Creative Music (Saturday)
Children & Teens | Available
Dive into the world of music and movement in this creative hybrid class! Students explore foundational concepts in both music and dance through singing, storytelling, playing percussion instruments, and expressive movement. BrainDance and music-based activities support coordination, rhythm, and confidence. Creativity and self-expression are nurtured as students make meaningful connections between sound and motion!
- Clothing: Dress for comfort and ease of movement. Dance clothes such as leotards, footless tights, sweatpants/shorts, leggings, t-shirts, dance skirts, etc. Students dance in bare feet.
Franny Finstrom
Franny Finstrom (she/her) is an educator and musician who specializes in early childhood music education. She believes it is the birthright of every human to express themselves through music and dance.
Franny graduated from Northern Illinois University with Bachelor's of Music degrees in both music education and piano performance. She continued her music studies in Hungary at the Kodály Institute of the Liszt Academy of Music with emphasis on early childhood music education, piano pedagogy, and research on the influence of music on language development in young children. In 2013, Franny presented her lecture entitled, "Expanding the Kodály Vision: Folk Music and Whole Child Education" at the International Kodály Symposium in Kecskemét, Hungary. From 2022-2024, she was an associate director for Seattle Children’s Chorus, teaching their Early Childhood Music classes in Shoreline. In addition to her experience teaching piano lessons, music theory, and early childhood music, Franny also has classroom experience as a Montessori preschool teacher as well as experience teaching integrated curriculum with music and other subjects. Her passion for developing high-quality, developmentally-enriching music lessons brought her to Creative Dance Center where she is integrating her own expertise and experience in teaching music with Brain-Compatible Dance Education and BrainDance. Franny attended CDC’s Summer Dance Institute for Teachers in July 2024. She lives in Seattle with her husband and two children.