Local Favorite Family Music Links

• Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts  hosts "Sunday A'Fair" a series of outdoor live concerts on Sunday afternoons in the winter and spring.  Very family friendly; pack a picnic and head over for live outdoor music!
   
• The Phoenix Symphony offers a series of family concerts with different themes. 
   
• Outside live music @ Desert Ridge Marketplace
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• Find the latest reviews of family and children's music at Zoogobble.​​​​​​​
   

Our Friends & Local Resources

• Phoenix Children's Museum engaging minds, muscles and imaginations of children and the grown ups to care about them.
   
• Academy of Classical Ballet  located in Peoria!
   
• Dance Academy North  dance classes near I-17 & Pinnacle Peak in North Phoenix; a place where dancers create, discover and grow as individuals within a team; helping build dancers by improving technique and performance while emphasizing the importance of strong character.  
   
• 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, 40th St & Indian School.
   
• DC Dance located in beautiful DC Ranch!
   
• Fit4Mom Metro Phoenix / Stroller Strides keep active with your little one, offering fun fitness classes throughout the seasons!  Music Together^® moms - try one week of Fit4Mom classes free!
   
• A Desert Song  mommy + baby yoga, children's yoga and more!
   
• Matrescence   4th Trimester planning & support; beyond the birth . . . how to thrive, not just survive: post baby workshops & support!

Articles:  Importance of Early Childhood Music & More!

• Current Reserach Areas of Music compiled by Music Together Research Team
   
• Importance of Music in Early Childhood  by Lili Levinowitz, co-author and director of research, Music Together
   
• Value of Music Education  TED Talk by Conductor Richard Gill
   
• Music Learning Supports All Learning^®  Music Together LLC
   
• Childhood Development & Brain Research  Brain Connection Library
   
• Music Together as a Research-based Program  by Susan Hoffman
   
• Early Childhood Music Education in the New Millenium  by Ken Guilmarten, co-author, Music Together
   
• Our Brain's Neuroplasticity & Music  by Kathy Rowe, M.A. and Center Director at Music Together in Phoenix
   
• Hard Wired for Music  by Kathy Rowe, M.A. and Center Director at Music Together in Phoenix