Class Descriptions

Infant - 4 Years    Tuesdays 4:00-4:45 PM
Participate with your child for 45 minutes each week in singing, chanting, moving, dancing, listening and playing simple instruments.  A 13 week winter semester is beginning on September 16, 2025

Musical play activities: 
– Help develop a strong musical bond with your child and closer family ties.
– Bridge the natural connection between music and movement.
– Enhance your child’s musical aptitude andSta listening abilities.
– Lay the foundation for singing and vocal development, listening skills, and purposeful movement.
- Continue the important work on "beat" within your child. 

Features:
– Movement activities for coordination, body awareness, exploration of space, body control and the pure joys of movement.
– Folk songs for singing, dancing and listening.
– Focused listening examples from both daily life and music intruments.
– Instruments to explore: rhythm sticks, jingles, rattles, drums, and resonator bars.
– 4 wonderful semesters, each with a 60 minute CD, a colorful parent activity book to use at home.
Start Date: September 16, 2025

This music class application will be focusing on piano skills, one-on-one, with Rita Burghart.  Registration is through Gull Lake Virtual Partnership - contact Nancy Brown. Scheduling will be through Rita - 269.753.5044 - text or phone.  This application is in-person either at the Bedford location or the Burghart Music Studio in Marshall. Rita will be on-site in Bedford on Wednesdays in the fall of 2025 and in Marshall on Tuesdays.