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Award-winning music lessons, ensembles, and group classes for aspiring musicians of all ages and skill levels — children, teens, and adults.
Early Childhood
Morning & Full-Day Preschool programs with a full, child-centered curriculum of creative specials like music, science, drama, social and emotional learning, and more!
Music Therapy
Established in 1966, our pioneering Center for Music Therapy (CMT) uses guided music experiences to help individuals meet life's challenges.
Bop Stop
BOP STOP at The Music Settlement is Cleveland's premier listening room: an intimate, acoustically pristine performance venue with sweeping views of Lake Erie.
Ages: Birth - 2.5
Session Length: 10 Weeks
Parent / caregiver and child participate in movement activities, singing and chanting.
The atmosphere is warm and informal, yet musically rich. Children enjoy all aspects of musical discovery.
10 week semesters
Course is 45 mins
Session | Day | Time | Campus | Fee | |
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March 29, 2022 - June 07, 2022 Mar 29, 2022 - Jun 07, 2022 | Tuesday | 9:00am - 9:45am | Off-Campus | $185 | Enroll |
April 02, 2022 - June 11, 2022 Apr 02, 2022 - Jun 11, 2022 | Saturday | 9:00am - 9:45am | University Circle | $185 | Enroll |
April 02, 2022 - June 11, 2022 Apr 02, 2022 - Jun 11, 2022 | Saturday | 11:00am - 11:45am | University Circle | $185 | Join Waitlist |
April 04, 2022 - June 13, 2022 Apr 04, 2022 - Jun 13, 2022 | Monday | 5:00pm - 5:45pm | Ohio City | $185 | Enroll |
April 05, 2022 - June 07, 2022 Apr 05, 2022 - Jun 07, 2022 | Tuesday | 9:00am - 9:45am | University Circle | $185 | Enroll |
April 06, 2022 - June 15, 2022 Apr 06, 2022 - Jun 15, 2022 | Wednesday | 5:00pm - 5:45pm | University Circle | $185 | Enroll |
June 20, 2022 - August 01, 2022 Jun 20, 2022 - Aug 01, 2022 | Monday | 5:00pm - 5:45pm | Ohio City | $110 | Enroll |
June 21, 2022 - August 02, 2022 Jun 21, 2022 - Aug 02, 2022 | Tuesday | 9:00am - 9:45am | University Circle | $110 | Enroll |
June 21, 2022 - August 02, 2022 Jun 21, 2022 - Aug 02, 2022 | Tuesday | 11:00am - 11:45am | Off-Campus | $110 | Enroll |
June 25, 2022 - August 06, 2022 Jun 25, 2022 - Aug 06, 2022 | Saturday | 9:00am - 9:45am | University Circle | $110 | Enroll |
June 25, 2022 - August 06, 2022 Jun 25, 2022 - Aug 06, 2022 | Saturday | 11:00am - 11:45am | University Circle | $110 | Enroll |
Instructor, Arts for the Young
Lisa Huisman Koops, Ph.D., Music & Movement teacher, is also an associate professor of music education at Case Western Reserve University. She specializes in early childhood music, elementary general music, and world music education. Her research focuses on the vital role of the family in optimi... Expand
Lisa Huisman Koops, Ph.D., Music & Movement teacher, is also an associate professor of music education at Case Western Reserve University. She specializes in early childhood music, elementary general music, and world music education. Her research focuses on the vital role of the family in optimizing early childhood music development and education; additional research interests include international models for children’s music education with a focus on The Gambia, West Africa and inclusionary models of early childhood music education for children with disabilities. She holds a Bachelor of Music Education from Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Michigan) and Master of Music and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Music Education from Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan).
Koops has taught general music in Zeeland (Michigan) Public Schools as well as early childhood music at Michigan State University’s Community Music School. She has presented research in the fields of music education, ethnomusicology, and liturgical music and has published articles in Journal of Research in Music Education, Research Studies in Music Education, Early Childhood Education Journal, Contributions to Music Education, Perspectives: the Journal of the Music and Movement Association, Music Educators Journal, Journal of Music Teacher Education, TRIAD, Audie, and The Hymn. Koops has also contributed chapters to the Oxford Handbook of Children’s Music Cultures (Oxford, 2012) and Learning from Young Children: Research in Early Childhood Music (Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2011).
Koops is the recipient of an ACES+ grant (2013), UCITE Nord Grant (2012), a Glennan Fellowship (2008), a Worldwide Learning Environment grant (2008), and two W. P. Jones Presidential Faculty Development awards (2010, 2012) at Case Western Reserve University. She won an “Excellence in Teaching” citation from Michigan State University (2006) and was a 2009 nominee for the CWRU Wittke Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. Koops recently served as a consultant for The Cleveland Orchestra’s “Musical Neighborhoods” 3-year early childhood music initiative funded by PNC Bank’s Grow Up Great program and conducts workshops for early childhood and elementary teachers.
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