What you’re really paying for….

By 88 Keys Team

No, not the commercial space, no, not the wide range of instruments, props and puppets, but the experience and the “know how”.

When I started this business 10 years ago, I wanted to create a great musical beginning. You don’t choose music, it chooses you. I knew this was my calling so when I decided to teach Kindermusik and set prices, I had to factor in the cost of doing business, professional development and sustainability, that is what we charge.

This September will be our 10th season, what a milestone! I had a live on site intensive training for a week before Kindermusik changed to its online training. The face to face training gave our group an advantage of being able to observe other seasoned veterans teach classes while we took notes, then we had to teach in front of our colleagues and they had to give us feedback. That was very daunting! I basically lived and breathed Kindermusik and I`m still learning every day. My humble beginnings started at a dance school and the local library and the first year I had 40 students and by the second semester it doubled. I was so nervous when I taught my first Kindermusik class but I volunteered at Chapters a couple times for a free musical storytime in the kids section to non-paying clients to get all the jitters out! Since I`m a pianist, I took up singing lessons on my day off for two years to help me sing properly, learn breathing techniques, and preserve my voice, so here I am! I won an award from Kindermusik in 2006 for teaching over 2000 families, that`s pretty exciting! So now maybe its 4000. This afternoon I heard my Kindermusik teacher having her weekly singing class with our voice teacher, it feels good that we can do this for our teachers. It’s all because of the support of our loyal families.

I`ll tell you next time about my big drum story…..