Let's Play Music is:

  • a full musicianship course for students beginning between ages 5–6 (age 4 accepted with approval);
  • a fun way to learn music and keyboard skills through solfege hand signs, folk songs, games, movement, and creativity;
  • complete music education including music theory, listening, and playing instruments, including keyboards;
  • a progressive three year program.

Students that complete Let's Play Music will be ready to enjoy the challenges and benefits of private music lessons for any instrument, including voice, with confidence!

2023–2024 School Schedule

Fall Semester 2023
August 21 — December 15
​(No lessons September 4, October 11–13, October 31, November 10, and November 20–24)
August 14–17 — Parent Orientation
Spring Semester 2024
January 16 — May 17
Mondays
4:00–4:55 p.m. — ​Year 2 (Section A)
5:05–6:00 p.m. — Year 2 (Section B)
Tuesdays
3:50–4:45 p.m. — ​Year 3 (Section A)
4:55–5:50 p.m. — Year 3 (Section B)
​6:00—6:50 p.m. — Year 3 (Section C)
Wednesdays
3:00–4:00 p.m. Presto I (Section A)
4:10–5:10 p.m. Presto I (Section B)
​5:20–6:20 p.m. Presto I ​(Section C)
Thursdays
4:00–4:45 p.m. Year 1 (Section A)
4:55–5:40 p.m. Year 1 (Section B)
Visit a class for half price!

Year 1: Red Balloons / Blue Bugs

​Classes taught by Miss Nicola
Classes start August 24, 2023*
Section A: Thursdays 4:00–4:45 p.m.
Section B: Thursdays 4:55–5:40 p.m.
​*Mandatory Parent Orientation meeting Thursday, August 17 (same time as class)
Class Description:
  • 45 minute group class (limited to 8 students)
  • 15 weekly lessons per semester
  • 2 semesters per year
  • Parent/caregiver attends with student every other week
Skills Taught:
  • Solfege hand signs
  • Rhythm reading and performing
  • Staff reading and tone bell playing
  • Chord playing
  • Classical music listening
Non-refundable Annual Registration Fee: $25
Annual Tuition: $540 (ten monthly payments of $54)
​One-time Materials Fee paid to LPM: $91 ​(Sibling sets available)

​Classes taught by Miss Nicola

Year 2: Green Turtle Shells / Yellow Arrows

​Classes taught by Miss Krystle
Classes start August 21, 2023*
Section A: Mondays 4:00–4:55 p.m. 
Section B: Mondays 5:05–6:00 p.m.
*Mandatory Parent Orientation meeting Tuesday, August 14 (same time as class)
​Class Description:
  • 55 minute group class (limited to 7 students)
  • 15 weekly lessons per semester
  • 2 semesters per year
  • Parent/caregiver attends with student once a month
Skills Taught:
  • Playing cadences and scales on piano
  • Playing chords while singing
  • Recognizing intervals and chords by ear
  • Reading intervals and chords on the staff​
Non-refundable Annual Registration Fee: $25
Annual Tuition: $630 (ten monthly payments of $63)
One-time Materials Fee paid to LPM: $72 ​(Sibling sets available)

​Classes taught by Miss Krystle

Year 3: Purple Magic / Orange Roots

​Classes taught by Miss Clara
Classes start August 22, 2023*
Section A: Tuesdays 3:50–4:45 p.m. 
Section B: Tuesdays 4:55–5:50 p.m.
Section C: ​Tuesdays 6:00—6:55 p.m.
​*Mandatory Parent Orientation meeting Tuesday, August 15 (same time as class)
​Class Description:
  • 55 minute group class (limited to 5 students)
  • 15 weekly lessons per semester
  • 2 semesters per year
  • Parent/caregiver attends with student once a month
Skills Taught:
  • Play cadences and scales in 5 different keys
  • 3/4 and 4/4 time signatures
  • Classical form, ABA, and theme/variations
  • Improvisation, transposition, composition​
Non-refundable Annual Registration Fee: $25
Annual Tuition: $730 (ten monthly payments of $73)
One-time Materials Fee paid to LPM: $79 (Sibling sets available)

​Classes taught by Miss Clara
Refer a friend and get your registration fee waived!
​Ask me for details.
Meet the Teachers
Nicola Cullen
​Year 1
I was born into a family of musicians, and could read music before I could read books. My paternal grandmother performed at the Organ Pavilion in San Diego and worked her entire life as a professional musician. My maternal grandfather was a tower bell change ringer and worked at the Taylor Bell Foundry. My father was one of the founding members of the San Diego Master Chorale. Music is in my blood! By age 6, I was performing on violin in church and community events. At 11, I took up the oboe. I joined the San Diego Youth Symphony at 12, and at 16 was a member of the youth symphony, the San Diego Youth Orchestra, the La Mesa Community Band, and did sit in work with the San Diego Symphony. While in graduate school, I rang changes on the tower bells twice weekly at the Washington National Cathedral and the Old Post Office Tower in Washington DC. In my adult years, teaching became my musical outlet, and I taught the Starter Strings program (violin, viola, cello, and bass) in Pleasant Plains, Illinois, and was an instructor with the Sangamon Valley Youth Symphony, from 2012 until our relocation. I am so excited to join Infusing Music Studios as a Let’s Play Music instructor, introducing the joy of early music education to your children.
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In my other life, I am a palynologist (I study fossilized pollen!) and have worked for 20 years as the data steward for the Neotoma Paleoecology Database. I love the outdoors, hiking, swimming, kayaking, and all things under the sun. I have two dogs and a flock of silly chickens, plus a couple of sweet humans who call me “mom”. I look forward to a fun season of music, play, and learning with you and your children. 
Krystle Stevens
Year 2
Music has always been a big part of my life. My parents passed on their love for music to my five siblings and me when they created our family band. My first performance was at age 2 ½ singing “Little Bunny Foo Foo” for a variety show with my oldest sister. They say I stole the show, but what toddler on stage wouldn’t!? We would practice during the school year and then travel across the country every summer and perform.
At about age five, I started to learn the piano and as I grew older, I added a little bit of percussion, then the french horn, mellophone, and trumpet. I dabbled with the viola and the guitar, but that was short lived as wind instruments simply came more naturally to me. I went to community college in northeastern Arizona on a jazz band scholarship and had a great time writing my own piano parts for the songs we would play. I married a musician who was one of my best friends in our high school marching band and while our primary careers have not been in the field of music, we have continued to play and share our love for this art with our three children.
Still young at heart, I am so excited to bring the absolute fun side of music to preschool aged children in our Flagstaff community through the Sound Beginnings Program.
Clara McDonald
​Year 3
My passion is music education. I have 25 years of combined private and classroom teaching experience and a B.A. in Music Education. I have directed, accompanied, and participated in choirs, bands, orchestras, worship teams, and handbell choirs. Over the years I have played for recitals, weddings, funerals, art shows, recordings, accompanied vocalists, given solo recitals, adjudicated competitions, and worked as the administrator for a conservatory of arts program. I opened Infusing Music Studios in 2015 where I teach private piano and flute lessons as well as rent space to other teachers of various instruments. We serve over 100 students each week from the Flagstaff and surrounding communities.

​In addition to making music of all kinds I enjoy running, cooking, knitting, the outdoors, homeschooling, cultivating friendships, watching movies, and traveling. (Oh, and did I mention that I like chocolate?)
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I would love to help your child discover the amazing world of music!
Questions? Want to visit a class​?
Call Clara McDonald at 928.606.2489 or email letsplaymusic@infusingmusicstudios.com