Music Together® classes in Regal Heights

ABC Academy of Music offers Music Together® classes in Regal Heights, Toronto, taught from our St. Clair West / Wychwood studio at 12 Conway Ave, Toronto M6E 1H2, near Corso Italia, west of Dufferin. We have been an authorized Music Together center since 2003. Season pricing is on our tuition page; private lessons from age five start at $55.38 for 30 minutes or $64.81 for 45 minutes, and a trial private lesson is $20. Our Music Together teachers hold university music degrees or equivalent conservatory credentials, and every class is led by a teacher who has completed formal Music Together training. Rating: 4.8★ from 150 students on Google.

What happens in a Music Together class

A typical 45-minute Music Together class moves through a sequence your child will begin to anticipate: a hello song, free movement with scarves or ribbon sticks, rhythm instruments passed around the circle, slower lullaby time, and a goodbye song. The structure is intentional. The same songs repeat across all 10 weeks of the season, and that repetition is the curriculum. When a two-year-old hears a song for the fifth or sixth time, something shifts: they stop being a passive listener and start filling in the melody before it arrives. That anticipation is how musical intuition builds. A drop-in breaks that accumulation.

Caregivers attend every class, and their participation is the engine. Think of an engaged caregiver as fuel to the fire: a child watching a parent sing and move freely catches that energy and follows. A distracted caregiver has the opposite effect. Singing quality does not matter. What matters is presence. Some of our most musically engaged children come from families where neither parent considers themselves musical at all.

Getting to the studio from Regal Heights

Regal Heights sits at the southern edge of the Stockyards neighbourhood, roughly bounded by St. Clair Ave W to the south, Caledonia Rd to the west, and Dufferin St to the east. The Conway Ave studio is a seven-to-ten minute walk from most of Regal Heights. From Dufferin St and St. Clair Ave W, walk or drive west along St. Clair Ave W to Wychwood Ave, then north one block to Conway Ave. If you use the 512 St. Clair streetcar, ride it west from Dufferin Station and get off at Wychwood Ave.

Wychwood Barns is less than a five-minute walk from the studio, and Christie Pits and Dufferin Grove Park are both reachable on foot. Families who visit the Wychwood Farmers Market on Saturday mornings will recognize the same block. Street parking is available on Conway Ave and the surrounding residential streets throughout the week. With a stroller, the flat stretch of St. Clair Ave W is the easiest route.

What children at different ages get from Music Together

A six-month-old does not sing or clap, but their brain is absorbing the tonal and rhythmic patterns in the room. By 18 months, most children are babbling along to familiar melodies in what Music Together calls music babble — the musical equivalent of language babble. A three-year-old begins to match pitch and fill in endings of familiar phrases. A five-year-old is ready to start being intentional about rhythm and melody, which is also when private lessons become appropriate.

The age pathway: Music Together runs from birth to age five, with a caregiver. Rhythm Kids, available at select locations, bridges ages four to seven in a more structured group setting. From age five onward, children can move into private lessons in piano, singing, guitar, or another instrument at our Conway Ave studio or our Lawrence Park location.

Toddler and caregiver in Music Together class

Music Together runs in 10-week seasons; season pricing is on our tuition page. Our studio serving Regal Heights is at 12 Conway Ave, Toronto M6E 1H2. We also teach Music Together at our Lawrence Park location. Private lessons, available from age five, start at $55.38 for 30 minutes or $64.81 for 45 minutes; a trial lesson is $20.

The closest studio is at 12 Conway Ave, Toronto M6E 1H2, near the corner of St. Clair Ave W and Wychwood Ave. From Regal Heights, take the 512 St. Clair streetcar west from Dufferin Station to Wychwood Ave, a ride of about four to six minutes. Walk north one block to Conway Ave. With a car, street parking is available on Conway Ave and neighbouring streets. We also operate a second studio in Lawrence Park for families who prefer the north end of the city.

An independent teacher typically works alone, which means a single personality, a single schedule, and no coverage guarantee if something changes. At ABC Academy, multiple credentialed teachers deliver the Music Together curriculum at two Toronto locations. If your assigned teacher is unavailable, we match you with another trained teacher rather than cancelling the season. Our teachers hold university music degrees or equivalent conservatory credentials. Recreational learners are equally welcome alongside families who plan to move their children into RCM exam preparation once they are old enough for private lessons. The breadth of the program means your child’s musical path does not have to be decided at age two.

A drop-in model works against the way young children actually build musical understanding. Children in this age range need to hear the same songs eight to ten times before they begin to internalize the tonal and rhythmic patterns. Each repetition across the 10-week season moves them one step further: passive listening gives way to body movement, then to music babble, then to intentional pitch-matching. Missing even a few classes breaks that accumulation. If you want to experience a class before committing to a season, attend a free demo class with no fee and no obligation attached.

Yes, caregivers participate fully: singing, clapping, moving around the circle, handling rhythm instruments alongside the children. Children at this age learn by watching the most important person in the room. An engaged caregiver is fuel to the fire. Singing quality does not enter into it. Some of the children who leave Music Together with the strongest musical intuition have parents who describe themselves as tone-deaf. What they did right was show up and try.

Birth to age five, with a caregiver present for every class. Siblings in that age range can attend together in the same class. From age four to seven, Rhythm Kids is available at select locations and offers a more structured bridge. Private lessons on piano, singing, guitar, or another instrument are appropriate from age five onward.

Not directly. Wychwood Barns hosts its own community programming, but Music Together at ABC Academy operates from our Conway Ave studio, a short walk from the Barns. Families who already spend weekend mornings at the Barns Farmers Market or the park will find the studio familiar ground. We are an independent, licensed Music Together center, not affiliated with the Barns programming.

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