Minneapolis & St. Paul Family Music Classes:
- MacPhail Center for Music • Minneapolis music school with studios in Apple Valley, Chanhassen and White Bear Lake. The school offers Sing, Play, Learn classes for preschool children and their adult. They also offer individual lessons and sessions of many styles for all ages.
- Sarah Jane’s Music School • Locally Owned by Sarah Jane Perbix • Offers Sing Play Move and Family Rock classes for babies through pre-K as well as classes and lessons for older kids and adults.Â
- Songs with Sarah • Locally Owned by Sarah McCaffrey Ritchie • This research based music school in South Minneapolis specializes in early childhood music-play-based parent-child classes and piano classes starting at age 4.Â
- Wee Bop • Locally owned by Chellie Brown • Classes in NE Minneapolis, Hopkins & Roseville ECFE, locally owned and developed music classes for young children. Classes are designed and taught by certified music teachers with degrees in music and education.Â
- Cadenza • Offering lessons and camps for babies on up, including a Toddler & Baby Class, Kids Class for ages 3-5, and private lessons for older kids.
Twin Cities Metro Family Music Classes:
- Brighter Minds Music • Brighter Minds has locations in Mendota Heights, Eagan, West St. Paul, Inver Grove Heights, Minneapolis, and St. Paul. They offer music classes and lessons for babies through adults.Â
- Kindermusik • Kindermusik is a national early-childhood music program with Twin Cities locations in Burnsville, Chanhassen, Minnetonka, Excelsior, and Spring Park (Zoom class).Â
- Music Together: Sing Dance Play Learn! • An international music program with several local franchises, the curriculum is research-based for early childhood with play-centered classes that incorporate parents into the fun. Offering online classes.
- Rock & Roll Kids Choir • A community singing ensemble for children ages 4-12 focused on learning and performing rock and pop classics. 45-minute weekly rehearsals take place at three locations – Calvary Golden Valley’s Music Auditorium, the Center for Performing Arts in South Minneapolis and Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran Church in NE Minneapolis.
- School of Rock • Located in Eden Prairie, Plymouth, and St. Paul, the school offers special music programs for preschoolers, as well as programs and lessons for ages 5-18.
- Sprouting Melodies Early Childhood Music Classes • Age specific early childhood music classes offered for babies, toddlers, and preschool-age children focused on parent and child bonding; having fun; learning to use music to calm, stimulate, and engage; and social, emotional, cognitive, preacademic, musical, and physical growth and development. Offering online classes.
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More Music Classes for Kids
Classes for older kids who are ready to take lessons on their own:
- Minnesota Youth Symphonies • This Saint Paul youth orchestra offers classes by audition only.Â
- Northwestern University Academy of Music • Private, group, ensembles and summer camps. Offering virtual and in-person classes
- St. Paul Conservatory of Music• Suzuki through adult classes.
- BumbleBee Music – offers family music sessions with instruments, songs, movement, and story-telling, in places that grown ups like to be—breweries. Find Family Fun at Breweries & Tap Rooms.
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You have “Songs with Sarah is an audition based music school” when it should be “audiation” (meaning…thinking music). Just wanted to put that out there as to not confuse it the two.
Thank you for that clarification Mykou. We’ve made the edit.
Hello I’m looking for classes for my twelve year old grandson. He deals with ADHD and I feel it will help him focus and relax. If you could give me any direction it would be great.
Hi Victoria. I think any of those programs we list above for older kids would work. Also check out our List of Services for ADHD here.