Mister Mike's Music - Washington DC

Time to get your Jingle on! Have you signed up for Jingle Jam yet? Classes start on December 12, so sign up now to get your preferred class, location, and time.

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Registration is now open for our first-ever Jingle Jam! Join us for this two-week session in December. Check out the schedule of Jingle Jam classes held throughout our four locations.

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Registration for our winter classes is now open for all four of our locations! Winter classes begin the first week in January. Classes are already filling up, so act fast to get the session you want for you and your child. We look forward to singing with you soon!

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Registration is open for all our classes. Check out the schedule at all four locations at www.mistermikesmusic.com.

Mr. Steve's band, King Bullfrog, performed recently at the Hill Center. Ms. Mari's bluegrass band performed on Mother's Day at the NE Library and now, Miss Teresa is going to sing Jazz Standards at City State Brewing Co. in Brookland, Thursday evening, May 18 from 7:30-9:00 p.m.

City State Brewing Co., owned by parents in our program, is a wonderful place where Teresa regularly teaches on Tuesday mornings. It is located at 705 Edgewood St. NE. and easily accessible via the Metropolitan Branch Bike Trail. There's no charge to attend.

Get 10% off orders by saying "Miss Teresa" when ordering. Visit www.citystatebrewing.com.

Why does music feel good? Babies and children instinctively know that music makes them feel good, and they don't question it. They know what they feel. Adults often wonder why though. So why does music feel so good? There has been a lot of research on the subject of how music affects us mentally, physically, and socially.
Learn more in our latest blog post:

Mister Mike's Music - Mister Mike's Blog Babies and children instinctively know that music makes them feel good, and they don't question it. They know what they feel. Adults often wonder why though. So why does music feel so good? There has been a lot of research on the subject of how music affects us mentally, physically, and socially.

Our latest blog post "Providing Good "Nutrition" for Your Child's Ears" is all about introducing your child to a variety of tonalities. The music of our culture—and of the world—has a diverse palette of tonalities. In order for children to begin to audiate (or think musically) songs in many tonalities, they have to hear them and play with them...with you! Our collections have songs from many musical traditions, in a wide variety of styles, to balance out the Major-heavy world of Western children's music with lots of songs in other tonalities.

Mister Mike's Music - Mister Mike's Blog Have you ever noticed when a song has a different feel to it, especially children's songs? That’s because it’s in a non-major tonality—it has a different “recipe” of notes that make up the scale of the song. It’s just like food recipes—your chicken soup might taste very different from ...

Our latest blog post "Providing Good "Nutrition" for Your Child's Ears" is all about introducing your child to a variety of tonalities. The music of our culture—and of the world—has a diverse palette of tonalities. In order for children to begin to audiate (or think musically) songs in many tonalities, they have to hear them and play with them...with you! Our collections have songs from many musical traditions, in a wide variety of styles, to balance out the Major-heavy world of Western children's music with lots of songs in other tonalities.

Join us for Spring classes! Registration is now open for our Spring classes! Our families recently sent Valentine videos to our teachers--we thought you might like to hear why our children and parents love our classes. Hope to see you in a class soon!

Valentine Video 1 A Valentine from one of our families explaining why they love their Music Together teacher and what it has meant to their child to take these classes.

Research shows that children who participate in these mixed-age classroom experiences develop a range of important skills such as resilience, executive functioning, and emotional literacy (And, no surprise: These same students also showed increased academic proficiency.). That’s why Music Together® created opportunities for children to participate in mixed-age classes. We offer your children a fun, safe, and joyful place to interact across a range of ages while they foster a lifelong love of music. Learn more in our latest blog post "Mix It Up in Mixed-Age Classes"

Mister Mike's Music - Mister Mike's Blog Back in 1996, Canadian educator Mary Gordon had a lofty goal: She wanted to create a more peaceful and caring society by working to build up the empathy of schoolchildren. And she thought that babies would be the program’s most effective “instructors.”  

"Learn How Music Can Change Your Child's Brain" is our latest blog post. Check out the research findings by the SIMPHONY project, a longitudinal study with members of the San Diego Youth Symphony, to research the impact of music training on brain and behavioral development.
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Our latest blog post focuses on how you can Support Your Toddler's Emerging Independence.

Mister Mike's Music - Mister Mike's Blog Parents: Have you been issued the verbal equivalent of a cease and desist order by the tiny tyrant who resides in your house every time you start singing along to your favorite tune? If so, this post is for you!