Group Music Classes

Toddlers

10 Months–24 Months

Your kids are on the move and our Toddlers classes here to guide you through activities and songs that you can sing and play daily. This includes imaginative musical play through storytelling and puppets, dances, and instrument play to develop coordination and confidence.

• Exploring instrumental sounds and communicating together through music
• Responding to the parent and teachers vocal play
• Playing percussive and pitched instruments (xylophones) that connect the child with the purpose of the song
• Listening to musical stories and participating in creating song stories
• Singing and experiencing songs, chants and rhymes from our community and the world
• Connecting to the musical beat and rhythm of nursery rhymes and everyday routine songs
• Imaginative musical play through Puppets and actions
• Movement and Dance using sensory objects and instruments; scarves, ribbons, parachute, soft materials
• Lap play songs and games

Kinder Children

3 Years–5 Years

Your children are curious about the world around them. They want to know the how’s and why’s of their world. Our Kinder aged classes support your child’s curiosity through programs aligned with the Early Learning Years Framework. Your child learns how to interpret the Elements of Music: keeping a steady beat, identifying a rhythm, playing a melody and singing and hand signing pitch.

• Participating in the telling of musical stories through instrument and vocal play
• Singing and experiencing songs, learning local and international chants and rhymes
• Composing and identifying rhymes, beats, and everyday songs as a group to reinforce beat and rhythm
• Imaginative musical play through Puppets and song
• Movement and Dance using sensory objects and instruments: scarves, ribbons, parachute, soft materials
• Musical games with actions, call and response, and instrument play
• Experimenting with sound through non-conventional sound sources sensory objects
• Discovering new musical sounds through playing instruments made of different materials: xylophones, chime bars, drums, bells, shakers, and wooden percussion
• Establishing team skills in ensemble playing. Learning music structure and how to play the parts of a song
• Reflecting and expressing the musical elements found in orchestral with movements using scarves, elastics, and various sensory materials
• Developing music reading skills, beginning with graphic notation symbols, sign language, and pictures to learn traditional music notation. Traditional music notation is gradually introduced alongside graphic notation to make strong associations with your child’s imaginative play-based learning.

Primary Jam School

Small Group: Ukulele, Vocal & Percussion/Drumming

Open Age Primary 

Have you thought about learning an individual instrument? Or would you like to develop the skills for making the transition to learning an individual instrument smoother?

We show your child how to identify the Elements of Music and teach them how to play in an ensemble while developing confidence in oneself and music. 

• Learn to sing at pitch and how to transfer melodies to the xylophone in both major and minor keys
• Learning to play basic melodies and chords on the piano and ukulele. Children will also experience playing a huge range of percussion instruments.
• Identifying and understanding duration, pitch, structure, dynamics, and tone colours in live and recorded music. Learning how to read traditional and graphic music notation. 
• Understanding the Elements of Music through listening and embodying sound in movement, gesture, imaginative play, games, and visuals
• Learning how to play in an ensemble and understanding why sounds are used in particular ways
• Concert in June and December

1. Individual instrumental lessons on request
3. Group/Private Music Theory classes
4. NDIS
5. School Incursions 
6. Holiday Program –  April to December

Visionary Voices

Community Choir

•  All inclusive community choir led by the talented Bonnie Smith
• No experience needed, no audition! All are welcome! 
• We practice good vocal techniques, breathing, rhythm, exercises, creative improvisation, & singing in harmony
• Thursday evenings – 6:30pm – 7:45pm
• $20 casual classes. Discounts for term passes
• Bookings Contact: [email protected]