61 music programs for kids in Brooklyn, 2 free. Early music, instruments, choirs. Includes AudraRox Musical Theater – Prospect Heights and City Sounds Music Together – Brooklyn Brainery.
Prospect Heights families join 45-minute Music Together classes at Brooklyn Brainery, with singing, dancing and instrument play for babies through preschoolers and their caregivers.
Downtown Brooklyn's Guitar Center offers private lessons for young players on guitar, bass, drums, piano and voice, plus DJ instruction. Lessons are scheduled around the student's week.
NikosKids offers a Wednesday morning Music Together class in Boerum Hill where babies, toddlers and preschoolers make music with a caregiver. Sessions mix songs, rhythm play and movement.
Kids learn guitar, bass, drums, keys or vocals through one-on-one lessons and then rehearse in bands that play live shows at Brooklyn venues. Programs start with Little Wing for 4- and 5-year-olds and run through teen performance groups.
A free after-school music lab for girls and gender-expansive youth where participants learn audio production, songwriting, sampling, film scoring and coding for music. An advanced series digs into mixing, signal processing and interactive media.
Preschool musical theater class where 3-5 year olds sing, act and move through short story-based shows. Runs in six-week sessions in Prospect Heights.
A Greenpoint music school that opened in 2025 offering guitar, drums, piano, vocals and bass, plus caregiver-and-me music mornings.
NikosKids runs Music Together classes seven days a week at its Park Slope music center, plus Spanish-language Canta y Baila Conmigo and Rhythm Kids for older children. Kids sing, dance and play instruments in a studio built for little ones.
Caregivers and little ones sing, bounce, dance and play simple percussion together in a relaxed 45-minute Music Together circle. Mixed-age groups welcome siblings, and separate babies-only sections are offered for infants under 8 months.
Babies and toddlers join their grown-ups at St. Paul's Church for weekly Music Together sessions full of songs, rhythm instruments and movement games. Siblings can attend the same mixed-age class at a reduced rate.
Held inside the Private Picassos studio, this Music Together class invites babies through preschoolers and their caregivers to sing, drum and dance together. Families get recordings to keep practicing the songs at home.
A Music Together class inside Cobble Hill Ballet where little ones sing, play shakers and drums, and dance with their caregivers. The class is designed so even non-musical parents can join in comfortably.
At South Oxford Space, Fort Greene families gather for a weekly circle of songs, bounces and instrument play for kids from birth to five. Babies-only sessions give infants a calmer introduction to music.
A music class for babies and toddlers built around speech and language development, with live instruments and songs that encourage early communication.
Classical chamber music performed on a floating barge docked in Brooklyn Bridge Park, with Manhattan skyline views through the windows. Admission is free in 2026, making it an easy low-stakes way to introduce kids to live classical music.
Brooklyn Conservatory's East New York hub offers low- or no-cost music classes for children ages 1 to 14, including a Saturday Band Academy and a summer music camp. Kids learn instruments and play together in ensembles.
Brooklyn College's prep center has offered kids ages 3-18 private music lessons and group classes since 1978, alongside theater and dance. Trial lessons let families test the fit before enrolling.
A 129-year-old Park Slope conservatory offering private lessons, group classes and ensembles for kids, including a Suzuki program for piano, strings, guitar and flute. Music therapy services are also available.
Brooklyn Conservatory's new second Park Slope location, opening fall 2026, adds studio space for kids' private lessons, group classes and ensembles near Grand Army Plaza.
A Gowanus music school with nine studios where kids learn drums, piano, voice, bass and guitar through private lessons and band-style group classes.
A century-old Fort Greene nonprofit where children take private lessons in piano, guitar, voice, violin, brass and drums, plus early-childhood music and youth musical theater. An after-school arts program serves ages 5 to 11.
Brooklyn Youth Chorus trains singers from age 5 through high school in a sequence of divisions, from a playful pre-preparatory class to advanced concert ensembles. Kids learn vocal technique and sight-singing and perform on major stages.
A Brooklyn nonprofit that gives young musicians chances to rehearse and perform together in ensembles led by professional musicians, with concerts during the season.
Building Beats teaches NYC youth DJing and digital music production, using beat-making as a way to build tech skills, confidence and leadership. Programs run after school and at community partner sites.
LittleGotham lists 61 music programs for kids in Brooklyn.
Yes. 2 of 61 are free to attend, including Willie Mae Rock Camp Music Lab, Bargemusic.
60 listings are indoors, such as AudraRox Musical Theater – Prospect Heights, City Sounds Music Together – Brooklyn Brainery, Guitar Center Lessons – Brooklyn.
Williamsburg (6), Bay Ridge (6), Park Slope (6).