Elizabeth Zempel

Music for Babies and Young Children

First Steps in Violin Learning

Music for Babies (approx. 3 months to 2 years)

Music for Young Children (approx. 2½ to 4 years)

This lecture explores age-appropriate approaches to musical development during the earliest years of childhood. Participants will discover practical ideas, songs, movement activities, listening games, and playful learning experiences designed specifically for babies and young children at different stages of development.

The session demonstrates how a joyful and supportive learning environment can nurture musical sensitivity, coordination, concentration, and active participation from the very beginning. It also shows how these early experiences provide a strong foundation for future violin study, helping children develop confidence, enthusiasm, and a lifelong love of music.

About Elizabeth Zempel

Elizabeth Zempel is director of the Falls Baptist Music School and professor at Baptist College of Ministry in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. She studied violin with renowned pedagogue Mimi Zweig and earned her master’s degree in violin performance from Indiana University.

For more than thirty years, Elizabeth has developed a wide-ranging music program that includes private lessons, string orchestras, ensembles, choirs, a symphony orchestra, and early childhood programs such as Music for Babes and Violin for Tots. Her students have won numerous competitions, performed at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago, and established music programs in the USA and abroad.