Make Musical Memories! We offer beginning music classes for your child (ages 0 - 5) to explore their creativity and enhance cognitive development through singing, dancing, and instrument play. Children have tons of energy and curiosity and we will nutrure that through our engaging courses. No experience necessary! Your child will learn fine motor skills, whole body movement, and social skills, while actively participating in music making. Early childhood music classes are also proven to foster physical, emotional, and cognitive growth.

The courses are taught by WKU Music Faculty with training in Kindermusik, the Suzuki Method, and academic degrees in music performance and music education.

Please note: This class is designed to introduce your child to foundational musical concepts. The class is operated by the WKU String Academy, but it NOT a violin instructional class. String Academy teachers will bring violins into the class at various parts of the semester, and students will have the opportunity to see and touch the violins, but this class is not designed for learning how to the play the violin. If you are interested in the learning the violin, we have designed our WKU Summer String Academy Twinklers Session for this purpose. Please visit the SSI website for more information.

The 5:30-6:00pm class is FULL. There are still spots available in the 5:00-5:30 class.

Class Schedule

• Tuesdays 5:00-5:30 (Ages 3-5)
• Tuesdays 5:30-6:00pm (Ages 0-2) [Registration is closed for this class]

            WKU Fine Arts Center, Room 300

 

Class days

Dates of the classes: 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17, 2/24, 3/3, 3/10, 3/24, 3/31, 4/14, 4/21, 
          4/28

Special note: For parents with students enrolled in both the String Academy and ECM class. ECM will meet on February 24, but the String Academy will NOT have group classes that week.

 

No ECM Classes on:

March 17: WKU Spring Break

April 7: Public School Spring Break

 

Tuition fee:

$120 for the entire semester. 

By submitting the registration form, you are reserving a spot in this class. By reserving a spot, you will be responsible for paying the tuition fee regardless of whether you show up for the class or not.

You can cancel your reservation within 48 hours of submitting the form by emailing strings@wku.edu.

 

Registration

Register Here

 

Faculty Bio

Dr. Catherine Wilson is the Coordinator of Music Education and Graduate Studies at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, where she teaches music education courses. Formerly, she was the Coordinator for Music Education at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, a high-school vocal music director, elementary music specialist, musical theatre director, organist, and pastoral musician. In 2019 she was awarded a grant for her research on performance anxiety, and in 2013 she won a fellowship for her research on incarcerated men expressing emotion through songwriting. Catherine's research interests are in music and emotional wellness, and in 2011 she was recognized for exceptional research in music education. She was nominated for Hastings Public Schools Teacher of the Year in 2009 and received a Nebraska Elementary Principal's Award of Excellence in 2006. She has written choral music for Augsburg Fortress and co-authored "Singin,' Sweatin' and Storytime," published through MENC and Rowman & Littlefield. In addition, Catherine has been an international, national, regional, and state presenter. She holds a bachelor's degree in music education from the University of Louisville, a music therapy equivalency degree from Saint Mary of the Woods College, a master's degree in music from Colorado State University, and a Ph.D. in music from the University of Iowa. Catherine enjoys distance running, writing, traveling, cooking, and composing in her spare time. She and her husband, Joe, are the proud parents of Nicholas, Thomas, Anne-Marie, and Victoria Wilson. 

 

 

 

 

Photo credit: Kyra Rookard