Early childhood music classes in Berkeley & East Bay

Early Childhood Music

Early Childhood Music: Music Fundamentals

Ages 3 to 6

When: Fall and Spring Sessions

Tuition: $580 per session + $20 registration fee

Crowden's early childhood music classes introduce musical building blocks and develop elements of collaborative music making in delightful interactive settings.

Ages 3 to 7

early childhood music

Music Fundamentals

Gloria Chuang, instructor

Crowden's Early Childhood Music classes begin with the spontaneous delight children take in interacting with music, and build music skills essential for instrumental study.

Course Description

Music Fundamentals uses creative movement, songs, and improvisation to teach children to respond to music with their bodies, increasing coordination, spatial awareness, focus, and cooperation in a collaborative, social environment. 

We encourage early learners’ natural propensity to question, to create, and to discover.  This class creates an enjoyable, intentional learning experience rooted in early musical literacy and rhythmic movements.

Music Fundamentals builds on a love for learning instilled with songs, play, and miming to lay a strong foundation for success in the years to come. Success for us means not only the acquisition of foundational musical concepts and skills, but also the adoption of scholarly habits and immersion in a culture which values learning above all other endeavors.

Music Fundamentals I
Singing + Movement
Ages 3–5

Music Fundamentals II (New Program – Fall 2025)
Piano Skills + Movement
Ages 5–6

Class Schedule – Saturdays (12 Classes per Session)

Music Fundamentals I

  • 9:30–10:15am — Ages 3–4 (with parent)

  • 10:30–11:15am — Ages 4–5 (with parent)

Music Fundamentals II

  • 11:30am–12:15pm — Ages 5–6

Session Dates
Fall Session: September 20 – December 13
No class on November 29 (Thanksgiving Break)

Spring Session: January 24 – April 18
No class on April 5 (Spring Break)

How to Enroll

Complete our online registration form. Registrations are accepted until the class is filled. Full payment of tuition and fees should be included with the registration form.

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