Music Together®

Providing a Foundation for Life-Long Musical Enjoyment & Success

at Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester

Pakachoag Music School now offers classes in five convenient locations:
Auburn, W. Boylston, Shrewsbury (new for September 2011), Sterling, and Sturbridge.

No matter where in Worcester County you live, you can discover why Pakachoag Music School is so popular among parents from Auburn, Worcester, and 35 surrounding communities including Northeast Connecticut.

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Click here to read about the 3 different Class Types: Babies, MT Mixed Age, MT Big Kids .

"This is the best class we've done with our daughter! Our daughter's interest in listening & singing songs and playing instruments has increased tremendously. She loves the class, and talks about it all the time. Our 8 month old is now starting to wave his arms every time he hears us sing or play music.... We can't wait until next semester! Julie [teacher] is excellent, we enjoy her class tremendously!" Parent of a Winter 2010 Music Together class.

Five persuasive reasons to make Music Together part of your child's on-going education - birth to age 7:

Research proves that early, positive and age-appropriate exeperiences with music enhance a child's:
1. Language and literacy skills (vocabulary, comprehension, listening, expression);
2. Social and emotional development;
3. Mathematics and pattern-recognition skills;
4. Ability to plan, guide, and self-regulate behaviour;
5. Comfort and success as a maker of music - the simple joy of music that lasts a lifetime.

A Music Together Class is:

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• A community of families sharing songs, instrument play, rhythm chants, and movement activities in a relaxed, playful, non-performance-oriented setting.
  Music learned through developmentally appropriate activities that support and respect the unique learning styles of very young children.
• Infants, toddlers, and preschoolers participating at their own levels in family-style classes of mixed ages.
• Parents and caregivers contributing to the enrichment of their child’s music environment -- regardless of their own musical abilities.
• A new song collection every session, three a year for three years, featuring great arrangements of original and traditional songs in a wide variety of tonalities, meters, and cultural styles.
• 45 minutes (or an hour for Music Together Big Kids) of PURE FUN with your child every week!

Each Session Includes:

• Weekly 45-minute classes (one hour for MT Big Kids) teaching a new song collection each session, 3 sessions per year over three years , designed to be repeated through age 7.
• A Parent Guide DVD called: “Music Together at Home: Helping Your Child Grow Musically” for new Music Together families.
• Professional recordings each session with new songs, rhythm chants, “play-alongs”, and tonal and rhythm patterns. Two copies -- one for home, one for the car!
• Beautifully illustrated songbook with family activities to enjoy at home.
• Semi-annual family newsletter and informative national website.
• Parent education to help adults understand and enhance their child’s music development.
• Songs, both traditional and original, are pitched in the appropriate ranges for children’s voices, all in a rich variety of tonalities and meters.

Annual Session Schedules & Song Collections

2011-2012 Song Collections:

• Fall Session - 11 weeks starting Thursday, September 22, 2011 - Bongos
• Winter Session - 9 weeks starting Monday, January 9, 2012- Bells
• Spring Session - 10 weeks starting Monday, March 26, 2012- Triangle
• Summer Samplers - 4 weeks starting May/June or July

Annual Registration Schedules

Registration for new families opens August (for Fall Session), December (for Winter Session) and March (for Spring Session).   Continuing families receive priority pre-registration, including an advance registration discount, available prior to these dates via e-mail notification.

New families can register by going to the general Register for Music Together page.
Continuing families can register on line at the Register for Music Together page or use the continuing student registration forms provided during class and posted perioidically on the Download Forms parent page.

More Information , including descriptions of the 3 class types: Babies, MT Mixed Age, MT Big Kids

Commonly Asked Questions

Tuition, Class Schedules, Locations, & Teacher Assignments