Celebrating 25 Years!

Music Together of Oak Brook & Elmhurst 

                                                                                       

Offering classes to families in the western suburbs:

Elmhurst  •  Oak Brook • LaGrange •  Western Springs • Hinsdale • Clarendon Hills • Burr Ridge • Downers Grove • Lombard • Darien • Willowbrook • Countryside • Chicago • Naperville • LaGrange Park • Westmont • Woodridge • Westchester

 

 What is Music Together?

  • Babies/toddlers/preschoolers (birth thru 6 years)
  • Parent-child classes with parent education each week
  • Music learned through playful activities in mixed-age classes
  • Young children learning from the powerful role model of parents/caregivers who are actively making music
  • Developmentally appropriate and research-based
  • Take home materials include a CD and download of the semester's music collection, illustrated songbookand parent guide for new families
  • 9 song collections rotate over a 3 year period (including American folk, world music, Spanish songs, and many original tunes)
  • We seek to nurture a community of families making Music Together!

Recent News

Minor Key Songs & Limbic System

These folks found that listening to music in a minor key is more likely to activate the limbic system in our brains. The limbic system is involved in stuff like storage of memories, processing of emotions, and communication between our conscious and unconscious functions.

 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/5434900_Music_in_minor_activates_limbic_structures_A_relationship_with_dissonance

Music lessons and kids
Please check out this great article about studying music and what it can do for your children!
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865570408/Music-lessons-and-kids-power-from-lesson-one.html?pg=all

Contact Us

Music Together of Oak Brook & Elmhurst

630-854-3819

 Oak Brook Park District -1450 Forest Gate Rd. Oak Brook, IL

Berkeley Park District - 200 Lind Ave, Berkeley, IL 

Elmhurst Park District  at The Kies Center-155 E Saint Charles Road, Elmhurst, IL

Saint Peter's Church-125 West Church Street, Elmhurst, IL