This piano and music class is designed for pre-schoolers. It is built around the adventures of Mozart Mouse and Beethoven Bear as they learn about music. As their tales unfold, your child will be introduced to new musical concepts and piano performance pieces.
Location: Schmitt Music Burnsville
Suggested Ages: 5 & 6
8 Weekly 30-Minute Classes: $99
Did You Know?
Nine out of ten adults and teenagers who play instruments agree that music making brings the family closer together.
— Music Making and Our Schools, American Music Conference 2000
High school music students have been shown to hold higher grade point averages (GPA) than non-musicians in the same school.
— National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988
71% of Americans surveyed by the Gallup Poll believe that teenagers who play an instrument are less likely to have disciplinary problems.
— Gallup Poll, “American Attitudes To-ward Music,” 2003
Music majors are the most likely group of col-lege grads to be admitted to medical school.
— Lewis Thomas, Case for Music in the Schools, Phi Delta Kappa, 1994
A Columbia University study revealed that students in the arts are found to be more cooperative with teachers and peers, more self-confident and better able to express their ideas. These benefits exist across socioeconomic levels. - The Arts Education Partnership, 1999
There is a high relationship between interest in school music and high self perception, high cognitive competence scores and general self-esteem.
— Costa-Giomi, E., The McGill Piano Project, 1998
