Dear KidsOutAndAbout readers:

It's a new year, which is supposed to be energizing, but it's also January, which is . . .  cold and dark. We've got a solution: bring some light and warmth to your family's winter with a whole new learning adventure! Beginning January 12 — next week — The Music Studio is offering short-term classes for children ages 2–7, either to start children on a journey of musical education or simply to fill a few winter hours with joyful learning, fun, and friendship. Either way, The Music Studio is the place to go. The school has been a Capital Region favorite since its founding in 1977, and it's not slowing down: in our 2025 poll, our readers once again named it top in Arts Education. 

Music for the Very Young, for 2-year-olds, can easily serve as a child's first formal music instruction, but stiff and boring it is not! These classes channel toddler energy into musical expression and experiences, with songs, dances, games, and instrument play, all geared toward the developing two-year-old brain and attention span. Music for the Young classes enable 3-year-olds (and, in the spring, young 4-year-olds) to learn about both the music around them and the music they can make, with a wide variety of activities and games designed to inspire and instruct. Finally, for the Winterterm only (January 12–February 8), The Music Studio offers Let’s Begin classes for children ages 4–7. In just four sessions, children are introduced to the foundations of music, with structured and lively lessons that keep students engaged as they learn new concepts — rhythm, pitch, dynamics, and so on — almost without realizing it. You will be amazed at how much they can learn in such a short time.

That's The Music Studio experience in a nutshell: top-notch instruction in joyful, high-energy classes, using a custom curriculum that is proven to work (The Music Studio has more than 15,000 alums!). You'll see when you look at the class offerings that children are grouped by age. That's because a 2-year-old learns differently from a 3-year-old (not to mention a 7-year-old) and The Music Studio is attuned to the difference. 

START WITH A FREE MINI MUSIC CLASS

If you prefer to try out a class before you commit, you're in luck. The Music Studio is offering a free Mini Music Class on Thursday, January 8, at 10 am for children ages 3–5 and on Saturday, January 11, at 1 pm for children ages 3–7. There, in a fun and fast-paced hour, you and your child can take part in a lesson with some of the very same musical activities that take place in class — as well as tour the school, meet the teachers, and learn the many lifelong benefits of music education.

Make 2026 a year full of joyful music! For more information, visit The Music Studio's website.

Best,

Debra Ross
Publisher
KidsOutAndAbout.com