Music Center Calliope
Join us for the Flute Song Collection this Fall: Starting in October 2025!
Mixed-age classes for children ages 0-5 and the grown-ups that love them!
In the Flute Song Collection, we’ll get out our instruments and play along to the jazzy original “Blue St. Pat,” search the “Pawpaw Patch,” and climb aboard the “Train to the City.” And those are only three of the twenty-five songs you’ll learn, which include Music Together originals and traditional songs. In addition to your weekly classes, your tuition includes recordings and materials for you to use at home, including an illustrated songbook and access to the songs through the Music Together app.
Big kids know what they like. Telling silly stories. Playing games. Being in charge. Designed specifically for early elementary students, our active Rhythm Kids® classes for big kids tap into how children this age are wired to learn, with music games, animal rhythm stories, and lots of stomping-flying-climbing fun-plus the added bonus of learning the Djembe drum! Rhythm Kids® is just the thing to encourage your children to start making music with their friends. By the end of the semester, they’ll be proud to show off what they’ve learned: to you, their friends and teachers, and—let’s face it—for some kids, every person they meet! Both in-person and online classes meet for 45 minutes weekly, for a nine week session. Songbook, CD and digital downloads included in tuition.
Rhythm Kids® guides children 3y-6y toward developmentally appropriate music and movement activities, where they can begin to take charge, lead others, and be musically creative, as they:
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make up their own drumming patterns
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invent new ways to play rhythm instruments (shakers, sticks, etc.)
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create movement ideas for songs
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even take a drum solo!
Your child will:
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Explore the world of rhythm through movement, instrument play, and song
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Develop basic rhythm skills, like keeping beat, improvising, ensemble play, and soloing
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Learn to create, cooperate, and express themselves musically
Are you looking for a research-based music and movement class for babies and young children (aged 0 to 5)?
The international early childhood music program Music Together® is now in the center of The Hague!
The program is widely known in many countries around the world and is great fun for the whole family! Read more about this great education program on www.musictogether.com
Mixed Ages classes are for children ages 0-4 with an adult. In a Mixed Ages class, you will see infants and toddlers, (and the grownups who love them!) engaging with each other musically. We sing, dance, and play in ways that are fun while supporting the developing child. As the littlest music makers among us delight in musical play, the grownups create a sense of community through music. Each 45-minute class will fly by as we all become more confident music makers, together!
Music Together® Rhythm Kids®
For ages 3-6 and an adult, the Alligator Collection includes drumming patterns from Guinea, West Africa. These patterns often accompany a song and dance called “Kakilambe” a mask-dance song performed annually by the Baga people of Guinea to celebrate life and the growth of crops. We’ll clap, stomp, and drum along to the lively beat of the Ghanian singing game, “Tue Tue,” do some zydeco line dancing in “Alligator Zydeco,” and tweedle deet our way through our unique version of the classic American folk song, “The Green Grass Grows All Around,” a new addition to the Alligator collection for 2025. All 18 selections in this collection have been chosen and arranged specifically to support your child’s music development.
Important note: There will be djembe drums used in this class; we will provide instruments for use during class time. It is encouraged, but not required, that your child have a djembe drum to use at home. If you need an appropriate drum, we will have a high-quality djembe drum for purchase, or you may make your own arrangements.
Languages: Multicultural environment
