Music Well 
engaging music & movement education that promotes wellbeing
Home Studio 212 Edward Street. Verona, WI 53593
 

Class Descriptions


Baby Music Well (18 months and under)
30 minute class with 15 min prior & after

Baby Music Well - at Fitchburg Community Center

Bond with the baby in your life through classic childhood songs, rhymes, and chants! Music is a natural way to BOND with your baby, and is so BENEFICIAL to your young one! Join us! Activities during Baby Music Well include connecting, sharing stories, singing, bouncing, rocking , finger plays, nursery rhymes, body awareness games, playful echoes, playing simple instruments, and dancing. We will discuss how each of these activities benefits the child’s developing body and brain!

Come 15 minutes early to connect with others and get used to the room. Stay 15 minutes after to gradually say good-bye and transition to your next activity. 10% sibling discount offered. 

Spring Session April 3 - May 15 (no class April 17)
Mondays 10:45-11:15 am (15 min prior and post for connecting with families)
Register Through Fitchburg Recreation at this LINK
6 weeks - $96

An instrument kit is required for this class, and can be purchased from the instructor for $20. Kit includes 1 pair of natural wood rhythm sticks, 1 rattle, and 1 cloth scarf perfect for peek-a-boo games - all in a cloth storage bag. All registered children/families should bring payment to the first class and will receive their instrument kit at that time.


SUMMER 2023
Music Well Music Class for Ages 3 and Under
Located Outside at Tower Hill Park, 5610 Cheryl Dr, Fitchburg, WI 53711
Register Through Fitchburg Rec at THIS LINK
Class is every other Monday! (if poor weather, class will meet indoor at Fitchburg Community Center)
10:45-11:15am
Meeting dates: June 12 & 26, July 10 & 24, and Aug 7
$80 - 5 weeks






 

Materials:required, purchase separately at first class if needed for $20


Summer Ages 3 and under at Fitchburg Tower Hill Park (3 and under)

SUMMER 2023
Music Well Music Class for Ages 3 and Under
Located Outside at Tower Hill Park, 5610 Cheryl Dr, Fitchburg, WI 53711
Register Through Fitchburg Rec at THIS LINK
Class is every other Monday! (if poor weather, class will meet indoor at Fitchburg Community Center)
10:45-11:15am
Meeting dates: June 12 & 26, July 10 & 24, and Aug 7
$80 - 5 weeks

 

This class offers adults the opportunity to play with their children in a way that will delight the child and awaken his or her curiosity about music. Activities include singing, bouncing, rocking, finger plays, nursery rhymes, body awareness games, playful echoes, playing simple instruments, and dancing. Instructor Beth Marshall has over 22 years of experience working with children and families to express themselves and grow closer through the magic of music. Join in the fun!

Come 15 minutes early to connect with others and get used to the room. Stay 15 minutes after to gradually say good-bye and transition to your next activity.
 

Materials:Required: 1 time purchase of instruments $20, Optional: Book/CD & Download $30
Total:$80


Toddler Music Well (18 months - 3 years)
30 min classes, plus 15 min prior and after

Toddler Music Well
at Fitchburg Community Center

Sing, play and bond!



This class offers adults the opportunity to play with their children in a way that will delight the child and awaken his or her curiosity about music.  Activities include singing, bouncing, rocking, finger plays, nursery rhymes, body awareness games, playful echoes, playing simple instruments, and dancing.

Spring Session:  April 3 - May 15 (no class April 17)
Mondays, 9:45-10:15 am (and 15 min prior and post class for connections)
Register through Fitchburg Rec at this LINK

$96 - 6 weeks

$20 instrument kit required, $35 book, cd, download music recommended

Curriculum:  Musikgarten's New Friends; parent book, CD and digital code
This book and music will capture your little one's attention with photos of children their own age and colorful illustrations that bring the songs and chants and rhymes to life. Everyone in the family will love the variety of music. Classics like Hickory Dickory Dock and The Eency Weency Spider. Plus new favorites like Fiddle-De-De and Old Jeremiah. You'll hear fast-tempo music as well as calming, slower relaxing music. 
 

SUMMER 2023
Music Well Music Class for Ages 3 and Under
Located Outside at Tower Hill Park, 5610 Cheryl Dr, Fitchburg, WI 53711
Register Through Fitchburg Rec at THIS LINK
Class is every other Monday! (if poor weather, indoor at Fitchburg Community Center)
10:45-11:15am
Meeting dates: June 12 & 26, July 10 & 24, and Aug 7
$80 - 5 week class

$20 instrument kit required, $35 book, cd, download music recommended (same as previous)
 

 

 

 



Pre-K Music Well (3-4 years old)
40 min class

Pre-K Music Well
at Fitchburg Community Center

This class is designed to nurture the emergent independence
of the 3 and 4 year old child.


Activities include singing, chants and rhymes, listening games, patterns to echo, and movement games, all of which nurture the child's musical development while satisfying the child's need to learn in a holistic environment.  Themes are associated to nature and activities one would do in each of the four seasons of our year.

Parents stay for the class, although some of the activities are designed to have the children participate independently of their parents


Pre-K Music Well - Register Using THIS LINK
Thursdays, April 6 - May 18, no class on April 20
10:00-10:40 am
Music Book, CD, Music Download, Listen Cards, $50 recommended
$96 for 6 Weeks

Curriculum:  Musikgarten's Cycle of Season - Sun Catchers
Sun Catchers is the second family set in The Cycle of Seasons material ages 3-5 and offers a collection of songs, sounds, poetry and stories, plus additional ideas to explore with your child. Family set includes a Parent Book (56p), 2 CDs with digital download codes, 12 Animal Cards in Cloth Bag
 

 

Summer Front Yard Music Class
Location:  Music Well Home Studio, Verona, WI

 Ages 3-5 

Thursdays, 10:45-11:30 am
Meeting Dates:  June 15, 29, July 13, 27,  & Aug 10
5 Classes, $80
Register on this site.



 


Summer Ages 3 - 5 Front Yard Music w Caregiver (Ages 3 - 5 years)
45 minute class with caregiver

Summer Front Yard Music Class
Location:  Music Well Home Studio, Verona, WI

 Ages 3-5 

Thursdays, 10:45-11:30 am
Meeting Dates:  June 15, 29, July 13, 27,  & Aug 10
5 Classes, $80
Register on this site.


 
Tuition:$80
Materials:Recommended: Cycle of Seasons - Summer - $35


Music Makers I (4-5 year old)
45 min class

Music Makers I is a first year class for 4-5 year olds in preparation for keyboard playing!

There are two years of potential curriculum for your child to encounter!  Music Makers at Home in the World and Music Makers Around the World.  This class includes singing, creative and structured movement, playing instruments and ensemble work, ear training and guided listening, as well as a developmentally sound approach to music literacy that builds symbolic thinking, concentration, memory, and self-expression.  The language of music begins to expand from aural learning to visual pattern recognition.

Music Makers at Home in the World; My Home Place Curriculum



Music Makers at Home in the World; Woodlands Curriculum


Music Makers at Home in the World; Cattail Marsh Curriculum

 



Music Makers (Pre Piano) II (5 & 6 years old)
45 min classes

Music Makers (Pre-Piano) II is a class for 5-6 year olds in preparation for keyboard playing!

There are two years of potential curriculum for your child to encounter!  Music Makers at Home in the World and Music Makers Around the World.  This class includes singing, creative and structured movement, playing instruments and ensemble work, ear training and guided listening, as well as a developmentally sound approach to music literacy that builds symbolic thinking, concentration, memory, and self-expression.  All of this is then taken to the piano keyboard for a first introduction to piano lessons.
 

 

 


Summer Pre-Piano Ages 5 & 6 (Ages 5 & 6)

Summer Pre-Piano

This 9 week pre-piano group class is for ages 5 & 6 year old children.  Older 4 year old children may be invited to attend per request.  Children will explore song, rhythm, movement and music foundation skills that will then be taken to the piano for discovery.  Children who attend this Summer Pre-Piano class will be invited to resume Pre-Piano in the Fall or to move into a Level 1 instruction per teacher invite.

Tuesdays, June 13, 20, 27, July 11, 18, 25, August 1, 8, 15

5:30-6:15 pm
$225 for class tuition
Materials provided

FULL
 


Piano Level 1 (Red to Green Books) (Ages 6 +)
45 min lesson
The Musikgarten Group Piano curriculum is the final step on the pathway from early childhood music to music literacy.  This program is designed to teach the children to begin to play the songs they've been hearing, singing, and dancing to throughout the years of early childhood.

During Piano I year, the children will be introduced to the keyboard.  Through the year, the children will become comfortable with D, C and G major 5 finger positions as well as d, c and e minor.  They will be introduced to the I and V7 (also i and v7) chords to accompany their songs. Transposing their repertoire to all known positions is encouraged as each new position is introduced.

This class follows a very sequential approach to building piano skills,understanding musical notation and setting up practice habits as set forth in the book, Music Makers: At the Keyboard, Book One (Red) and Book Two (Green).

Piano Level 1 Groups:  45 minute classes, 4 students max

(older beginning students will be place in groups or partners of similar aged students)

For Piano I  children will receive Book One, 2 CDs/downloads and notation games plus a Parent Handbook. Class size limited and will close when limit is reached.  Further names will be placed on a waiting list.  As children progress through, Book 2 will be offered along with 2 CDs/downloadable music and notation games.

Wait List - to have your child placed on a wait list for next available class, please email beth at beth@bethsmusicwell.com
 

 



Summer Group Level 1 Piano (6 - 8 year olds)
45 min group lesson

Summer Group Level 1 Piano for 6-8 year olds

9 week  Beginner Piano lessons that start the Level 1 Musikgarten Curriculum.  Attendance in this class leads to a spot in the new school year for Level 1 Group Piano Lessons.

Tuesdays, June 13, 20, 27, July 11, 18, 25, August 1, 8, 15  FULL
4:00-5:15 pm
$225 for class tuition
$55 for class materials  This class is FULL

Wednesdays, June 14, 21, 28, July 12, 19, 26, August 2, 9, 16
FULL
2:00-2:45pm
$225 for class tuition

$55 for class materials 
This class is FULL
 



Piano Level 2 (Purple to Blue Books) (Graduate of Level 1 )

In Piano Level 2, the children learn new hand positions that move out of the 5-finger position, new keys and notation games, how to write out familiar songs and will have many more opportunities to compose their own music.  Improvisation games and skills are developed further.  There are more songs to play by ear with more complex parts for the left hand.  Technique exercises will eventually lead to more fluid playing.
The student will work with compositions by many famous composers.  Pieces written by Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Schumann, Dvorak and MacDowell are included, some for drumming or dancing, some to explore dynamics and tempi, and some for harmonic analysis.  

Materials include the keyboard book, 2 CDs and notation games.

Pre-requisite Piano Level I.


 



Piano Level 3 (Orange to Gold Books) (Graduate of Level 2)

Level 3 Includes Books 5 & 6 of the Musikgarten Music Makers at the Keyboard series.
 
By this time, students have learned to play many songs by ear and in multiple positions on the keyboard.  They have played the same pieces that young pianists from all over the world have studied.  Now they will encounter more music of Beethoven, Haydn, and Mozart and be introduced to Mouret and Bartok and play a piece by Ferdinand Beyer.
We continue to work on improvisation skills and prepare the student to make important decisions regarding improvised solos.
In Book 6, there are many new pieces with new challenges.  The child's aural skills combined with a knowledge of melody, harmony, and rhythm, are all called on to build competence in improvising on a 12-Bar Blues Progression.  The understanding of music notation will allow your child a chance to compose and write his/her very own blues compostion!


Home materials include books, CDs/downloadable music, and notation games.

Pre-requisite Level 2 (Books 3 & 4).


 



Piano Private Lessons (Finished Book 6 and/or 8+)
30 minutes once a week (in-person or online)
Private piano lessons are 30 minutes of one on one instruction one time a week

Children 8+ years of age or those who have completed Book 6 of the Musikgarten keyboarding program.  


 
 
 
 
 

 


 
Materials:determined per individual


Summer Private Piano Lessons 2023 (Prior Piano at Music Well)
Private 30 Minute Lessons for Current Students of Music Well
Four summer lessons are required to hold your spot for next school year


Preschool & Childcare Center Classes (Newborns - 5 years )
20-30 minute classes
Preschools & Childcare Centers can arrange for a Music Well instructor to come to your facility!  Schedule on a weekly basis for continued comprehensive learning, or schedule less frequently to serve as an enrichment program.  


Plan a FREE music class for YOUR PRESCHOOL - email Beth at beth@bethsmusicwell.com
  • Up to 10 children in one class with classroom teacher participating
  • 30 minute classes
  • instruments and materials provided by Music Well

4K Music Classes - Music class supports and enhances reading and math literacy sills!  Music class supports social emotional learning!  Music class allows for creative expression in a beatiful, universal language!  Music class is not only singing and playing instruments, but also movement in flow, time and space!  Music class prepares the young child for future learning! 
Contact Beth to arrange for music class for your 4k program!  beth@bethsmusicwell.com