What is Music Together^®?

At Pitter Patter Music Together, we are proud to offer the early childhood music program Music Together^®. Since 1987, Music Together has introduced millions of children, parents, and teachers around the world to the joys of family music-making and the powerful benefits of having music in their lives. Today, classes for children ages birth through eight years are found around the world---including right here in Perth. Pitter Patter Music Together has brought joy to our community since 2015!

From babyhood through the early primary years, Music Together nurtures each child’s natural musicality in a playful, musically rich learning environment. Our research-based music classes are designed to be non-formal and non-performance oriented, so your child can learn at his or her own pace, in a way that's developmentally appropriate. 

By enrolling in our children’s music program, you’re guaranteed to learn new songs and music activities to inspire you to bring more music-making into your family’s everyday life.

We Teach the Way Children Learn

At Music Together, we know that children learn differently than adults. They learn instinctively and constantly, and teach themselves through play, through being immersed in their environment, and through interaction with adults and older children. The family-like setting of Music Together classes creates an ideal learning environment for children. And it’s all based in research in early childhood and music development. 

Learn about the research behind Music Together at the Music Together Worldwide website.

Your Role Is Essential

You are your child’s most important music teacher right now! Young children learn through play and experimentation and by watching the grownups they love. Setting an example as an enthusiastic participator in music activities is the best thing any parent or caregiver can do to help set a child on the road to a lifelong love of music. Parents don't need to have music skills—they just need a desire to play and have fun with their children! Our teachers are specially trained to create a relaxed and safe atmosphere so you can happily join in, experiment, or even get silly—and feel closer to your child while doing so.

Music Learning Supports All Learning^®

Wiggling, singing, and laughing with your child is so much fun—it’s easy to forget how much learning is taking place! Our research-based curriculum not only develops music skills, it nurtures creativity, self-expression, and confidence while also supporting social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development. Because these benefits build over time, children enjoy the fullest growth in each of these areas when they participate as consistently as possible through to kindergarten. 

Music Together^® Philosophy

Many people mistakenly believe that only a talented few are musical and the rest of us are doomed to sing out of tune and dance with two left feet. But the truth is, we are all born musical. In a supportive environment, children learn to dance and sing as naturally as they learn to walk and talk. This knowledge helped us develop a four-point philosophy that guides the Music Together program to this day.

Our Basic Philosophic Principles

1. All children are musical.

2. All children can achieve basic music competence - the ability to sing in tune and move with accurate rhythm.

3. The participation and modelling of parents and caregivers- regardless of their musical ability - are essential to a child's musical growth. 

4. Young children's musical growth occurs best in a playful, musically rich, and developmentally appropriate setting.