North Herts Music Classes
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."
AUTUMN TERM 2025
TERM DATES:
Special autumn offer: 3 classes for £20
Classes run from Monday 8th September - Friday 19th December inclusive with a half term break, detailed below. The term length is 13 weeks for weekday classes and 11 weeks for Saturday classes. Weekday fees are £9.50 a session for the first child and £4.75 for a sibling. Saturday Classes are £10 a class for the first child and £5 for a sibling. A Christmas party gift supplement of £6.50 per child is also included in this term's fees).
| Day | Times | Age Band | No classes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 09:30 | 2.5 years - rising 5 | 13th, 27th Oct |
| Mon | 10:30 | 6 - 30 months includes Part B of Nurturing Musicality Course | 13th, 27th Oct |
| Tues | 9:30 | 2 years - rising 5 | 21st, 28th Oct |
| Tues | 10:30 | 0 - 24 months includes Part A and B of Nurturing Musicality Course | 21st, 28th Oct |
| Wed | 09:30 | 2 years - rising 5 | 22nd, 29th Oct |
| Wed | 10:30 | 0 - 24 months | 22nd, 29th Oct |
| Fri | 09:30 | 2 years - rising 5 | 24th, 31st Oct |
| Fri | 10:30 | 0 - 24 months | 24th, 31st Oct |
| Sat | 09:20 | 2.5 years - rising 5 | 20th Sep, 25th Oct, 1st Nov |
| Sat | 10:20 | 3 - 30 months | 20th Sep, 25th Oct, 1st Nov |
Topics
Sep - Oct 2025: General Topic - Sea; Advanced Topic - World Instruments
Nov - Dec 2025: General Topic - Animals; Advanced Topic - The Carnival of the Animals
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.
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.
| Day | Times | Age Band |
|---|---|---|
| Mon | 09:30 | 2.5 years - rising 5 |
| Mon | 10:30 | 12 - 30 months |
| Mon | 11:45 | 0 - 12 months Nurturing Babies' Musicality Course |
| Wed | 09:30 | 2 years - rising 5 |
| Wed | 10:30 | 0 - 24 months |
| Fri | 09:30 | 2 years - rising 5 |
| Fri | 10:30 | 0 - 24 months |
| Sat | 09:20 | 2.5 years - rising 5 |
| Sat | 10:20 | 3 - 30 months |
Topics
Jan - Feb 2025: General Topic - Nursery Rhymes; Advanced Topic - Chime Bars
Mar - Apr 2025: General Topic - Teddies; Advanced Topic - Keyboards
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
