Music Center offers summer classes for young children

GOSHEN, Ind. – The Goshen College Music Center is offering summer sessions of Music Together® classes in various locations in Elkhart and Goshen to bring the joy of singing and music learning to children from birth to age 5.

Music Together® is a research-based method for developing basic music competence in children. It accomplishes this through singing and movement to songs and chants, drawing on a wide variety of cultures and styles.

In Music Together®, children attend a weekly 45-minute class with a parent, grandparent or other caregiver, and receive a songbook and professional CD for home listening. Classes are taught by a trained professional and are held in various locations throughout Elkhart County.

Music Together® summer classes will be held at the following locations in Goshen and Elkhart:

• Greencroft Retirement Center, Evergreen Place (Goshen)
• Goshen College Music Center (Goshen)
• First Presbyterian Church (Elkhart)
• Calvary United Methodist Church (Elkhart)

Tuition for the six-week course is $80 for the first child, and $30 for each additional participating child in the family. Included are a new songbook and CD and all class sessions. Classes begin the week of July 12. Need-based scholarships are available to any family whose income qualifies them for free or reduced lunch in the Federal School Lunch program. The Music Center is committed to making this program available to every family who would like to participate.

Editors: For more information about this release, to arrange an interview or request a photo, contact Goshen College News Bureau Director Jodi H. Beyeler at (574) 535-7572 or jodihb@goshen.edu.

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