Musical Beginnings is an early childhood music and movement program that provides children with developmentally stimulating activities.
Musical Beginnings is taught by Maggie Olivo and Bridget Rinehimer. The program was started by Jill Courtney, now the early childhood music teacher at Bloomington Area Birthing Services and the person largely responsible for inspiring Maggie to teach Early Childhood Music. Bridget joined in the fall of 2011, bringing charisma and the love of children with her.
04/26/2024
Congratulations to Sharon Juan!
Please join us in congratulating third-year PhD student, Hsuan-Wen (Sharon) Juan, on her amazing public lecture titled "The Relationships among Music Performance Anxiety, Personality traits, and Self-regulated in Music Practice of Adolescent Performers" last Friday. We are very proud!!!
03/16/2022
Great Indy opportunity for ages 4-7!
Teddy Bear Series | Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra We've updated our vaccination, testing, and mask policy for concerts and events as of March 7, 2022. The ISO requires proof of vaccination against COVID-19 for all patrons 12 and older, along with a matching ID. A negative PCR test administered within 72 hours prior to the concert start time will al...
Spring registration is open! We’d love to make music with you and your little one!
09/12/2021
Registration is open!!! Offering both in-person and virtual classes. Spread the word! https://jacobsacademy.indiana.edu/descriptions/musical-beginnings.html
09/05/2021
IU Musical Beginnings families! We have missed you so much! We will be having both in-person and online classes starting the beginning of October: Mondays and Tuesdays, 5-5:30 in-person and Saturdays from 10-10:30 online. BloomingSongs Tracey Shi, Danielle Kjar Priest, Sarah Maggie Olivo, Mary Stees
Registration should go live this week. Stay tuned!
08/16/2021
Did you know?
Newborn infants detect the beat in music To shed light on how humans can learn to understand music, we need to discover what the perceptual capabilities with which infants are born. Beat induction, the detection of a regular pulse in an auditory signal, is considered a fundamental human trait that, arguably, played a decisive role in the o...
04/13/2021
Our Saturday BloomingSongs instructor, Ian Cicco, was featured in the Orff Echo! Congratulations Ian Cicco and thank you for sharing your talents with others!
Feel free to hop on!
01/30/2021
IU Musical Beginnings team Zooming this morning! Sarah Maggie Olivo, Ian Cicco, Tracey Shi, Danielle Priest, and Mary Stees.
01/12/2021
Registration is open... virtual classes starting up this February with the amazing Ian Cicco, Danielle Priest, and Mary Stees! Saturdays and Tuesdays.
Musical Beginnings: Program Descriptions: Jacobs Academy: Indiana University Bloomington Information about the Musical Beginnings program