4/9/05
Uptown Music announces free trial classes Saturday, April 9th at Good Shepherd
Convent on Isham Street and Wednesday, April 6th at The Cornerstone Center on
Bennett Avenue. Uptown Music offers Mixed-age Family Classes for children from
infancy through age three and Preschooler classes for children aged three through
five. Classes utilize singing, rhythm instruments, movement, improvisation, and
listening to help children develop musical skills, concepts, and creativity.

Classes are taught by Karie Brown, who holds a Master's degree from Philadelphia's
prestigious Curtis Institute of Music and is pursuing an advanced degree in Early
Childhood Music Education at Teacher's College, Columbia University. She has
completed extensive further study at The Dalcroze School of Music and has taught
private early childhood music classes in NYC for eight years. She is on the faculty of
the Diller-Quaile School of Music, has taught music at PS 152 and PS 176 in Upper
Manhattan, and has developed and presented arts education programs for the NY
Public Library, the Morris-Jumel Mansion, and throughout North Carolina, Virginia
and Louisiana.

Call 212-252-5551 for reservations and information.