"I saw this extremely unique, so well-deconstructed approach to music."Ms Edwards · Music Teacher & Alabanza parent
Musikgarten® · Trinidad & Tobago
From babies and toddlers to preschoolers, early primary and older children, each stage builds on the one before it.
Then We Make It Ours
So children experience world-class music and movement learning through language, rhythm and repertoire that can also feel like home.
We make music in…
Parent Perspectives
What Will Your Child Be Known For?
We focus on building the qualities you want the world to notice.
You’re here because you already know school alone won’t build everything your child will need.
And the truth is, too many traditional music lessons still stop at the visible 10%: learning the notes, playing the piece, preparing for the performance.
These are the human skills that matter most in a rapidly changing world.
Start with the Introductory Experience that fits your family.
What Parents Notice Over Time
“The words she could identify way beyond her age.”Ronald A.Alabanza parent · almost 2 years in
“The biggest change in her was her confidence.”Amanda B.Alabanza parent · 9 years in
Then choose what comes next for your family.
Step inside the real programme first, then decide what comes next.
Join the same MusicVersity teaching, interaction and learning experience our enrolled families receive.
Music, movement and multilingual learning, inside the real programme.
No waiting days for a callback. Secure your spot right now.
Choose your preferred session → Pay securely online → Your spot is secured.
Live Online
TTD $100 / USD $16
Join the real programme from home, live and interactive.
2 Sequential Weeks In-Person / Hybrid
TT$400 / USD$64
Your child's first real Alabanza experience, placed for their developmental stage.
Newborn babies (0–3 months) are eligible for two bonus sessions.
TT$1,500 / USD$240
For families ready for a fuller start before Semester membership.
Not sure where to begin? Ramajay is our most popular starting point.
What looks like play can be serious brain work.
GROUNDED IN PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH.Long before a child can read music or play an instrument, the developing brain is already responding to rhythm, pattern and musical interaction.
In a 2026 brain-imaging study of babies just 0–5 days old, newborns showed stronger responses to both song and speech than to humming. Their brains processed song in strikingly similar ways to speech, suggesting that singing may already be meaningful for early speech perception and language development.
A recent meta-analysis of preschoolers aged 3–6 found that music training significantly improved inhibitory control, working memory and cognitive flexibility, the core executive functions a child needs to focus, follow through and manage their own behaviour.
A weekly music playschool for 5–6 year olds, built around active, playful group participation rather than formal instrument drills, significantly improved children's phoneme processing and vocabulary. A related rhythm-focused programme produced similar language gains in 6–7 year olds.
Its multi-year sequence grows from early childhood into school-age musicianship, so each stage prepares for what comes next.
What Informs the Curriculum
Musikgarten thoughtfully integrates influential approaches in music, movement and child-centred learning.
Music Learning Theory and audiation
Singing, musical literacy, and folk music
Movement, eurhythmics, and embodied learning
Instrumental play, creativity, and improvisation
Listening, parent involvement, and nurturing ability
Body awareness, movement, and expression
Child-led learning and prepared environments
Ready to experience it for your child?
These real moments show musical leadership, cultural understanding and multilingual learning in practice.
The curriculum matters. So does the person guiding it. These real moments show the same combination children experience with us: musical leadership, cultural understanding and multilingual learning made joyful.
A Standard 5 group listening, responding and making music together. A glimpse of the musical confidence and independence children can grow toward.
The National Anthem explanation shows the listening, accuracy and cultural understanding behind the music, not simply memorising words or notes.
A child working through Maths homework across different languages. A glimpse of multilingual learning becoming something they can actually use.
You have seen the pathway. Now experience the programme.
Each semester builds on the last, leading to Graduation & Certification in July.
FEATURED IN THE TRINIDAD GUARDIAN
The feature captured our Year-End Celebration, where MusicVersity families come together to make music, celebrate what the children have learned and share the experience as a community.
View the newspaper feature →What Starts to Stand Out
They listen, respond, express themselves and increasingly know how to use their voice.
They are more willing to participate, contribute, try something unfamiliar and be heard.
They engage with adults and children, contribute to a group and learn to make music with other people.
They notice patterns, remember, anticipate, analyse, improvise and solve rather than simply repeat.
Waiting. Listening. Stopping. Starting. Adjusting. Staying with something when it asks a little more of them.
Want to start building this now?
Earlier booking gives you the strongest chance of keeping your preferred class if you continue.
Choose your Introductory Experience.
Select the class that is closest to where your child is at developmentally.
Always go with the one closer to their starting age.
Adjustments can be made by the Specialist as needed.
It varies according to developmental stage, typically from 30 to 60 minutes.
Absolutely! Your role is key.
Connection brings confidence. The reason this approach works is that you're in the room, or online, participating alongside your child, so you can be guided on how to reinforce what they're learning outside of class time.
Parents are always welcome to stay, even with older children.
Your fee for the In-Person / Hybrid Introductory Experience (Ramajay) carries forward in full toward your Semester Placement Fee when you continue during the same Semester, and you'll receive placement guidance either way.
Once you select your Introductory Experience, you'll be guided to checkout for the class that best matches your child's age and developmental stage.
Your booking is confirmed once payment has been received and processed.
No.
You do not need to sing perfectly, play an instrument or have previous music training.
The experience is designed to guide you and your child together.
Oye is a live, active parent-child class for families in Trinidad & Tobago and internationally. You join from home while the teacher guides singing, movement, rhythm, listening and multilingual musical interaction in real time. If it feels right for your family, we'll guide you toward the most appropriate next step for your child's developmental stage.
Absolutely. We understand that every child develops differently, and children with a wide range of strengths and developmental profiles are generally welcome in our classes.
Our programmes are group music and movement experiences, not clinical therapy. While they can support areas such as communication, regulation, confidence, coordination and social participation, we are not music therapists and do not provide individualized therapeutic intervention for children who require specialist clinical support.
If your child has specific developmental needs, we're happy to get a little more insight on your child first so we can determine whether the group class environment would be an appropriate fit.
Start with an Introductory Experience, in person or live online.