Music Classes for Children in West London, UK

The Music House for Children:
The Music House for Children, located in Shepherd's Bush, West London, is a music teaching and training school offering music and movement sessions to babies and children up to 6 years old. Group Instrumental lessons are also offered to children from 5-15 years, lessons include: Keyboard, Percussion, Guitar, Violin and Ukulele classes.

Our music sessions for pre-school children underpin the musical foundation of learning required for instrumental and voice training once they reach primary age. Each age group enjoys creative musical activities with their adult using instruments, dance, imaginative play, singing and action-packed themes.

As a music teaching and training school in London we provide:

* One to one private instrumental tuition in your London home.
* Group instrumental tuition at our school.
* Babies and toddlers music & movement groups across London.
* Music & dance classes for young children.
* Young children's dance & music holiday activities and musical storytelling shows.
* Regular concerts in our Edwardian performance hall.
* Specialist music teachers and projects in nursery and primary settings,
* Training for early years practitioners and musicians in early years music,
* Instrumental & music resources for early years practitioners and music teachers,
* Supporting musical activities for special needs such as deafness, ATD and others.

Group Tuition:
Keyboard – max 5 per class – 5-11 years:
Skilled teachers work from a classical framework whilst embracing a strong group-learning ethos through singing, listening, performing and appraisal. Our lessons includes understanding notation, regular finger exercises using imaginative musical games to support engagement, call and response with the piano and voice and sight-reading. Pupils enjoy regular concerts and assessments to encourage parental support.

Ukulele – max 5 per class – 5-11 years:
A great instrument for beginners, the ukulele is great fun and very portable. Students will learn chords and notes for familiar nursery rhymes and popular songs. Our great ukulele teacher will enourage them to read music, forming an excellent foundation for musical learning in later life.

Percussion – max 7 per class – 5-11 years:
Djembes, full drum kit, Cajun drums, agogos, glockenspiels and caxixis are just a few instruments used by pupils to give them an idea of the full range of percussive sounds and skills. Rhythm, motor (physical) co-ordination, listening, vocal response and performances are all part of a pupil's weekly progress. Lessons are taught by our high energy and enthusiastic percussion tutors – performers in their own right.

Violin – max 5 per class – 5-11 years:
Beginners enjoy learning a formal instrument through musical games encouraging formal techniques such as plucking, bowing, single notation and the correct posture. Every lesson focuses on new challenges with an emphasis on aural development involving repetition, accompanying and composition.

Guitar – max 5 per class – 6-11 years:
Each child is encouraged from the start to hold their instrument correctly, enjoy the different textures of sounds produced by a guitar using plucking and strumming actions. Reading music is part of regular training. Beginners are taught initially by ear to fine-tune listening skills before rapidly progressing to solo and group playing of popular pieces and simple classical melodies. Advanced students play in concerts and can take ABRSM exams if they wish.