Homeschool Music Program
The Music Loft (TML) is excited to bring our culture of excellence in music education to the homeschool community. Beginning Fall 2022, we will offer a comprehensive music curriculum for homeschoolers in grades K-6. Our teachers are certified music educators who provide an interactive and complete approach to musical studies. The program reflects the Standards of Learning (SOL) for Virginia Public Schools.
All classes include: composer studies, music theory, note reading, composition, introduction to piano, percussion, and ukulele, guest artists, featured projects and more! Each semester, students will enjoy a different instrumental component and participate in a group project as they learn the fundamentals of music.
Tuition Overview
$199 for each semester
$25 materials fee per semester
We offer a $25 sibling discount!
Semester Overviews
Enroll in as many semesters as you like.
Each semester course meets on the same day and time for 50 minutes weekly.
Semester 1 (Piano)
Semester 2 (Rhythm)
Semester 3 (Ukulele)
Semester 1 (Piano)
Dates: Friday’s September 16-November 18th
Tuition: $199 semester $25.00 materials fee per semester
Bonus 2 weeks for free!
HERNDON
Time: 11:00am-12:00pm
Place: 585 Grove St Suite 310, Herndon
ASHBURN
Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm
Place: 20915 Ashburn Rd Suite 210, Ashburn
Basics of Piano
Getting to know the keyboard, half steps and whole steps, piano fingering, playing with both hands and more
- Note reading and values
- Tempo and rhythm
- Composer study featuring Tchaikovsky and Beethoven
- Featured Project: The Nutcracker Suite
Learn the story, engage in rhythmic activities, make and design nutcrackers
Learn the basics of piano in semester 1, including getting to know the keyboard, half steps and whole steps, learning note values and beats, tempo and rhythm, piano melody, fingering, playing the piano with both hands and more. Each month, meet a new composer, learn where they are from and the pieces of music for which they are famous. The featured project will be “The Nutcracker Suite”. Students will hear the story of the nutcracker, engage in rhythmic activities that incorporate Tchaikovsky’s music, and make and design their own nutcrackers.
Semester 2 (Rhythm)
Dates: Friday’s January 6th-February 24th
Tuition: $199 semester $25.00 materials fee per semester
HERNDON
Time: 11:00am-12:00pm
Place: 585 Grove St Suite 310, Herndon
ASHBURN
Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm
Place: 20915 Ashburn Rd Suite 210, Ashburn
Basics of Percussion
Stick hold, bucket drum notation, refining gross and fine motor skills, performing fun, uplifting songs
- Sample bucket drumming demonstration
- Rhythmic notation
- Composition
- Composer study featuring Mozart and Bach
- Featured Project: Paint the Music on Canvas
Learn the basics or rhythm with one of our most popular instruments, buckets! Bucket Drumming is designed to enhance academic performance while building important interdisciplinary skills such as fine and gross motor skills, cognitive, verbal and math skills and working cooperatively in a group setting. Students will learn movement and rhythm along with the basics of bucket drumming. The curriculum will include basic percussive rhythms, reading and understanding unique bucket drumming notation and drumming to fun, uplifting songs. Here is a sample of Bucket Drumming.
Each month, meet a new composer, learn where they are from and the pieces of music for which they are famous. The featured project is called “Paint the Music”. We will discuss and define the effect of music on human beings and review pieces that elicit reflective, emotional and structural properties. Finally, through art, we will express on canvas what the music means to us.
Semester 3 (Ukulele)
Dates: Friday’s March 3rd- May 12th
Tuition: $199 semester $25.00 materials fee per semester
HERNDON
Time: 11:00am-12:00pm
Place: 585 Grove St Suite 310, Herndon
ASHBURN
Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm
Place: 20915 Ashburn Rd Suite 210, Ashburn
Introduction to Ukulele
- Chord and note treading
- Strumming patterns
- Learn and perform fun, inspiring Ukulele songs
- Composer study featuring American Composers Aaron Copeland and Leonard Bernstein
- Featured Project: Sock Puppet Opera (The Magic Flute)
Ukulele is one of the most portable, versatile and pleasant- sounding instruments to learn in a group setting. Learning chords, notes, tuning, the history of the instrument, and strumming patterns are just some of the skills you will master in semester 3 which features ukulele. Borrow one of ours or purchase one for yourself. Meet a new composer, learn where they are from and the pieces of music for which they are famous. The featured project will be “Sock Puppet Opera” which will highlight Mozart’s “The Magic Flute”. Learn the story of the opera, listen to the music and create your own version of this fun and famous opera with sock puppets.