Fifteen Classes in Music, Movement, and Arts

Fifteen classes across music, movement, and art/media, for students from TK through 12th grade. Every class comes with its own teaching artist, curriculum, and equipment, and builds toward a student showcase.

MUSIC CLASSES

Seven classes spanning percussion, strings, keys, digital production, and full-band performance — the deepest category in the catalog. Every curriculum is built by our Berklee-trained founders, structured so students move from following instruction to making creative choices of their own. 

Two young children enthusiastically play hand drums, capturing the essence of joy and music indoors.

Grades TK–2

Collaborative drum circles built on hand drums, shakers, and tambourines. Students decode beat patterns together, trade off short improvised solos, and compose group rhythm pieces — no prior music experience needed. The session closes with a group performance for peers and families.

Child receiving guitar lesson with instructor's guidance in Victoria, BC. Focused on strings and technique.

Grades 3–5

Ukulele and guitar instruction through songs students actually want to play. Students learn to tune and care for their instrument, build first chords and strumming patterns, and layer percussion in between chord changes. Builds toward mini-concerts for families.

Grades 4–8

Students take their place on guitar, bass, drums, keys, or vocals and learn what every musician learns in a band: listening, timing, sharing the spotlight. Rehearsals build toward a live showcase performance for the school community.

Grades 3–5

A keyboard under every student’s fingers, paired with percussion so the whole room is playing the entire session. Students work through chord progressions, scales, and their first steps reading sheet music. Culminates in a group performance for the school community.

Grades 5–8

A real introduction to music production and audio engineering, taught in a DAW workflow using Soundtrap. Students record, edit, and mix multi-track sessions, program beats, and arrange an original track across genres from hip-hop to film scoring. Ends in a listening session premiering an original track or EP.

Grades 3–5

The classroom becomes a digital music studio. In small groups, students build beats, loops, and original songs on iPads, moving from Chrome Music Lab into GarageBand while exploring tempo, pitch, and song structure. Ends with students presenting an original composition to peers and families.

Close-up of hands holding a white recorder, wearing a yellow shirt indoors.

Grades 4–5

Often a student’s first real instrument, taught through game-driven instruction that builds breath control, finger coordination, and note-reading. Melodies get progressively more ambitious as the class goes. Wraps with a final performance for peers and families.

Movement CLASSES

Three classes that turn energy into rhythm, coordination, and focus — for students who need to move to engage.

Grade 1 and up

Foundational stances, blocks, strikes, and forms in a safe, non-competitive setting, with as much emphasis on discipline, focus, and self-control as on technique. Ends in a demonstration of forms and skills for families.

Grades TK–5

Movement connected to music, emotion, and storytelling. Younger students build body awareness through movement games; older students progress into structured choreography, with real input into what they perform. Builds toward a showcase performance for peers, families, or school staff.

Happy children engaging in playful exercise and learning indoors, fostering group togetherness.

Grades TK–2

Boomwhackers, body percussion, and movement games inside a predictable, routine-driven session built for early learners. Students build rhythm and pitch awareness while burning the energy young students bring to an after-school block. Closes with a group performance for the school community

Art CLASSES

Five classes spanning hands-on making and digital media, from paint and clay through photography and podcasting.

Grades 3–5

Visual literacy and technical skill — composition, framing, lighting, age-appropriate editing — built through guided critique sessions where students assemble a portfolio. Closes with a digital gallery exhibition of student work.

Top view of children painting with watercolors at a preschool art class.

Grades TK–2

Process-based art making for young learners — painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, and mixed media, calibrated to developing motor skills. The process matters more than the finished piece. Culminates in a student art exhibition for families.

Grades 3–5

Students bring original stories to life, starting with hand-drawn flipbooks and stop-motion, then progressing into digital animation tools. Projects move from individual pieces toward a collaborative short film. Wraps with a class screening where students premiere their films.

Grades 3–5

Creative work with yarn and fabric, built on foundational crochet technique. Students apply color and pattern design and complete a wearable, take-home project — a calmer counterpart to the music and movement classes. Ends in an exhibition of student-made work.

Grade 4 and up

Students design, record, edit, and produce their own show: planning episodes, practicing interviewing and speaking skills, and learning audio editing fundamentals. Ends in a class listening party for peers and families.

Building a Mix That Fits Your Campus

Most sites run three to five classes per session. We generally recommend spanning at least two categories so every student has one that fits — energy for kids who need to move, quieter creation for kids who don’t.

A few patterns that tend to work well:

Children and teacher engaged in a creative painting session in a classroom setting.

TK–2 sites often start with Move & Groove, Rhythm Roundtable, and Paint & Clay, offering students a mix of music, movement, and art classes.

Elementary sites (grades 3–5) usually run one music class, one from Dance & Movement, and one from Art & Media, giving students a mix of creative options.

Middle school sites lean toward Rock Band Ensemble, Digital Music Production, Photography, and Podcasting, with more student choice and identity.

Not sure what your students want yet?
That’s what the discovery call is for — we’ll scope it together.

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What Every Class Delivers

Every class on this page is built to the same standard, regardless of category:

  • A 20:1 maximum student-to-staff ratio
  • A teaching artist who completed a five-stage hiring process, with ongoing Senior Instructor site visits once the class is running.
  • Instruments, equipment, and materials brought to your campus — nothing for your team to source or purchase.
  • A student showcase students work toward across the session.
Children and teacher engaged in a creative painting session in a classroom setting.

Why Musical Minds Academy

Every class in the catalog is built to the same standard across all three categories.

Every class is led by a teaching artist who completes a five-stage hiring process, with ongoing site visits from a Senior Instructor once the class is running. Classes keep a 20:1 student-to-staff ratio.

Every class follows the same structure: foundational skills first, then exploration, then applying what students have learned to a bigger piece of creative work. A campus running three classes across three categories isn’t running three unrelated activities; each one builds the same way, in a different discipline. 

Instruments, iPads, art supplies, cameras, microphones: whatever the class needs, we source it and we bring it. Nothing for your team to track down.

Each class ends in an event suited to its discipline: a performance, an exhibition, a screening, a listening party. Your campus knows what it’s working toward, and you have something concrete to show families and your board when the session ends.

Every class teaches named skills: reading rhythm, editing audio, holding a brushstroke, delivering a line with confidence. Not open-ended creative time. It’s specific enough that your team can tell families exactly what students are gaining.

Let’s Build an Enrichment Program Students Love


Leave your email and we’ll reach out, or call us at (818) 806-8020. We’ll talk through your campus and grade levels, the schedule and space you have to work with, and which funding source your district plans to use. Then we build the program with your team.