March 2020
Angela Kapikian, a student of Dr. Rafael Videira in the the Orange campus, was selected to participate in the 2020 edition of Connecticut’s All-State Festival Orchestra. Congratulations, Angela!
Early Childhod Classes lie at the very heart of the Suzuki School. They are a fun and creative way to introduce your child to music. If your child is younger than five years old, we recommend you enroll in a general music class for at least a year before taking private instrumental lessons and at least a semester in a course run at the Suzuki Music Schools. Our sequence of Early Childhood Classes are organized by age and designed to help the transition into private instrumental lessons in the Suzuki curriculum.
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For more information please contact Sarah Smale at 203 227 9474 or fill out our contact form
Jump Start (Birth – 5 yrs)
Orange Campus
The Jump Start class celebrate the quality and potential offered in a mixed age environment. Learning not only skills, but also experiencing the joy and community of family and friends …
Jump Start (Birth – 4 yrs)
Westport Campus
The Jump Start class celebrates the quality and potential offered in a mixed age environment. Learning not only skills, but also experiencing the joy and community of family and friends …
Ready Start (Ages 4-6)
Westport Campus
This parent-child class is ideal as an introduction to Suzuki instrumental lessons, and an excellent opportunity to help determine which instrument your child would like to pursue …
With locations in Westport and Orange, Connecticut, Suzuki Music Schools is a 501(c)3 community music school dedicated to inspiring young minds to experience the joy of music. We provide a high standard of musical education using the Suzuki method, a method that promotes respect, discipline, personal confidence, teamwork and a strong work ethic, all within a nurturing environment that enriches family bonds.
Face masks are optional, but highly encouraged at the Suzuki Music Schools.
Jump Start (Birth – 5 yrs)
Orange Campus
The Jump Start class celebrate the quality and potential offered in a mixed age environment. Learning not only skills, but also experiencing the joy and community of family and friends …
Jump Start (Birth – 4 yrs)
Westport Campus
The Jump Start class celebrates the quality and potential offered in a mixed age environment. Learning not only skills, but also experiencing the joy and community of family and friends …
Ready Start (Ages 4-6)
Westport Campus
This parent-child class is ideal as an introduction to Suzuki instrumental lessons, and an excellent opportunity to help determine which instrument your child would like to pursue …
With locations in Westport and Orange, Connecticut, Suzuki Music Schools is a 501(c)3 community music school dedicated to inspiring young minds to experience the joy of music. We provide a high standard of musical education using the Suzuki method, a method that promotes respect, discipline, personal confidence, teamwork and a strong work ethic, all within a nurturing environment that enriches family bonds.
“If children hear fine music from the day of their birth and learn to play it, they develop sensitivity, discipline and endurance. They get a beautiful heart" ~Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
Designed specifically for lap babies and crawlers, and their parents, our Early Start class uses music to nurture and strengthen the baby/parent bond. Musical, social, cognitive, physical and emotional development is supported through lullabies, rhymes, intentional touch, action songs, and multi-sensory play. The learning, connection and communication continues at home with multiple styles of music for listening as well as educator-shared resources and suggestion in our private Early Start online group, open only to members of the class. 40 minutes; Ongoing classes throughout the year.
“It is in our power to educate all the children of the world to become a little better as people, a little happier.” ~Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
The Jump Start class celebrates the quality and potential offered in a mixed age environment. Learning not only skills, but also experiencing the joy and community of family and friends, toddlers and pre-schoolers continue to lay the foundation for a happy love of music. Through movement, play, instruments, sign language, focused listening and group dances, you and your child will experience music as a foundation for language, empathy, community, learning, self-awareness, and physical development. The learning, connection and communication continues at home with multiple styles of music for listening as well as educator-shared resources and suggestion in our private Early Start online group, open only to members of the class. 40 minutes; Ongoing classes throughout the year.
This parent-child class is ideal as an introduction to any Suzuki instrumental lessons, as well as an excellent opportunity to help determine which instrument your child would like to pursue; also to get professional advice as to which instrument your child may be best suited. Using the Suzuki repertoire, the children will learn and continue to review basic musical concepts such as steady beat and pitch, as well as be introduced to the actual Suzuki rhythms, shared by all the instruments. Over the course of a semester, each instrument offered here at SMSW will be presented for a live, hands-on demonstration. 40 minutes; 17-week semester offered fall and spring.
This parent-child class is ideal as an introduction to any Suzuki instrumental lessons, as well as an excellent opportunity to help determine which instrument your child would like to pursue in the fall. Summer session.
Angela Kapikian, a student of Dr. Rafael Videira in the the Orange campus, was selected to participate in the 2020 edition of Connecticut’s All-State Festival Orchestra. Congratulations, Angela!
Lina Elwood received 2nd place at the Chopin International Competition, Hartford, CT.
Samuel Rossoni received first place at Crescendo International Competition, and performed at the Weill Recital Hall at the Carnegie Hall.
