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Music Instruction 
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.
Programs
Programs
Early Childhood experiences enable children to grow to their maximum potential socially, emotionally, intellectually, and physically.
As skills and interests develop, self-confidence grows. Children learn to work and play cooperatively with others. They learn to better understand, express, and gain control of their feelings. They develop body awareness through both small and large muscle activities. Symbolic play and art help children to move from the world of make-believe to the world of words in reading and writing.
Our early childhood programs have earned the highest rating of five stars in the state of Ohio's Step Up to Quality initiative for exceeding quality benchmarks over and above Ohio’s licensing standards for early childhood centers. We hold local accreditation of the highest quality for Cuyahoga County’s Universal Pre-Kindergarten and City of Cleveland’s Pre4CLE programs.
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Preschool
Morning and full-day Preschool programs with a child-centered, comprehensive curriculum of creative specials including music, cooking, science, SEL, and more.
Kindergarten
A full-day, creative, music and arts-infused program aligned academically to state education requirements.
Arts for the Young
Engaging music and movement classes geared toward inspiring a life-long interest in music for children ages 3-weeks to 6-years.
STEM Saturday's
The Music Settlement is committed to bringing STEM education to the Cleveland community in 2023!
The Path to Lifelong Musicianship Starts Here
Our Intro to Suzuki course combines parent education and musical enrichment. Early Childhood families receive 10% off. Classes are offered year-round. Space is limited.
As a former teacher in Early Childhood at CMSS (Cleveland Music School Settlement), I am grateful for the curriculum CMSS provides and the leadership of Sylvia Easley for so many years.