What is Music Together?
An early childhood music and movement program.
For children from birth through age eight.
Help little ones develop their innate musicality.
And much much more
To better understand the relationships between music education and prosociality in early
childhood and explore the potential role of music as a tool for developing socio-emotional skills in children, researchers from USC’s Thornton School of Music are studying the effects of music education (in the form of participation in Music Together classes) on helping, sharing, and comforting behaviors in children between the ages of 3 and 4.
University of
Southern California
This three-year, federally funded (IES) project had the goal of improving student learning through
an innovative intervention targeting executive function skills in impoverished preschoolers ,particularly those from homeless or highly mobile families. Music Together LLC collaborated with
researchers to develop the curriculum adaptation used.
University of
Minnesota
The SEEDS-IT (Strategies for Enhancing Early Developmental Success – Infants and Toddlers)
Program is a federally funded (NIAAA) prevention and early intervention program for children with prenatal alcohol exposure between the ages of 1-24 months and their foster parents, adoptive
parents, and caregivers. Music Together is one element of this program to support children’s
emotional and behavioral regulation and to promote positive parent-child relationships.
University of
California
It is the aim of Music Together to support, and to give parents the tools to support, this natural
music ability inherent in us all. The program is designed to provide the "musical nutrients" which make up a healthy music diet and allow a child's tonal and rhythmic competence to grow. The individual components of the curriculum—including short tonal and rhythm
patterns, song choices in a wide range of tonalities and meters, songs with and without words, and movement activities—are based on research done by the Music Together coauthor
Susan Hoffman
2006
Through involvement with the music development of their youngest children, more and more parents will rediscover their own inner music, leading them to take lessons again or join that choir; they also will become much more knowledgeable and articulate consumers of music education and, therefore, be better able to fight those budget cuts. The net effect of all these developments will be to restore the joy of easy, comfortable music participation, helping everyone find life-long enjoyment in music activities, as well deeper enjoyment of music listening
Ken Guilmartin
2000
Teachers and researchers have gleaned information from their professional experience suggesting that early childhood development in general and successful educational programs in particular can be attributed to the partnership between the young child and his or her significant others. Similarly, it seems that this philosophy could be applied practically to early childhood music education. Forming collaborations among the adults who care for our nation's youngest children and understanding the learning processes specific to early childhood will foster music abilities and contribute significantly to the overall growth and development of the child
