The Music Train

North Herts Music Classes

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Andrea Lee

07944 759007

email: andrea.lee@musictrain.co.uk

Andrea founded The Music Train in 1995, and the organisation soon grew to cater for 1000 children a week, operating at that size for many years.

As well as being fun, The Music Train classes are highly educational. Andrea has a Masters Degree specifically in Early Years Music Education and Leadership as well as a PGCE in Kodaly based Early Childhood Music which means our programme is based on solid founations.

In 2024 we were selected to become an official Partner of Hertfordshire County Music Service, providing consultancy and training for their new Early Years Music programme. Andrea has also in the past, trained each of the Music Train teachers and written the current teaching programme.

Andrea is passionate that every child should be given the opportunity to develop their innate musicality to its fullest potential and a number of her pupils, taught over the past thirty years, have gone on to perform in West End shows and start careers in music. Most recently we have trained one of our early pupils to deliver EY music herself as a County Music Teacher.

Parents have said and written many lovely things about our classes over the years but this little quote sums it up, "She makes the class so much fun, and without any effort my boys have gained fantastic music ability which is helping them in so many ways."

SPRING TERM 2026

TERM DATES:

Classes run from Friday 2nd January - Thursday 2nd April inclusive with a half term break, w/c 16th February. The term length is 12 weeks. Fees from January 2026 will be £10.00 a session for the first child and £5.00 for a sibling.

New families are encouraged to book a single trial session before committing to the term.

Topics

Jan - Feb 2026: General Topic - Nursery Rhymes; Advanced Topic - Chime Bars

Mar - Apr 2026: General Topic - Teddies; Advanced Topic - Keyboards

SUMMER TERM 2026

TERM DATES:

Weekday Classes: Monday 20th April - Friday 24th July. Classes WILL take place on the first May Day bank holiday 4th May. There is an extended half term break with no classes 15th May - 27th May.

New families are encouraged to book a single trial session before committing to the term.

Topics

Apr - May 2026: General Topic - Farmyard; Advanced Topic - Stringed Instruments

Jun - Jul 2026: General Topic - Gardens; Advanced Topic - Musical Contrasts

SUMMER HOLIDAY CLASSES 2026

We will be running a 5 week programme on Mondays and Wednesdays during July - August 2026. Watch this space for more details coming soon ...

Location

Mrs Howard Memorial Hall, Norton Way South, (off Hillshott), Letchworth, Hertfordshire, SG6 1NX. There is a paid for car park adjacent or 3 hours free parking at Morrisons, a 5 minutes walk away with a buggy. Weekday classes are held in the upstairs Underwood Room. Saturday classes are sometimes in the upstairs Underwood Room and sometimes in the Main Hall. Look for the signboard outside the relevant entrance.

Cancelled classes

We regret that if classes have to be cancelled due to force majeure such as snow, or on specific medical advice, they cannot be refunded.

Letchworth, Hertfordshire Early Years Music Classes for babies, toddlers and preschoolers 0-5