Forest City Music Studio

Forest City Music Studio serves Rockford, IL and surrounding areas with quality music education through Kindermusik and private lessons.

We are so excited to announce the addition of Violin, Viola, and Cello lessons at Forest City Music Studio!! We are blessed to welcome Delle Peterson to our staff and she is thrilled to be part of FCMS. See her bio to learn more about her extensive experience and qualifications!

We are also taking new students for other private lessons. We offer private piano, voice, and guitar lessons to students of all ages. Call today to get a spot!

The Winter/Spring Kindermusik Semester will be available on-line November 15th! Watch the website to get registered early for the upcoming semester!"

Check out out our new Blog at www.forestcitymusicstudio.blogspot.com !

Why Kindermusik?

While other popular activities like dance, gymnastics and soccer do provide certain benefits, only participation in Kindermusik promises more life-impacting growth in all areas of your child’s development – including cognitive, physical, emotional, language and social development – for now and for life!


Activity Benefits	Kindermusik	Dance / Gymnastics	Organized Sports
Develops social skills through group interaction	X	X	X
Provides for physical development	X	X	X
Gives parents a chance to socialize	X	X	X
Builds self esteem	X	X	X
Prepares child for possible future as an athlete	X	X	X
Prepares child for a future dance career	X	X	-
Leads child toward a lifetime of joyful music making	X	-	-
Provides a flexible, but structured routine	X	-	-
Enhances brain development for other skills like spatial and complex reasoning, listening & reading	X	-	-
Allows a child to creatively express & explore individual strengths with art, vocal, dance & instrumental activities	X	-	-
Improves memory and the ability to learn new information	X	-	-
Develops a child's language and auditory skills	X	-	-
Is process, not performance based	X	-	-
Supports the home as the most important environment for learning	X	-	-
At Home materials make the weekly experience live at home again and again	X	-	-

During difficult and stretching economic times, parents try to make wise and educated decisions for their children's development. The chart below compares average tuition prices, for popular children's activities, in the Rockford area.

Swimming Lessons	$15/class
Dance Classes	$13/class
Gymnastics	$12.40/class
Kindermusik	$10.20/class

In addition, some businesses require the family to pay a yearly membership fee along with tuition for classes. This membership is often quite costly to the family. At Forest City Music Studio, there is no annual membership fee!

Experience a Kindermusik Class FREE!
Visit a Kindermusik class FREE!!! Come see what the program is about when you participate in a class on us. See our class schedule to choose a class to visit or call for special demo classes that will be held before the semester starts.