“Make a playlist for dinner time, sing songs at bedtime, put music on at breakfast, bring them along to a park concert (or for older kids, snag them an extra ticket to your favorite band’s show),” Lipson said. “Being around music is like learning another language — and one of the best ways to learn is to be immersed in it.”

Paul McCartney, Carole King and Stephen Sondheim all had to start somewhere. Rachel Lipson, a songwriter, music teacher and performer, tries to catch budding composers at a very young age.

The best class I’ve come across since becoming a parent.

Best music class ever!

Children get a sense of what it takes to be a folk singer by learning an instrument, penning their own music and lyrics, recording in a studio and designing album artwork. To give kids a taste of the real indie-music experience, classes culminate in a showcase performance at a live music venue.

Your kids are in school learning all day long, so in their off hours, why not sign them up for something they actually want to do? These private lessons (in your home) will teach your kid the fundamentals of an instrument, along with the skills to actually write their own songs.

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Blue Balloon gives kids a cool way to express their emotions - through songwriting and performing.

One of our favorite NYC-based music schools, Blue Balloon Songwriting, (founded in 2010 by Rachel Lipson, who has been called the “matriarch of modern music education")…

One of THE BEST online classes for kids in 2020.