The Music and Movement program was developed in the early 1980’s by Jan Harvey. Through Jan’s infectious personality and natural way with children, the program grew and flourished for decades. When Jan retired in 2015, she passed the music torch on to Crystal Doughty, who has continued to grow the Music and Movement program into the success it has become today.

The program is designed to encourage growth for all children while meeting each child where they are at every stage of development.  By creating a musical environment, children will develop such skills as pre-literacy, numeracy, social/emotional, and gross and fine motor.  Every class is different and incorporates a variety of instruments (drums, bells, castanets, shakers, xylophones, rhythm sticks) and props (scarves, parachute, mystery box) to foster a well-rounded musical experience.

The elements of music: pitch, timbre, dynamics, duration, tempo, form, colour and texture are explored daily. Children participate in speech, singing, movement, use of instruments, notation and theory development. The program is creative, ever changing and fascinating to children, being based on their own interests and the events and seasons of their young lives. The transition to private lessons for students from the program is easy.

Above all, the program builds a lifelong love of music and the confidence to express this love through participation in musical experience. What greater gift could be given to a child?

Weekly lessons are 45 minutes long, with the exception of the babies class, which is 30 min. All classes are parent participation, with the exception of the Orff-inspired Sunday class.

There are three semesters in the teaching year: September through December, January through March and April through June. Summer programs are also available.

Classes are divided into age groups and are available to children aged 6 months through 7 years. Visit our schedule page for more info.