make the room where it happens. Learn more at musictogether.com.

Come See for Yourself

Bring your child, bring your voice (imperfect is perfect), and come sing with us. We’ll take it from there.