This Summer 2021, we are offering both in-person and online Ready, Set, Play! classes for young children. In-person classes will meet in 4 week sessions, beginning in July. Online classes will meet in 6 week sessions, beginning in June. See our proposed classes below. Additional classes may be added! Please email us at silvermusic@silvermusic.org if you are interested in a class time but are unavailable during the time listed.
SUBMIT THIS FORM to register for online and/or in-person classes! If you are interested in a private RSP class, please email us at silvermusic@silvermusic.org
Ready, Set, Play! In-Person
Session I (4 weeks): July 9-July 31
Class Times:
Friday 9:00-9:40 with Marjie Shemanski
Friday 10:00-10:40 with Marjie Shemanski
Friday 11:00-11:40 with Marjie Shemanski
Cost: $200/session
Private RSP classes may be arranged for $240/4 class session at 30 minutes
Ages: 2-5 years (grouped by age)
Session II (4 weeks): August 13-August Sept 3
Friday 9:00-9:40 with Marjie Shemanski
Friday 10:00-10:40 with Marjie Shemanski
Friday 11:00-11:40 with Marjie Shemanski
Friday 12:00-12:40 with Marjie Shemanski (3 week session begins Aug 20)
Cost: $200/4 class session
Private RSP classes may be arranged for $240/4 class session at 30 minutes
Ages: 2-5 years (grouped by age)
Ready, Set, Play! Online
Session I (6 weeks): June 7-July 18
Monday 3:15-3:50 with Marjie Shemanski
Monday 4:00-4:35 with Marjie Shemanski
Sunday 10:00-10:35 with Emily Wilcox*5 weeks only (no class July 4)
Cost: $234/6 week session
Additional fee: $50 materials fee includes Music Mind Games Rainbow Xylophone + Rhythm Sticks (mailed to your home).
Private Online RSP classes are available for an additional $15/class x number of classes.
Session II (5 weeks): August 1-August 29
Sunday 10:00-10:35 with Emily
Cost: $195/5 week session
Additional fee: $50 materials fee includes Music Mind Games Rainbow Xylophone + Rhythm Sticks (mailed to your home).
Private Online RSP classes are available for an additional $15/class x number of classes.
Ages: 2-5 years (grouped by age)
Please note due to the short nature of our summer classes, there is no registration fee and there are no makeup classes. In-person classes are taught by teachers who have received the COVID-19 vaccine. Masks and additional protocols will be followed.
Our Ready, Set, Play! classes for children from 2 to 6 years are designed 
to introduce the violin, viola, cello, guitar, flute, and piano in addition to other elements of music study; students play percussion instruments, listen and move to live music, read and write rhythms, and sing. Repetition of songs and activities from week to week allow children to gain confidence as they achieve comfort and mastery of musical skills. These classes encourage and prepare young children for instrumental study in a fun, relaxed, and supportive environment. In-person classes meet weekly for 40 minutes limited to 3 students with one teacher. Online classes meets weekly for 30 minutes limited to 4 students and one teacher.
In Ready, Set, Play! children learn to accept instruction from the teacher in small doses while also given freedom to express themselves with the instruments. Each child has one-on-one time with the teacher and the instruments, as well as experiences making music with the group. Note values and the reading and writing of rhythms are introduced. Children proudly compose their own short rhythmic pieces and learn to play them on their own instruments at the school (in-person) or at home (online).
As students grow and mature, Ready, Set, Play! classes grow and develop with your child. Parts of the class model the quiet learning environment of a private lesson where children learn to take turns, follow directions, and be attentive with the comfort of their parent or caregiver close-by. Most of our students participate in RSP classes for multiple semesters or years, allowing them to grow in self-confidence and enthusiasm for music while working on developing the focus necessary for private study. Our teachers are adept at supporting and challenging students at every level in our very small classes, allowing mixed-age and mixed-level classes to be successful and motivating for all of the children.
In a typical class, children may sing the Rest Position Song with violins under their arms and take a bow, play along the Twinkle Variations or Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with rhythm sticks, play an improvisatory piece on a group of drums, pluck the String Song on small cellos, move to the rhythmic elements of “beat”, “running”, and “half”, practice flute “sign language”, and find patterns and sing note names on the piano.
“Ready-Set-Play! has been my daughter’s primary introduction to music – and such a positive one! The experiences are rich and varied, and the learning environment so warm and encouraging. I wish I had had a class like this when I was a child.”
