Parent & Tot Music
Cantabile offers early childhood music education programming for young children and their grownups!
Parent & Tot Music gives young children (0-4 years old) a creative, fun, and interactive introduction to music education. Building on the foundational concepts of researched-based methods such as Kodaly & Orff, Parent & Tot Music is designed to foster love and appreciation of music for the youngest ones… and keep the grownups learning too! Sing, explore and create with a variety of familiar and new songs, actions, dance, games, and pre-literacy activities. This 8-week program is designed for babies, toddlers, preschoolers. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
FALL SESSION 2024
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WINTER SESSION 2025
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SPRING SESSION 2025
Registration Open
Mondays @ 9:30am (April 28 – June 23)
Mondays @ 10:30am (April 28 – June 23)
Thursdays @ 9:30am (May 01 – June 19)
Saturdays @ 9:30am (April 26 – June 21)
Saturdays @ 10:30am (April 26 – June 21)
Cost: $160 per family (+hst)
Location: The Spire (82 Sydenham St.) – Lower Hall
Please note: There will be no classes on Victoria Day Weekend (Saturday May 17 & Monday May 19)
Instructors
Monday & Thursday Classes
Larissa Koniuk has decades of training and experience as a music educator, performer, and as Artistic Director of an innovative indie opera company called The Bicycle Opera Project.
A mom with two young children, Larissa developed a new early childhood music program that draws inspiration and methodology from a number of well-known, research-based music programs for children. She pairs these concepts with her own philosophy and pedagogy, developed over 14 years of private voice and piano teaching in Toronto & Kingston.
Larissa holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Wilfrid Laurier, and is a member of the Ontario Registered Music Teachers Association (ORMTA).
Saturday Classes
Emily McPherson is a pianist, vocalist, and music teacher with extensive training. Emily holds both Bachelors and Masters degrees in Piano Performance from the University of Ottawa.
Active as a performer in the Kingston community, Emily is assistant conductor for Kingston Choral Society, She Sings Women’s Choir, and is Cantabile’s Medio Choir instructor. In addition to her busy piano teaching studio, Emily also enjoys making music with her husband and two young children.
Emily is a member of the Ontario Registered Music Teachers Association (ORMTA).