Music Together classes near Bedford Park
Saturday mornings at 2180 Bayview Ave look different from most of the week. Instead of older students with instruments, you get parents and toddlers and the occasional crawling baby. Music Together classes are designed around one idea: that children absorb music the way they absorb language — not by being taught, but by being immersed in it. The caregiver is in the room, singing and moving. That’s not optional, and it’s not a nice detail. It’s the whole mechanism.
Shelley Mayer, who holds a master’s degree in music from U of T and is also a qualified Ontario classroom teacher, leads Music Together classes at our studio. Her classroom teaching background shows in how she runs a room of children aged 0 to 5 — she knows how different developmental stages respond to the same material, and she structures class time around that. Bedford Park families reach the studio quickly: Glenview Senior PS is in the neighbourhood, York Mills Station is five minutes north, and the drive down Bayview from the Avenue & Wilson corridor is straightforward.
A season is 10 weeks. We include a free demo class so you can see whether the format is a good fit before the season starts — no commitment attached to the demo.
If a child from Bedford Park goes through Music Together and later wants to try a private instrument, we teach piano, guitar, and voice at the same studio. There’s no need to find a new school or introduce a new building to a child who already knows where to go.
Musical experience in early childhood shapes how children process language for years afterward. Consistency matters more than the specific activity.
Frequently asked questions about Music Together near Bedford Park
- We live near Glenview Senior PS. How far is the studio?
- About five minutes by car heading south on Bayview, or a short bus ride from the York Mills Station area. The studio at 2180 Bayview is on the west side of Bayview, with metered street parking and a lot behind the building.
- My baby is only four months old. Is it really worth coming to a music class?
- The research behind Music Together specifically includes infants. Babies that young are taking in rhythm, pitch, and melody even when they seem to be just lying there. The benefit at that age is cumulative — what they absorb now shapes how their musical ear develops over the next several years.
- What’s the difference between Music Together and a toddler music class at a community centre?
- Music Together is an accredited curriculum backed by decades of child development research. ABC Academy is an official licensee, which means our teachers complete formal Music Together training — not just an interest in music and children. The songs, structure, and approach are standardised across every licensed provider worldwide.
- Can two children in the family attend the same class if they’re different ages?
- Yes, as long as both are between birth and five years old. Mixed-age classes are part of how Music Together was designed — the dynamic between a two-year-old and a four-year-old in the same room is considered beneficial for both.