Let’s Play Music, an innovative music education programme, has recently launched an online platform for its foundational music class for children aged four to six. The newly introduced platform will allow students who live far from a licensed Let’s Play Music teacher to enrol in the three-year programme that begins teaching Music at a young age through play, incorporating music theory, piano technique, classical Music, and ear training.
Let’s Play Music, founded by Shelle Soelberg in 1998, aims to teach Music to children in the best way possible. The company operates under the philosophy that, to be most effective, music education should begin as early as possible, typically at the ages of four or five, in live classrooms with around seven or eight students. Classes are usually conducted at a licensed teacher’s private or commercial music studio.
Speaking about the development, Shelle Soelberg, Founder of Let’s Play Music, said:
While we believe that face-to-face classes are the best way to teach Music, we realized that it’s not always possible, especially with how big the US is. We’re always looking to certify more teachers in the Let’s Play Music method and make it accessible to every child. But, until that happens, we are offering the next best alternative by allowing children to access our program online.
Let’s Play Music assembled videos of the entire three-year curriculum, composed of 30 weekly lessons per year, for 90. These were designed as an interactive learning model for one child at home, with guidance from a parent or adult guardian, who live more than 30 miles from the nearest teacher. Each video is 30 minutes long and is supplemented with a 15-minute live online call with a certified teacher, ensuring that the student can understand the concepts and absorb the skills correctly.
According to Soelberg, the Let’s Play Music and Presto programme graduates can play the piano and quickly learn to play any other instrument. They also have a wide variety of musical skills and can compose their pieces of Music. She added that conventional music teaching programmes only have 20% of students remaining after three years. Let’s Play Music inverts this statistic, boasting an 80% completion rate for its three-year programme.
