Very Young Voices of Melbourne

Early Childhood music classes for children aged 0-5 years

About 

  • Ages: 0 - 5 yrs
  • Class times: 9:15am, 10:00am, 10:45am
  • Every Tuesday
  • D.C. Bricker Social Room, Caulfield South
Very Young Young Voices offers quality music education for babies, toddlers and preschoolers, based on the Kodály Philosophy of music education. Benefits of early childhood education include:
Begin to learn fundamentals of music (beat, rhythm, pitch, phrasing, etc) through singing, moving and musical play.
Build a strong foundation for future musical learning.
Develop confidence and turn taking skills.
Develop language, social/emotional, memory, motor skills and more.
Have fun!

Meet the founder

Elizabeth O’Leary

Director of Training Choirs and Very Young Voices of Melbourne

Elizabeth is a passionate music educator, conductor and choral performer. She has a decade of music teaching experience both within schools and in the wider community. Elizabeth is currently the Director of Training Choirs at Young Voices of Melbourne, teaches at Caulfield Grammar School, and is the founder of Very Young Voices of Melbourne, Kodály inspired music classes for children aged 0-5.

In 2019, Elizabeth was awarded the Sarolta Kodály Scholarship to study at the Kodály Institute of the Liszt Academy, where she completed an Advanced Diploma. She was awarded the Australian Kodály Certificate (AKC) in 2012 and is an accredited Kodály lecturer. She is an experienced workshop presenter and has taught musicianship and primary pedagogy as part of the AKC. Elizabeth performs regularly as a soprano and is currently a member of Alta Collective.

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Young Voices of Melbourne Choir high school age children wearing black and red uniform singing and happy.

2024: Year in review

2024 was a big year for all of the choirs of Young Voices of Melbourne, establishing our reputation as one of Australia’s leading youth choirs. After kicking off the year…
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