News and contact information

Winter 2009

 

Welcome to Heartland Music Together, and thanks for joining us this winter! 

 

In this newsletter:

 

Schedules and contact info

News

 

Now we are four!

 Our teaching staff continues to grow as we add more classes. Yay! We are Miriam Klein (director and certified teacher), Karen Hild (registered teacher), Lorna Dries (registered teacher), and now Krystle Middlemiss (registered teacher).

 Krystle joined us this fall as an apprentice in our Tuesday and Wednesday morning classes. She took the Music Together teacher training in December to become a Registered Music Together teacher, and this winter she’ll be teaching a Wednesday morning class in our Springhurst location. 

 In addition to her credentials as a Music Together teacher, Krystle is a Board Certified Music Therapist and she practices as a professional music therapist when she’s not teaching Music Together classes. She also keeps busy with dance, yoga, professional wedding planning, and more. Welcome, Miss Krystle!

 

How to contact us

Miriam Klein – My office number is (502) 491-3131. Because I have a home office, feel free to reach me in the evenings at this number. I’m comfortable with calls up till 10:00 pm - sometimes it’s easier to make a call after children are asleep. You can also reach me on my cell phone: (502) 558-0345. Before class, my cell phone is the best number to use, and you can call as early as 7:30 am.  

Karen Hild – Karen’s home number is (502) 317-1362. You can call her any time. Karen prefers not to publish her cell phone number, so if you need to reach her just before class, contact me and I’ll relay the message. Karen’s email address is ephyria(at)hotmail.com

Lorna Dries – Lorna’s home number is 452-1765, and her cell phone is (502) 296-4345. Her email is Lorna.Dries(at)gmail.com.

Krystle Middlemiss – Krystle can be reached by cell phone at (970) 217-2704. Her email is ksmiddlemiss(at)hotmail.com. Krystle doesn’t check her email daily, so the best way to reach her quickly is through her cell phone.

 

Who to contact about…

 

 

Feel free to contact me at any time with any questions, concerns, feedback, etc.

 

Class schedules and locations: 

 

For the most up-to-date class schedules, visit the Calendar link on the website. Please call in advance to schedule a make-up – don’t just drop in to a class! 

 Highlands:

Anchorage:

We are experimenting this semester with moving our Tuesday classes (previously at this location) to our new Springhurst location. This is an experiment – please let me know if you prefer the new location, or if you miss having classes in Anchorage. I’ll reconsider our spring schedule based on your feedback.

 

Middletown – Monday morning

 

Middletown – Tuesday evening

 

St Matthews:

 

Springhurst

 

Dates

 Classes start the week of January 11, and will run for 10 weeks, up till March 20. We will offer classes during holidays and school breaks, and if you have an older sibling who’ll be out of school, they’re welcome in our classes. (Please let us know who to expect!) 

Our spring session (the Tambourine collection!) will start the week of March 29.

 

 

Weather closing policy

 

Weekday morning classes – if Jefferson County Public Schools cancel classes due to weather, then our Music Together classes will be canceled as well. If JCPS has a delayed start, we’ll probably have classes. I’ll make a decision based on the weather in the morning, and I’ll post a message on my office voice mail (491-3131). Saturday and evening classes – I will make my best decision about closings based on whether there are large-scale closings in the city, and I’ll post the information on my voice mail. 

If Music Together classes are canceled for any reason, I’ll make every effort to contact you by phone and by email. Please make sure I have your current phone number and/or cell phone number so I can reach you.  If you ever have doubts about if class is in session, feel free to call either the number above, or my cell phone (558-0345).

If classes are canceled due to weather, we’ll add an extra class day to the end of the semester, so you’ll still get a complete 10-week semester. And if we’re holding classes but you don’t feel safe about coming in because of your local conditions, please stay safe and stay home! You’re always welcome to take a makeup, or visit an extra class at the end of the semester.

 

Music Together has an oops moment

 

When Music Together teachers go through the teacher training, one of the things we learn is to expect and enjoy those occasional “oops moments”, when things don’t go exactly as we had planned. When we acknowledge our “oops moment”, laugh, and let it go, we give everyone around us permission to be human too. 

Music Together LLC had an “oops moment” in creating the family mix track for the song “Everybody Loves Saturday Night”. Instead of the family mix, which has more lyrics, they accidently used the teacher mix, which has fewer lyrics, and more spaces to insert your own words. Oops! The gift this gives us is that we have more opportunities to make up our own words, and great background tracks while we sing whatever we want. Just for fun, here are some words that a teacher made up about this situation:

 

 

If you want to download a corrected version of this song, go to

www.MusicTogether.com/forenrolledfamilies

 

Pampered Chef – a fun food experience, and a scholarship fundraiser!

 

Our friend Jessica Agruso in our Monday Middletown class has become a Pampered Chef consultant. She demonstrates the products and sells some nifty cooking gear through a series of cooking classes and parties in different locations. Are you interested in hosting a cooking show? Contact Jessica directly at 644-7493 for more information.

As a scholarship fundraiser activity, Jessica is hosting a Pampered Chef party on Saturday evening (6:30 pm), February 13, at Middletown United Methodist Church. Come out and enjoy some great food and fun, and help raise money to fund our scholarship program! Contact Jessica to RSVP, and for more information.

 

Policy reminders:

 

Visitors in class

 

You’re welcome to invite your friends to join us in class at any time. We ask only that you schedule their visit with us in advance, so we won’t have too many new faces in class at one time.

There’s no charge for local visitors – we love to have them!  If you’re bringing non-local friends or relatives, we’d appreciate a $10 donation to our scholarship fund on their behalf.

Remember – if a friend enrolls and mentions your name as a referral, both of you get a $15 discount off your tuition for one semester. (The referred family must be a NEW enrollment, not a current or previously enrolled family.)

NEW – If you’re caring for a non-enrolled child, you’re welcome to bring them for up to two visits. If they will be visiting for more than two classes, we request a donation to the scholarship fund on their behalf. Alternatively, we might consider enrolling children who are frequent visitors.  

 

Withdrawals

We make schedule and financial decisions based on the information we have at the start of classes, and when people withdraw after the start of classes, this can cause us some financial consequences as well as scheduling headaches. For this reason, we’re instituting a formal withdrawal policy.

If you withdraw within the first three weeks of class, you’ll get a complete refund or credit, less the cost of the Music Together materials (CDs and songbooks). After the third week of classes, no refunds are given. However, if you have special circumstances, please let us know right away. We’ll do our best to honor your needs as well as our own. 

 

Reminder – Online makeup scheduler

If you need to miss a class for any reason, you’re welcome to make it up by visiting one that meets at a different day, and/or by coming to an end-of-semester make-up class day. Now you can schedule your makeup class online. To find the makeup scheduler, just look under the “For Enrolled Families” tab on the menu bar of the website. You’re also welcome to call or email to schedule your makeup. Just, please, don’t drop in to class! 

 

Privacy Policy

Heartland Music Together respects your privacy and will never share, sell, or rent your personal information with third parties for their promotional use. Your email and mailing address will be shared only with our licensor Music Together LLC for educational and quality assurance purposes.

 

Thanks for your support!

For the second year in a row, we were honored to receive a Parent Pick Award from Nickelodeon.com. Thank you for voting us Best Music Class in Louisville!

We strive to create the best music program that we can, one which enriches the lives of children and adults. Your choice of Heartland Music Together makes this program possible. Thanks for spreading the word about our classes, and helping us grow so joyously.

 

I hope you have a wonderful winter session of playing and making music together. Happy Drum!

 

Miriam Klein, Director

Winter, 2010