Homeschool Music Program
The Music Loft (TML) is excited to bring our culture of excellence in music education to the homeschool community. We 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 1 4-Week Mini Class
Semester 2 (Rhythm)
Semester 3 (Violin)
Semester 1 (Piano)
Dates: Wednesday’s September 13-November 2nd
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 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: Paint The Music
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 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 1 4-Week Mini Class
Dates: Wednesday’s November 8th-December 6th
Tuition: $99 semester $25 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
“Nuts for The Nutcracker” 4-Week Mini Class
Get in the holiday mood with one of the most beloved Christmas stories, The Nutcracker.
The story of The Nutcracker is loosely based on the E.T.A. Hoffmann fantasy story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, about a girl who befriends a nutcracker that comes to life on Christmas Eve and wages a battle against the evil Mouse King. Students will listen to the music written by Tchaikovsky, learn the story and watch the ballet. They will play the fun paper plate routine and make their own nutcrackers!
Semester 2 (Rhythm)
Dates: Wednesday’s January 10th-February 28th
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: Music Composition
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 composition. Each week, students will compose their own music and these pieces will be put together in their own music book!
Semester 3 (Violin)
Dates: Wednesday’s March 6th-May 1st
Tuition: $199 semester rental fee of $25.39 a month for the violin
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 Violin
- instrument placement and care
- bow hold
- note reading
- fun songs
Did you know that the violin is considered a foundational instrument? Unlike many other instruments, the violin comes in different sizes and it “fits” children from ages 3 and older! Master violin teacher and owner Ms. Laura Readyoff will teach the fundamentals of strings including; proper instrument placement and bowhold, finger placement, pizzicato, note reading and more.
You are welcome to rent the violin from The Music Loft for $25.39 a month through our affiliate VIR. The rental contract is a month to month contract and you can return the instrument at any time. The rental contract is a rent to own so you will accrue rental credit every month you rent. This is a great opportunity to try something new or to get a head start for the upcoming school year.