Smile, sing and dance at ‘Kiddie Music Time’ – Sentinel and Enterprise

LEOMINSTER — Pianist Joe Mazzarella, together with singer-songwriter Stephanie Rogers, are excited to introduce kids to traditional and unique music at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 9, on the Leominster Public Library, positioned at 30 West St.

Mazzarella and Rogers based Monument Sq. Music Faculty, a neighborhood music college positioned in downtown Leominster.

“In our interactive ‘Kiddie Music Time’ kids’s music class, toddlers and younger kids can get their first style of music by way of songs, video games and dance,” Rogers mentioned.

Lots of the songs are written by Rogers, the Kiddie Music Time specialist and voice instructor, who says she tailors her songs to the age group and songs are written to show particular music topics.

“This offers the youngsters a singular expertise whereas nonetheless throwing in lots of the kids’s classics,” she mentioned.

Rogers can be accompanied by Mazzarella on piano.

“We expect it is crucial for the youngsters to really feel the vitality of dwell music and it’s wonderful to see how strongly the children reply to it,” Mazzarella mentioned.

Mazzarella and Rogers have a singular imaginative and prescient of music schooling for all ages, “from very younger kids to grownup college students who’re concerned with studying an instrument that they’ve lengthy desired to play,” Rogers mentioned.

Whether or not studying a brand new instrument or singing alongside to the piano, “this fun-filled class is the right means for folks and youngsters to bond over a mutual love of music,” Mazzarella added.

“Kiddie Music Time” lessons are supplied the primary Monday of the month, except in any other case famous, and are graciously funded by Rollstone Financial institution & Belief.

“We’ve got been so glad to have the ability to supply these music lessons over the previous a number of years, resulting from a beneficiant contribution by Rollstone Financial institution and Belief,” mentioned Sarah Chapdelaine, head of Kids’s Providers on the Leominster Public Library. “The partnership with the financial institution has been fantastic.

Chapdelaine added the ‘Kiddie Music Time’ lessons are certainly one of our hottest packages on the library.

“It’s enjoyable to see a room full of youngsters and their caregivers smiling, singing, and dancing collectively,” she mentioned. “I really feel it’s such a terrific alternative to have high quality, dwell music, carried out by skilled musicians that’s particularly tailor-made to kids.”

This class is acceptable for kids ages 5 and beneath. For extra data, or to register for a category, name 978-534-7522.