13 music programs for kids in Queens, 1 free. Early music, instruments, choirs. Includes Guitar Center Lessons – Long Island City and After School Rocks.
This Queens Guitar Center runs private lessons for all ages on guitar, bass, drums, piano, voice and DJ. Kids can rent gear and get instruments set up in the same store.
A Fresh Meadows music program where kids learn rock instruments and vocals and team up in bands to rehearse and perform. It's aimed at school-age students looking for an after-school creative outlet.
An El Sistema-inspired program in Corona where children learn orchestral instruments and sing in choir together, rehearsing several times a week at no cost. Kids perform for families and the wider Queens community.
A historic Flushing landmark presenting global music and jazz performances, monthly jazz jams and hands-on cultural workshops for school groups and families. Kids can hear music traditions from around the world in an intimate hall.
Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning runs 12-week youth music classes, starting with a game-based music and movement class that introduces 4- to 6-year-olds to the piano. Older kids move into piano classes grouped for ages 7-11 and 12-15.
Families with babies through preschoolers meet at Community Church in Jackson Heights to sing, move and play percussion in a Music Together circle. It's a gentle first music class that grown-ups join in on.
Sunnyside families bring babies and toddlers to this Music Together class for songs, chants, instrument play and dancing. The caregiver-and-child format builds early rhythm and singing skills through play.
A second Sunnyside-area Music Together site, held in a ballet studio on Queens Boulevard, where little kids and grown-ups sing and move together. Classes use a rotating song collection with instruments and dances.
A Bayside site for Music Together family classes where little ones sing, dance and play instruments with a parent or caregiver. Classes follow a seasonal song collection that families enjoy at home too.
Babies, toddlers and preschoolers explore rhythm and song with their caregivers in family Music Together classes at The Church in the Gardens. The program also offers Rhythm Kids for older children who want more drumming and movement.
An Astoria studio offering Music Together family classes for babies and preschoolers, Rhythm Kids for older children, and private piano, voice and ukulele lessons for kids 4 and up. It also runs musical birthday parties.
A Bayside-based youth orchestra where young string, wind and percussion players rehearse together and give concerts in Queens. It offers ensemble experience beyond school music programs.
An Astoria piano studio teaching kids and adults in classical, jazz, pop and rock styles. Lessons are available in the studio or online.
LittleGotham lists 13 music programs for kids in Queens.
Yes. 1 of 13 are free to attend, including Corona Youth Music Project.
13 listings are indoors, such as Guitar Center Lessons – Long Island City, After School Rocks, Corona Youth Music Project.
Astoria (2), Bayside (2), Flushing (1).