Favorite Links

Music Links & Events

• Scottsdale Center for the Arts hosts a series of Sunday afternoon outside live concerts in the fall and spring.  Very kid friendly!   Sunday A'Fair
  
  
• Phoenix Symphony offers a series of family concerts with different themes.  Phoenix Symphony
  
  
• Summer Concert Series @ Kierland Commons in Scottsdale.  Saturday evenings @ 7 pm. Kierland Commons
  
  
• Outside live music @ Desert Ridge Marketplace.  Desert Ridge
  
  
• Find the latest reviews of family and children's music.  Zooglobble
  
  
• Second Sunday:  PATIO FAIR at Shea Cafe (NE corner of Shea and 32nd St).  Enjoy a coffee or tea, with live music and shopping from 6pm to 10pm.
  
  

Friends & Family Links and Resources

• Children's Museum of Phoenix  engaging minds, muscles and imaginations of children and the grown ups to care about them.
  

• Cannedy Performing Arts  offering a variety of dance classes for all ages, 7th St & Rose Lane.
  
  
• Children Music Therapy Groups,  Keisha Davis @ 623-734-5579 or email her at kdavis630@gmail.com in Peoria, AZ.

• Dance Theater West  offering little ones the opportunity to learn the joy of dancing with creativity and coordination of body parts, ballet basics, lots of fun with songs and rhythms, and live accompanists in carefully structured programs,  40th St & Indian School.
  

• A Desert Song  mommy + baby yoga, children's yoga and more!
  
  
• Devney's Dance  dance classes in Peoria, on 83rd Ave, just north of Union Hills.
  

• Nurture A Child nurturing a child's spirit ~ the heart and soul of teaching and parenting.  Sign up for a free monthly newsletter.
  
  
• KidsPark   hourly care for preschool and school aged children in a fun and safe environment,  Tatum & Cactus Road. 
  
  
• Kundalini Yoga classes taught at Kids.Play.Music. 
  Tuesdays @ 5:30 am w Sumr, Release Through Breath
  Sundays @ 9:30 am w Sahib Singh, jfladger@cox.net
  
  
• Powered by Genius Providing innovative programs that optimize personal, corporate and academic Genius.
  
  
• Rhythm Is Life   private percussion instruction with teacher Wes, steelband and AZ Percussion Instructor Database
  

• Sundance Studios  dance classes for all ages in South Mountain, 24th St & Baseline
  
  
• Shea Cafe a great neighborhood place (near Kids.Play.Music.) to grab a sandwich or coffee, bring the kids, and visit with friends after music class!
  
  
• Scottsdale School of Music    Piano and voice private and group lessons with teacher Julie Ann
  
  
• Tikes and Tales  New and Used Children's Books, Games, Storytime and more!

Articles

• The Power of the Lullaby by Kathy Rowe, M.A. Music Education and Center Director for Music Together in Phoenix
  
• Hard Wired for Music by Kathy Rowe, M.A. Music Education and Center Director for Music Together in Phoenix-LLC
  
• Kids Activity: Making musical instruments from recycled trash by C. Jean Heida associatedcontent.com
  
• Importance of Music in Early Childhood   by Lili Levinowitz, co-author and director of research, Music Together^®
  
• Making Music is a Vanishing Act by Wes Hawkins
  AZ Republic, August 11th, 2006
  
• Music Beats Computers at Enhancing Early Childhood Development
  Kidsource OnLine, Inc. - Copyright 1997, All rights reserved
  
• Childhood Development and Brain Research  Brain Connection Library
  
• Music Together LLC, Research & Development  Music Together LLC has ongoing research and development. 
  
• Early Childhood Music Education in the New Millenium  by Ken Guilmarten, co-author, Music Together