Discerning parents



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Musical Environments® 
is a musical oasis for children
where they learn to appreciate
classical music while engaging
in creative activities...

looking for an alternative holistic environment for their children that nurtures their creativity, inspires imagination, stimulates brain development, unfolds their talents, instills love for classical music, and maximizes their potential.

Musical Environments offers group lessons consisting of 5-6 children.

Parents Night Out - is an evening of classical musical enjoyment and creative play for children ages 3-10. It is an intelligent, healthy, and unique program among the other options available today. Every Saturday Night, you can trust that your child will enjoy:

  • Classical Music
  • Arts & Crafts
  • Imaginative Play
  • Bedtime Stories

Morning Dew - music appreciation class (with a parent) for infants 3 months – 1 year old and prenatal babies. 1 hour of musical oasis consists of an array of polyphonic music for children.

Bluebell - music appreciation class (with a parent) for toddlers 1-2.5 years old. 1 hour of musical oasis consists of an array of polyphonic music for children.

Rose - music appreciation class (drop-off) for children 2.5-5+ years old. 1.5 hour of musical oasis includes a collection of classical music from early music, i.e. Gregorian chant and renaissance to baroque, classicism, romanticism and impressionism.

Lavender - music appreciation class for children 6-10 years old. This 1.5 hour class is designed to provide an important foundation in music and fine arts. Along with listening, each lesson contains a fascinating story about the composer/painter and musical masterpiece/art painting. That helps to create a mental picture in children's mind and capture their imagination. The outcome of the class is acquired love and place for classical music in the child's soul. There is connection to history on emotional level through introductions about composers and their lives and thus, connection to children's hearts. This class teaches them compassion and empathy.

Art class for children ages 5-10 consists of various forms of art i.e. painting, knitting, embroidery, crochet, and other types of arts and crafts.

















Musical Environments®
is a musical oasis for children
where they learn to appreciate
classical music while engaging
in creative activities...



"Music is a more potent instrument than any other form of education. Children should be taught music before anything"

Plato



"... Before beginning to learn an instrument, the learner, whether a child, adolescent or adult, should already be spiritually in possession of some music; he should, so to speak, carry it in his mind, keep it in his heart and hear it with his mind’s ear. The whole secret of talent and of genius is that in the case of a person so gifted, music lives a full life in his brain before he even touches a keyboard or draws a bow across the strings. That is why Mozart as a small child could “at once” play the piano and the violin."

Heinrich Neuhaus



"The secret of all man's progress is the love of his environment"

Dr. Mario Montessori



"The sense of hearing connects with the heart, and music and sound touch us most directly"

Katharine Le Mee



For schedule and fees contact Tanya Irwin
Santa Barbara, CA
805.280.1072
tanya@musicalenvironments.org

Related links and friends:
Tanya's Piano Studio