In the News:

Ready for some summer fun? Summer classes are here now!

Please check out our new pictures from this year thus far!

New Semester began January 28th. Space is still available in baby and toddler classes. New Class forming for preschoolers on Wednesday at 9:00 - 9:45 AM. Class is called Music Explorers and that is exactly what it is. We are exploring music and nature and what a lot of fun we have. Parents join the last 15 minutes of class. Call for a free demo.

We are proud to have been awarded the "BEST PLACE FOR A FIFTH BIRTHDAY PARTY" in the Best of the Springs 2007 Contest by the Colorado Springs Gazette. We also can provide a special birthday (or other occasion) party for your favorite child. Please read about our creative and fun parties!

Music classes at Keen Music and the Arts offer a fun and loving learning environment where children are valued as creative musical individuals.  We sing, dance, play instruments, listen, echo, participate in musical games and activities all while learning lessons that will last a life time.  Music is a gift that must be nurtured and encouraged in a child's early years for them to reap the benefits throughout their lives.

Call us today at 719-593-1951 and come and try a class out on us. Day and evening class times available.

Purpose Statement:

To facilitate the interaction between parent and child in a way that will provide foundational music training, experiences and exposure for children and their families that encourages and promotes a lifelong love and joy of music.

curriculum

Musikgarten is our curriculum of choice because it is the only curriculum out there that provides the quality comprehensive and sequential programing that your child needs for their musical development from birth to 9 years. Each level of the program stands on it's own and yet each works together to provide the foundational building blocks that will benefit your child as they grow. Favorite songs, stories and dances are revisited throughout the program building on what the child has mastered and enjoyed--making successful learning easier.

"What they hear, they learn to speak; what they speak, they learn to write; what they, write they learn to read." This is the process that we utilize in our program and it is highly successful. Our children and families learn to love and enjoy music and music making because it is taught in a manner that reaches and teaches the whole child without the stress of performance and/or competition. Children need to be children, they need to be able to enjoy life and have fun with the process of making music. We teach to encourage a life-long love of music, music making and learning.

Keen Music is a place where:

• Children are valued
• Classes are developmentally appropriate
• A  love of music and movement is nurtured
• Parents are welcomed and involved
• Nature and multi-cultural themes are taught  
• Classical and folk music is introduced
• The process of learning is emphasized
• Special needs are addressed
• Parents and families can wait in comfort

Classes Include:

• Lots of fun and excitement
• Fingerplays and poetry
• Singing and movement
• Musical games and dances
• Instrument play
• Rhythm and tonal echoes
• Steady beat activities
• Literacy skills
• Small/Large motor activities
• Active participation
• Aural skills development