Youth Workshops & Classes

Music Classes are coming back!

Music Makers

Tuition: $50 per family for one child (Add $10 for each additional child 2 years and older)

Instructor: Teagan Beedell-Simmons

Ages 2 through 6 with a caregiver. Younger siblings are welcome to attend.

Join Ms. Teagan for singing, dancing, stories and musical adventures built around a new theme each week. We’ll use our imaginations as we build confidence, musicality and early literacy skills! This is an active class including opportunities to move and explore with a variety of props. Children should be dressed for movement (i.e.: shorts, leggings, sweatpants, running shoes) and caregivers should be prepared to participate during class.

Session 2: February 21 & 28, March 6, 13 & 20 from 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Register for Session 2

  • Participation of at least 5 families is needed for class to take place.  The maximum number is 18 children.
  •  Tuitions are non-refundable & non-transferable.
  • MCPA reserves the right to cancel any class; refunds are made for cancellation.

Preschool Music and Movement

Tuition: $50 per child

Instructor: Teagan Beedell-Simmons

Ages 4 through 6

For preschool boys and girls that love to move, Preschool Music and Movement uses creative movement principles to introduce a variety of dance styles and concepts. We will use games and age-appropriate music to explore the many ways our bodies can move and dance! Children should be dressed for movement (i.e.: leggings, sweatpants or dancewear) and may wear ballet slippers, jazz shoes, socks with grippy soles or bare feet.  Caregivers will not participate in class, but are asked to stay in the building. 

Session 2: February 21 & 28, March 6, 13 & 20 from 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM

Register for Session 2

  • Participation of at least 5 students is needed for class to take place.  The maximum number is 10.
  • Tuitions are non-refundable & non-transferable.
  • MCPA reserves the right to cancel any class; refunds are made for cancellation.

Homeschool Music Class

Tuition: $50 per child

Instructor: Teagan Beedell-Simmons

Ages 7 through 10

For children looking for a group musical activity (regardless of previous musical experience), Homeschool music is for you! We will explore the building blocks of music - rhythm and pitch - through singing, listening, moving our bodies and playing musical instruments. Students will have the opportunity to play the recorder in Session 2. Children may provide their own soprano recorder or order one for $12 when registering for Session 2. Caregivers will not participate in class, but are asked to stay in the building. 

**Please note that for students to be successful in session 2 they should either a) have completed session 1 or b) be familiar with basic written rhythmic notation (i.e. whole, half, quarter and eighth notes and rests)**

Session 2: February 21 & 28, March 6, 13 & 20 from 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Register for Session 2

  • Participation of at least 5 students is needed for class to take place.  The maximum number is 15.
  • Tuitions are non-refundable & non-transferable.
  • MCPA reserves the right to cancel any class; refunds are made for cancellation.

Your Instructor

Teagan Beedell-Simmons

Teagan Beedell-Simmons, affectionately known as Ms. Teagan to all of her students, has over 20 years of experience teaching music and dance to people of all ages. Fusing a lifelong love of music with training in contemporary and jazz dance and experience as a mother and teacher, she has developed a teaching philosophy that pairs music with movement and engages the whole child. When not singing and dancing with her “little friends", you will find Ms. Teagan on adventures with her family, taking photographs and working on her latest sewing or crafting projects.