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HARMONY ROAD COURSES
🎶 Where Music Begins And Families Belong 🎶
At Harmony Road, Oregon, we believe music is a gift best shared with your child, with each other, and with a welcoming community. Our classes are designed to nurture musical growth in every child, from joyful toddlers to confident young players, all while giving families a chance to connect and grow together.
Our programs are rooted in the belief that music learning should be joyful, social, and developmentally sound. Parents are invited into the classroom to participate, connect, and witness their child’s musical journey firsthand. Along the way, you’ll find yourself part of a vibrant community of like-minded families who value creativity, connection, and the lasting benefits of music education.
Explore our classes below. We can’t wait to welcome you and your budding musician into the Harmony Road family.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Music Education That Grows With Your Child
Each class is carefully structured to match the way children learn best at different ages and stages. From playful musical exploration for toddlers to serious musicianship for older students, the Harmony Road program nurtures well-rounded musicianship and fosters lifelong skills — including focus, memory, creativity, and self-expression.
🎶Toddler Tunes (18 months – 3 years)
A joyful first music experience where toddlers and parents share in music-making activities, including rhythms, finger plays, active movement games, keyboard exploration, and singing.
🎶 Music in Me & More Music in Me (Ages 3 – 4 years)
Dynamic readiness programs emphasizing ear training, solfege singing, movement, keyboard activities, and pitch and rhythm awareness. Creativity is stressed, with parent involvement in class and at home.
🎶 Harmony Road (Ages 4½ – 6 years)
A carefully constructed course for children to learn the basic building blocks of music. Emphasis is on ear training, solfege singing, keyboard solo and ensemble playing, rhythm activities, movement, and music creativity. This exceptional course encourages the development of “inner hearing,” making transposing, improvisation, and composing accessible in their musical studies. Parent involvement is integral.
🎶 The Young Musician (Ages 7 – 8 years)
Introduces beginning students to keyboard performance and note reading in a holistic program, including the organized development of pitch, rhythm, solfege singing, keyboard, and movement activities. As students advance, they experience composing and lyric writing, eventually creating their own arrangements. Parent involvement is encouraged.
🎶 Keyboard Prep (Ages 9 – 12 years)
Designed for children studying music for the first time, this motivating program develops basic musicianship skills through ear training, solfege singing, keyboard solo and ensemble performance, composing, and arranging. Parent involvement is encouraged.
Music instruction continues through high school.
🎶 Keyboard Musician (Advanced Course)
For students who have completed Harmony Road Book 4, Young Musician Book 4, or Keyboard Prep Book 3. Students continue to develop performance skills through varied repertoire styles, technical studies, sight-reading, and ensemble playing. Ear training expands to include dictation, recognition of tonal centers, and chord progressions. Students learn to accompany themselves while singing solfege, engage in two-part singing, and explore music composition and history. Parent involvement is encouraged.
🎶 Group piano
For students who have completed the Harmony Road curriculum, the school offers group piano classes that focus on piano specific technique, delve deeper into various musical genres, continue to build on chord and theory knowledge and provide students with more performance opportunities, including the Oregon Federation of Music Club’s Junior Festival and gold cup program….all while continuing the camaraderie students have built through the years. Semi-private and private lessons may also be available, subject to availability. Students often continue with Harmony Road all the way through high school! Visit the Community page on our website to read the stories of our students.
Kid’s Choir (ages 6 - 14) 🎶
Do you have a child who loves to sing? Join Teacher Caleb on Monday afternoons and discover the power of song to bring joy, build confidence, connect with others and preserve the cultural heritage of folk music from around the world. The choir is open to current students as well as those not in the regular Harmony Road program. The Kids' Choir meets for 10-week sessions in the fall and winter, concluding with a concert open to friends and family. Check the schedule here. Â