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The Music Garden

August 18, 2016

The Music Garden is a new arts and enrichment center located near the U.L. Campus, at 1424 St. John Street. The Music Garden is owned and operated by teacher and musician, Melissa Stevenson, who has over 15 years of classroom music teaching experience. Our goal is to provide opportunities for children and adults to express their creativity through a variety of fun and educational experiences. 

We offer a variety of programs and fun classes including Music Together, an internationally recognized music program for children from birth through age 5, and the grownups who love them.

More About Music Together Classes:

Fully trained, registered Music Together teachers lead groups of six to twelve children and their parents or caregivers (nannies, babysitters, grandparents, or relatives) in forty-five minutes of music and movement experiences.

 Each weekly class offers a dozen songs and rhythmic rhymes, including fingerplays, small- and large-movement activities, and instrument play.

 Children and their adults have opportunities to create and improvise—making up new words to songs, offering movement ideas, making silly sounds, and sharing musical ideas from the family's play at home.

 The relaxed, playful, non-performance-oriented classroom setting respects and supports the unique learning styles, developmental levels, and temperaments of all participants, creating a strong sense of community.

 Families receive two new CDs each semester—one for home and one for on-the-go—along with an illustrated songbook that’s filled with music-making ideas for spontaneous music play beyond the weekly classes.

 www.musictogetherlafayette.com

musictogetheroflafayette@gmail.com

 Other offerings at The Music Garden include:

 Sticks and Stones classes, which combine art, science, and outdoor exploration. Parent/child piano classes, group piano, group voice, and art classes. We also offer "Musical Birthday Parties" for kids ages 1-5. 

 

Our class times range from mornings, to after school drop off classes, and some evening classes.  We are always adding new offerings, events, and pop up classes, so follow us on Facebook at The Music Garden Lafayette, to keep up with what's happening! Call or email today, and come create something with us! 

 

musicgardenlafayette@gmail.com

musictogetherlafayette@gmail.com

(337) 781-8863