Musikgarten of Lexington
Jennifer Tutt
Founder/Director
859-245-5887

                                                                               Studio Address                                 Mailing Address
                                                                               121 Malabu Dr.                                 601 Deltino Ct.

                                                                          Lexington, KY 40503                         Lexington, KY 40515




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Class Descriptions


Family Music for Babies (Newborn - 18 Months)17-week semester

Family Music for Babies is a 30-minute Musikgarten class specifically designed for the bonding and nurturing needs of the youngest children. Parents and babies will enjoy rocking, singing, stroking, dancing, and learning new games to play at home. Children will be starting to play with rattles, rhythm sticks, scarves, parachutes, and drums. Parents will learn new songs and games to use for diaper changes, bath time, bedtime, etc. Most importantly, children will be guaranteed their parent’s undivided attention with fun, developmentally-appropriate nursery rhymes, songs, dances, and baby massages. Parents and babies will enjoy meeting new friends and learning new songs.


Please refer to the "Family Music for Babies" page for more class-specific information on this class. Please call for availability, or to schedule an appointment to attend a trial class.  


Supplemental material for Family Music for Babies may be purchased using the Order Form.  Please complete the Order Form and send it, along with payment, to mailing address: 601 Deltino Ct., Lexington, KY 40515.  Upon receipt of your order, we will contact you to confirm.
 
Tuition:$12 per class
Materials:$20 Baby Instrument Kit, $15 Annual Registration Fee
Total:$239 (Sibling Discounts available)

Family Music for Toddlers (Walking 15 mos. to 3 yrs.)17-week semester
Family Music is a 30-minute class for children and parents. We usually do 10-12 activities each class with activities lasting about 2-3 minutes. Activities vary each week, but often include fingerplays for fine motor skills, traveling activities for gross motor skills, free dance, listenings (animals, trains, instruments, baby sounds, weather, etc.), circle songs, bouncing and rocking songs, and hello/goodbye songs. This age group uses scarves, hoops, parachutes, rocking bands, animal pictures, rattles, jingles, rhythm sticks, sandblocks, and drums in class. 
     Parent participation at this age is a great way for children to practice independence in class while still having Mom or Dad there for comfort. Parents enjoy learning many new songs and games to play at home together.

Please refer to the "Family Music" page for more class-specific information on this class.  Please call for availability, or to schedule an appointment to attend a trial class.  

Supplemental material for Family Music may be purchased using the Order Form.  Please complete the Order Form and send it, along with payment, to mailing address: 601 Deltino Ct., Lexington, KY 40515.  Upon receipt of your order, we will contact you to confirm.
 
Tuition:$13 per class
Materials:$15 Annual Registration Fee
Total:$236 (Sibling Discounts available)

Family Music for Babies and Toddlers (Newborn - 3 yrs.)17-week semester

Family Music for Babies and Toddlers is a 30-minute Musikgarten class that combines elements of both the "Family Music for Babies" and "Family Music for Toddlers" curricula, adapting them appropriately for the newborn-to-3-years age group. This class is offered as a convenience for parents, allowing those with babies and toddlers at home to get early childhood education for multiple children in one class.

Parents and children will enjoy rocking, singing, stroking, dancing, 
fingerplays for fine motor skills, traveling activities for gross motor skills, free dance, listenings (animals, trains, instruments, baby sounds, weather, etc.), circle songs, bouncing and rocking songs, and hello/goodbye songs.  Children will be starting to play with rattles, rhythm sticks, scarves, parachutes, and drums. Parents will learn new songs and games to use for diaper changes, bath time, bedtime, etc. Most importantly, children will be guaranteed their parent’s undivided attention with fun, developmentally-appropriate nursery rhymes, songs, dances, and massages. Parents and babies will enjoy meeting new friends and learning new songs.


Please refer to the "Family Music for Babies" and "Family Music" pages for more class-specific information on this class. Please call for availability, or to schedule an appointment to attend a trial class. 


 
Tuition:$13 per class
Materials:$15 Annual Registration Fee, $20 Baby Instrument Kit (children <18 mos.)
Total:$236, $256 (Children <18 mos.)

Cycle of Seasons (2.5 to 4.5 Years)17-week semester
Cycle of Seasons is a 30-minute class just for children (with a few parent helpers every week). While this age group does many of the same types of activities as the Family Music class, it begins to incorporate longer discussion times, listenings, and more complex physical movements for dancing with parachutes, and hoops, etc. We likewise begin the addition of more intricate rhythmic and tonal patterns using drums, jingles, rattles, rocking bands, tambourines, bongos, rhythm sticks, sandblocks, the glockenspiel, metallophone, and resonator bars. Each child has several opportunities every semester to play fun, impromptu instrumental solos while the rest of the class sings along.
      The Cycle of Seasons class has an ecological theme that emphasizes the beauty and music found in Nature. We study each of the 4 seasons with 8 new animals introduced for every season with pictures, listenings, and mini-discussions. Natural and seasonal elements such as leaves, wind, rain, snow, seeds, and gardens are also the subject of many of our songs and poetry.

Please refer to the "Cycle of Seasons" page for more class-specific information on this class. Please call for availabiity, or to schedule an apointment to attend a trial class.  

 Supplemental material for Cycle of Seasons may be purchased using the Order Form.  Please complete the Order Form and send it, along with payment, to mailing address: 601 Deltino Ct., Lexington, KY 40515.  Upon receipt of your order, we will contact you to confirm.

 
Tuition:$13 per class
Materials:$15 Annual Registration Fee
Total:$236 (Sibling Discounts available)

God's Children Sing (2.5 to 4.5 Years)17-week semester
God's Children Sing is a 30-minute class just for kids (with a few parent helpers every week). While this age group does many of the same types of activities as the Family Music class, it begins to incorporate longer discussion times, listenings, and more complex physical movements for dancing with parachutes, and hoops, etc. We likewise begin the addition of more intricate rhythm and tonal patterns using drums, jingles, rattles, rocking bands, tambourines, bongos, rhythm sticks, sandblocks, the glockenspiel, metallophone, and resonator bars. Each child has several opportunities every semester to play fun, impromptu instrumental solos while the rest of the class sings along.
      The God’s Children Sing class is a non-denominational religious curriculum in the Judeo-Christian tradition. Popular figures and themes from the Bible are the subjects of many of our songs, stories, and poems. (Students may want to enroll two times a week and do both Cycles and God’s Children Sing).

Please refer to the "God's Children Sing" page for more class-specific information on this class.  Please call for availability, or to schedule an appointment to attend a trial class.  

 Supplemental material for God's Children Sing may be purchased using the Order Form.  Please complete the Order Form and send it, along with payment, to mailing address: 601 Deltino Ct., Lexington, KY 40515.  Upon receipt of your order, we will contact you to confirm.

 
Tuition:$13 per class
Materials:$15 Annual Registration Fee
Total:$236 (Sibling Discounts available)

Music Makers: At Home in America (4 to 7 Years)17-week semester
     
 
Music Makers: At Home in America is a 45-minute class in which students use flashcards to begin learning about rests, common melodic patterns, rhythmic patterns in duple and triple meters, and dynamic markings. In the earlier Musikgarten age groups children learn elements of music like steady beat, rhythm, melody, and expression by “doing.” Music Makers is the first of the Musikgarten classes to begin actively discussing “how” music is read and written.
      Music Makers is a wonderful preparation for future private music lessons, although students need not be planning to take music privately to enjoy the academic benefits of class. While we begin more advanced intellectual and musical activities, there is still lots of time for singing, dancing, reading stories and poetry, games, and instruments, including maracas, bongos, tambourines, the glockenspiel, metallophone, resonator bars, and keyboards. We likewise use posters and listening activities to begin identifying musical instruments from the woodwind, brass, string, and percussion families.
      There are six units to class: 1) My Home Place, 2) My Neighborhood Community, 3) Woodlands, 4) Marsh, 5) Meadow, and 6) Seashore. There is a patriotic theme to our class; we’ll study several American composers, Presidents, national landmarks, and learn patriotic songs.

Please refer to the "Music Makers: At Home in America" page for more class-specific information on this class.  Please call for availability, or to schedule an appointment to attend a trial class.  
Supplemental material for Music Makers: At Home in America may be purchased using the Order Form.  Please complete the Order Form and send it, along with payment, to 601 Deltino Ct., Lexington, KY 40515.  Upon receipt of your order, we will contact you to confirm.
 
Tuition:$14 per class (45 minutes)
Materials:$15 Annual Registration Fee
Total:$253 ($30 Sibling Discount available - please see info above)

Music Makers: Around the World (4 to 7 Years)17-week semester
     
Music Makers: Around the World is a 45-minute class in which students use flashcards to begin learning about rests, common melodic patterns, rhythmic patterns in duple and triple meters, and dynamic markings. In the earlier Musikgarten age groups children learn elements of music like steady beat, rhythm, melody, and expression by “doing.” Music Makers is the first of the Musikgarten classes to begin actively discussing “how” music is read and written.
      Music Makers is a wonderful preparation for future private music lessons, although students need not be planning to take music privately to enjoy the academic benefits of class. While we begin more advanced intellectual and musical activities, there is still lots of time for singing, dancing, reading stories and poetry, games, and instruments, including maracas, bongos, tambourines, the glockenspiel, metallophone, resonator bars, and keyboards. We likewise use posters and listening activities to begin identifying musical instruments from the woodwind, brass, string, and percussion families.
      There are four units to class: 1) British Isles, 2) American-Indian, 3) Germany, and 4) African-American. Each unit offers a respectful study of the music, dances, customs, clothing, food, and people. We likewise study the popular/historic songs, composers, and instruments from each area. This curriculum includes beautifully choreographed social dances, as well as lots of ensemble development for the advanced musicianship skills used in piano lessons, choirs, orchestras, and bands.

Please refer to the "Music Makers: Around the World" page for more class-specific information on this class.
Supplemental material for Music Makers: Around the World may be purchased using the Order Form.  Please complete the Order Form and send it, along with payment, to mailing address: 601 Deltino Ct., Lexington, KY 40515.  Upon receipt of your order, we will contact you to confirm.
 
Tuition:$14 per class (45 minutes)
Materials:$15 Annual Registration Fee
Total:$253 (Sibling Discounts available)

Music Makers: At the Piano I (6 - 9 yrs) and II (7 - 10 yrs) (6 to 10 Years)17-week semester
      Music Makers: At the Piano is a 60-minute class offering joyful opportunities for building keyboarding skills – along with singing, dancing, drumming, ensemble playing, writing and reading music. Students will use scarves, hoops, maracas, drums, bongos, tambourines, rattles, jingles, sandblocks, rhythm sticks, resonator bars, glockenspiels, pianos, and the metallophone in class. After completing the 2-year program, students are equipped with the aural, music-reading, and technical skills to be successful in private piano/instrumental lessons.                                         
      Music literacy is the goal of our piano class. This will aid the student in all future music making activities. While this curriculum builds on the repertoire and musical skills learned in the Musikgarten 0 – 7 yr. program, it also establishes a music and movement foundation for older students encountering their first formal musical experience.
      Students must have either a piano or a keyboard for practice at home (small is okay). Year 1’s curriculum includes 2 student books, 14 notation games, and 4 CD’s. Due to the distribution of books and CD’s, the cost of this class is less every semester of the year (Ex: Semester 1 = $281, Semester 2 = $266, Semester 3 = $210). Please consult Jennifer Tutt before mailing enrollment for this age group. Schedule TBA by class.

Please refer to the "Music Makers: Piano I and II" page for more class-specific information on these classes.  Please call for availability, or to schedule an appointment to attend a trial class.  

 Supplemental material for Music Makers: At the Keyboard may be purchased using the Order Form.  Please complete the Order Form and send it, along with payment, to mailing address: 601 Deltino Ct., Lexington, KY 40515.  Upon receipt of your order, we will contact you to confirm.

 
Tuition:$16 per class (1-hr.)
Materials:$56 (Semester 1) / $15 Annual Registration Fee
Total:$351(Semester 1) (Sibling Discounts available)

Music Makers: At the Guitar (6 - 10 yrs), (8 - 12 yrs), (13 yrs - adult) (6 yrs to adult)
Image result for kids playing guitar clipart black and whiteMusic Makers: At the Guitar. This 60-minute class offers a fun environment for building guitar skills. After completing the 1-year program students will be prepared for private lessons. Students will need a guitar for practice at home. The Semester 1 curriculum includes a lesson book, CD, foot stool, pack of picks, and metronome/tuner. Due to the distribution of materials, the cost of this class is less every semester of the year. (Ex. Semester 1 = $340, Semesters 2 & 3 = $225 each). Please consult Jennifer Tutt before mailing enrollment.
 
Tuition:$16 per class x 17 classes + $15 registration fee = $287
Materials:$100
Total:$387 for Semester I

Music Makers: At the Recorder (6 - 10 yrs) (6 to 10 Years)
Music Makers: At the Recorder. This 60-minute class offers a fun, rewarding environment for learning to play the soprano recorder. Classes will cover the basics of reading music - such as learning note names, note values, and time signatures. Students will also be practicing the technique for good breath support needed for playing woodwind and brass instruments later. The Semester 1 curriculum includes a soprano recorder, book and CD for practice at home (Semester 1 = $272, Semester 2 = $210). Please contact Jennifer Tutt before mailing enrollment
 
Tuition:$16 per class x 17 classes + $15 registration fee
Materials:$66
Total:$353

Musikgarten Chorus I and II (6 - 11 yrs. and 10 - 18 yrs.)
Image result for kids singing black and whiteMusikgarten Chorus. This 60-minute group ensemble offers a great choir experience for children and teens. Students will be practicing the techniques for good vocal breath support while working with our professional voice and piano instructors. They will enjoy a fun repertoire of varying styles including Classical, Contemporary, Patriotic, and Broadway. Every semester will include a concert/performance. 
 
Tuition:$14 per class x 17 classes + $15 registration fee
Total:$253

Music Makers: At the Ukulele (6 - 10 yrs) (6 - 10 yr, 11 to adults)
This hour-long class is a fun way to begin ukulele and build the fundamentals for future Ukulele/Guitar/String playing.  After completing this course, students will be better prepared for private instrumental lessons.  The cost of class includes a new ukulele for the student, as well as a book, assignment and manuscript notebooks, and tuner.  Due to the distribution of materials, the cost of class is less each semester (Ex. Semester 1 = $289, Semester 2 = $210).  Please contact Jennifer Tutt before mailing enrollment.
 
 
Tuition:$16 per class x 17 classes + $15 reg. fee
Materials:$85
Total:$372 (Semester 1)

Music Makers: At the Violin (6 - 10 yrs) (6 - to 10 years)
This hour-long class is a great way to begin the violin.  In addition to playing the violin, students will be singing, drumming, dancing, working in ensembles, and readying and writing music.  Students will use scarves, hoops, maracas, drums, bongos, tambourines, rattles, jingles, sand blocks, rhythm sticks, resonator bars, glockenspiels, and metallophone in class.  After completing the program, students are equipped with the aural, music-reading, and technical skills to be successful in private violin/instrumental string lessons.  Students must have a violin for practice at home (we do have appropriate sizes for rent).  Year 1’s curriculum includes theory books, tuner, assignment and manuscript notebooks, and shoulder rest.  Due to the distribution of books and materials, the cost of this class is less every semester of the year (Ex. Semester 1 = $325, Semester 2 = $210).   Please contact Jennifer Tutt before mailing enrollment.
 
 
Tuition:$16 per class x 17 classes + $15 reg. fee
Materials:$120
Total:$407

Nature Trail (2.5 - 6 yrs) (2.5 to 6 Years)Once a week for 5-week sessions (Wednesdays 9:30 - 12:00)

Nature's Trail is a 2-1/2 hour, once-per-week class in which children will enjoy dancing, singing, storytelling, arts and crafts, games, playing instruments, supervised outdoor nature exploration, playground fun time and sports, and musical theater activities.  Instruments being used include drums, bongos, tambourines, rattles, jingles, rhythm sticks, sand-blocks, the metallophone, glockenspiel, resonator bars, and keyboard.
           Activities are education-based and promote musical, social, physical, emotional, and intellectual development.
          Your child’s personal snack from home will be served each day. If your child has specific food or environmental allergies or pertinent medical conditions, please list them on the registration form.
          Please put sunscreen on your children before camp, as we may go outside for some activities.

Please refer to the "Nature Trail" page for more class-specific information on these classes.  Please call for availability, or to schedule an appointment to attend a trial class.  

Supplemental material for Nature Trail can be purchased using our Nature Trail Order Form.  Please complete the form and mail it, complete with payment, to 601 Deltino Ct., Lexington, KY 40515.  Upon receipt of the order, we will contact you to confirm.
 
Tuition:$120 per 5-week session
Materials:N/A
Total:$120 per 5-week session

Spring Break Camps: offered each year during Fayette County Spring Break (2.5 to 10 Years)Week-long Spring Break camps (2-1/2 to 3 hour sessions)
Children will enjoy dancing, singing, storytelling, arts and crafts, games, playing instruments, supervised outdoor nature exploration, and musical theater activities.
Instruments  being used include drums. bongos, tambourines, rattles, jingles, rhythm sticks, sand-blocks, the metallophone, glockenspiel, keyboards, and resonator bars.
Activities are education-based and promote musical, social, physical, emotional, and intellectual development. 
Your child's personal snack from home will be served each day.  If your child has specific food or environmental allergies or pertinent medical conditions, please list them on the
registration form.
Please put sunscreen on your children before camp if the weather is warm, as we may fo outside for activities.

 
Please refer to the "Spring Break Camps" page for more class-specific information on this program.
 
 
Tuition:$150 - $190 (depending on session)
Materials:Available for purchase
Total:$150 - $190 (depending on session)

Summer Camps: offered June, July, August (2.5 to 10 Years)Week-long summer camps (2-1/2 to 3 hr. sessions)
 
Children will enjoy dancing, singing, storytelling, arts and crafts, games, playing instruments, supervised outdoor nature exploration, and musical theater activities.
Instruments being used include drums, bongos, tambourines, rattles, jingles, rhythm sticks, sand-blocks, the metallophone, glockenspiel, resonator bars, and keyboard.
 
Activities are education-based and promote musical, social, physical, emotional, and intellectual development.
 
Your child’s personal snack from home will be served each day. If your child has specific food or environmental allergies or pertinent medical conditions, please list them on the registration form.
Please put sunscreen on your children before camp, as we may go outside for some activities.
 
 

Please refer to the "Summer Camps" page for more class-specific information on these sessions.

Supplemental material for Summer Camps can be purchased using our Summer Camp Order Form.  Please complete the form and mail it, complete with payment, to mailing address: 601 Deltino Ct., Lexington, KY 40515.  Upon receipt of the order, we will contact you to confirm.
 
Tuition:$150 to $190 (depending on session)
Materials:Available for purchase
Total:$150 to $190 (depending on session)