Music Together

Curriculum

Our Curriculum

The Center for Music and Young Children (CMYC) has developed nine non-sequential song collections, each characterized by its own graphic, color, and instrument. These collections each include a recording and songbook and are designed to be used one collection per semester. The collections are not sequential. A family can begin Music Together^® classes at any time with any collection. Each family enrolled in the program takes home a beautifully illustrated songbook and two cd's each semester.

The music is pitched in just the right range for children’s voices and includes songs, rhythmic chants, tonal and rhythm patterns, and instrumental play-alongs, all in a rich variety of tonalities and meters. Original songs and arrangements by the program coauthors make these collections especially unique. Each of the nine Music Together Song Collections also includes traditional american folk songs and chants, music from many other cultures, always including at least one song per collection in another language. Outstanding instrumentalists play a variety of instruments, such as guitar, bass, flutes, keyboards, and percussion. And all of the songs are suitable for mixed-age groups, perfect for childcare centers or families with children of different ages.

Music Together’s song collections are research-based and artistically conceived and produced. They are also classroom- and family-tested. Since 1987, the feedback of hundreds of teachers and thousands of families has been incorporated into these constantly evolving materials.

Listen to Our Songs

Goodbye, So Long, Farewell

Music Together^® Family Favorites^®

Winner of a Parents’ Choice Silver Honor Award, Earlychildhood News Directors’ Choice Award, Earlychildhood News Judges’ Selection Award, The National Parenting Center Seal of Approval—2007, iParenting Media Award, and the Learning^® Magazine 2008 Teacher's Choice Award for the Family

For the first time, Music Together is offering a special compilation CD of favorite songs directly to the public for use in homes and preschools.

Music Together^® Family Favorites ^® contains nineteen outstanding songs and rhythmic rhymes drawn from all nine (9) Music Together song collections. It features original compositions as well as tunes from the folk, jazz, and world music traditions. This artfully produced recording includes a wide range of tonalities and meters, vital for expanding children's music experience and understanding. The accompanying illustrated 32-page booklet offers activities for each song, so parents and young children (ages 0–6) can play together musically. Research has shown that active music-making with a loved one helps young children gain a disposition for and love of music while supporting their rhythmic and tonal growth.

Buy a copy today, and enjoy it with your young child and other family members for hours of music-making fun. What a great gift this sampler makes, too—to child and family alike. Enjoy!

Hello Song” Copyright ©1987 Music Together LLC. “This Train” Copyright ©1988 Music Together LLC. “Ridin’ in the Car” Copyright ©1989 Music Together LLC. “Goodbye, So Long, Farewell” Copyright ©1992 Music Together LLC. “Obwisana” Copyright ©2000 Music Together LLC. All rights reserved. Sound clips used by permission of the copyright holder.