Classes For Children
Summer Troubadours
This summer, join a traveling band of kids in search of their instrument of choice with Bloomingdale Summer Troubadours! This week-long program is designed for children ages 6 through 9 to learn what it means to study an instrument. Children will experience the violin, piano, wind instruments, and more in daily sessions led by faculty artists specializing in each instrument. This transformative week will culminate in a student showcase open to family and friends of all participants.
Summer Troubadours will take place Monday through Friday, August 3 – 7, following a 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily schedule. All programming will be on site at the Bloomingdale School of Music.
*An extended day option is available from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. for an additional $150. Please reach out to the front office at registrar@bsmny.org to express interest in this option.
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT
COUPON CODE: SUMMERBIRD
When you register for Summer Troubadours before May 1, you will receive $50 off your final tuition when you use the code SUMMERBIRD at checkout. Learn more by emailing registrar@bsmny.org or by calling our registration team at 212.663.6021.
- FOR AGES6-9 years
- CLASSSummer Workshop
- LENGTH1 weeks
What you will learn
Our Summer Troubadours will experience a broad range of instruments and engage with musical ideas through sight, sound, and movement. Developed specifically to inspire early elementary students in the initial stages of their musical journey, this program is a hands-on introduction to a diverse range of musical instruments and concepts that will lay the groundwork for future study.
INSTRUMENT DISCOVERY
Engage with faculty artists to experience piano, string, percussion, and wind instruments
MUSIC & MOVEMENT
Internalize rhythm, melody, and other musical concepts through song, solfege, Dalcroze, and theater games
PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
Learn to play a variety of percussion instruments together as an ensemble
INSTRUMENT BUILDING
Make your own instrument throughout the course of the week
END-OF-WEEK SHOWCASE
Share your experience together with family and friends!
TAKE A PEEK INSIDE OUR CLASSROOM
We offer Need-based financial assistance
Our goal is to make music education accessible and to remove the financial barrier that may prevent students from participating. Therefore, we offer need-based financial aid to as many students as possible.
