We are so lucky to have Music Together^® Upstate and with our incredible teacher Rebecca. We have been doing it since my daughter was 6 months old and at 21 months it’s more fun than ever. Rebecca’s energy keeps the kids glued and excited to participate every time!

My one and a half year-old son has been doing music together since he was four months old. It is such a great program and he loves it so much. We took the class with Rachel and I cannot say good enough things about her. She is enthusiastic and sweet and extremely talented.

Wonderful class and great teachers! Rebecca is full of joy and has the kids and parents singing and smiling the whole time. My little person is full of energy and loves music so this was his happy place; so much so we did two sessions. Now, months later, we still insists we listen to the CD from class every time we get in the car.

We’ve been loving the program! Rachel is such a treasure - our son just loves her and talks about the music all week long. 

My three year old daughter loved the music together class. We listen to the music all the time and she sings it to herself. I truly feel like she has learned so much about different kinds of music and it has brought her real joy. Rebecca is a warm and enthusiastic teacher who we both adored. Highly recommend this class to anyone with kids!

Catskill Mountain Music Together is a such a wonderful kid activity in the area! The instructors are both amazing with kids and both strike such a good balance between teaching the music & appreciating the natural exploration and energy of younger kids. The songs are infinitely better “kids songs” than others, so we don’t mind (and maybe even enjoy) when our daughter wants to listen to them at home. Of all the options out there, CMMT is the one kids activity that gives us the most bonding time together. Plus, it’s been a great way to meet other parents too!

As an added benefit — the Music Together book that comes with the course has become a fav bedtime book at home.

We absolutely love Music Together! We have taken two semesters with our now 22 month old and it has been incredible for all of us. Class is so much fun and not only is our daughter enjoying it, but so are we! We have met some of our closest friends through this program and have learned new ways to interact with our toddler. It has even helped with her speech. Rachel is an absolute treasure of a teacher and person. I can't recommend this course enough, it has easily been one of our favorite discoveries since moving to Kingston.

My son and I have taken this class twice, and we both love it. The music selection is varied and interesting, and Rebecca, the teacher, brings the warm and wacky energy needed.

The class is grounded in serious research into fostering musical and rhythmic development in young children, and I believe in it. Within a few weeks of starting, at nine months old my son was clapping along to all his favorite class songs. Five months later and he’s dancing and clapping much more rhythmically.

Music together has been a wonderful experience for our whole family. Our daughter has learned so much about music from our wonderfully talented teacher, Rachel. She plays drums and sings all the time now and loves when music plays both at home and on the go. This has been an excellent exposure to songs, movement, theory, rhythm, and other children/families. It both is educational and fun loving, and I can’t wait to continue sharing this weekly experience with my daughter.

Rebecca is such a fun and talented teacher! She is so energetic with the kids and as a parent to a little one herself, she understands how to run the class with patience while keeping everyone (adults included) very entertained and participating. My son (2 years old) loves her class and requests the songs from the music together app all day! I’ve also met some really wonderful people though it! Highly recommend her class!!

We LOVE Music Together and our teacher Rachel! My 10 month old has been in this class for two sessions now and it’s so fun to see her learn new skills with instruments, interact with the other children, and gain so much joy from music. Rachel has a background in musical theatre and it shows - she is truly in her element and it’s such a treat to be a part of her class. It’s a favorite Sunday activity that we hope to continue for many years to come!

We love music together! Every week’s class is chock full of music and sounds and dancing and singing and instruments. The teachers Rebecca and Rachel bring an enthusiasm that’s absolutely contagious. Highly recommend!

We love Rachel’s class. She is so sweet and expressive. She creates a great atmosphere for the kids to receive actual first music education. Particularly love the rounds.

I began attending Music together classes with my daughter when she was three month's old as a way to introduce her to music and to bond with her while also providing an opportunity to meet other new parents in the community. Since then the class has become so much more, it is the highlight of our week! As I began to learn the new songs, then about the styles of learning and tone and pitch, it opened my mind and heart to the joy of singing. The music together platform is a wonderful way to connect with her whether it be in class, at home, or in the car. I enjoy seeing her develop with each semester as she becomes more aware of how enjoyable it is to make music, dance, play an instrument or be silly. We all need play and Music Together does just that, for every age.  

My 18 month old and I are loving our first semester with Catskill Mountain Music Together and plan to re-register for the Fall. Rebecca is engaged, talented and FUN. Highest praise!

Our family loves Catskill Music Together! We first tried a drop-in class and immediately knew we had to sign up for the upcoming 6 week session. My little one adores Rachel, her signing and the activities that she pairs with the songs. As the parent, I also find the class enjoyable - we both look forward to the next class and will continue signing up for future sessions.

My daughter just adores Music Together. She sings the songs in the car, and they have even become a part of her nighttime routine. At night, she asks us to sing "There's a Little Wheel A'turning" and requests that we dance during the "dancer" part (with her and her animals). She then has us sing the "Goodbye" song and requests that we say goodbye to all of her family members, friends, and stuffed animals. Then, when we sing her some other songs before bed, she uses her pacifiers in her crib to make a beat for the song while singing along. We all just love Music Together!

The variety of music my children get exposed to at Music Together has enhanced their musical growth in so many ways. Music Together songs are integrated into our lives. Every single day, throughout the day, my 2 1/2 year old daughter will pick out a word in our conversation and sing one of her Music Together songs containing that word. She started Music Together at age 11 months, and after two years still adores it! Her baby sister started accompanying us to classes at 4 weeks of age, and now at 6 months will stop fussing if I play the "Hello Song". This is a wonderful program!

We have been in class for two years.  Now our boy is singing Over the Rainbow, more and more in tune every week.   He has always responded to music and has always wanted to sing with us.  We will keep enrolling him in class even after he has done all the song collections because the ones he did earlier in his life will be like a whole new experience for him now that he is older and so much more capable of participating.

We went on vacation and by the pool they had a band in the late morning - everyone was amazed and amused when our little boy consistently got up and danced around and clapped as soon as he heard the music playing, despite being the only one of our 18 family members to do so. I must add this also happened in the elevators which were piped with music - very sweet and funny for us all. I am glad he is so happy and comfortable musically.

I wish to add to all the informal testimonials I have heard fathers and mothers share at playgrounds or over coffee about the worth of Catskill Mountain Music Together. In our own case, we have seen our daughter, who had a language delay, make exponential leaps and bounds whenever we enrolled her in one of the Catskill Mountain music classes.

Now, and with no small contribution from Music Together, our small one is a fully realized little linguistic preschooler, able to express in impressively complex sentences how much she loves Music Together and what it continues to bring to her: the class truly highlights her week.

At the start of each term, my child is in a new phase of learning, one which the teachers recognize, acknowledge and nurture.

I think the teachers make an effort to understand the complexity of each child and to address the members of each group, so that each class feels as if it starts off a new musical revolution for all its children.

Please count us fans for life. As will our babbling child whom we cannot get to stop talking!

Again, words cannot express our gratitude.