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Did you see the January 29, 2012 article on The Milk Truck in The Republic, that quotes Director Daisy Klaber Miksch?
Thanks for joining us for our award-winning, pajamas-optional 'Jammie Jam family sing-alongs at Highmark First Night Pittsburgh 2012! Details
Psst--use the code NEW2HBC when you order from Pittsburgh-owned Happy Baby Company's online store (here), and you'll save 10% on a total of $30 or more, with free shipping!
Click here to add your family music-making photo to Our Household Harmony between now and February 14, 2012, and you'll be automatically entered in our fifteenth random drawing for a $25 Gift Certificate.
Glad you joined The Milk Truck and us for a FREE, Pajamas-optional 'Jammie Jam Family Sing-Along at the Ayia Page Community Center in Braddock, at noon on Saturday, October 29. And thanks for bringing a new pair of children's pajamas to donate! Details
Thanks for visiting us, and The Milk Truck, at A Mother's Boutique on Thursday, October 27 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM, for a breastfeeding-themed pumpkin carving contest!
Thanks for hangin' with us, and The Milk Truck, at the Pittsburgh Mini Maker Faire! We were at the Children's Museum on Sunday, October 23 from noon to 6:00 PM.
Thanks for joining us at 12:00 noon on Saturday, October 8 for Happy Baby Company's Booby Baking Contest in honor of The Milk Truck (and breastfeeding) and Breast Cancer Awareness Month. There were prizes, including one from Household Harmony!
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Did you catch director Daisy Klaber Miksch, and creator of The Milk Truck, Jill Miller, on the 105.9 FM The X morning show on Friday, October 7? They were talking about the mobile breastfeeding support that The Milk Truck provides, and they played Are You Smarter Than. . .
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$25 for a $50 Household Harmony gift certificate! Details
Did you hear about the new 4:00 PM Monday class that we're holding at Sterling Yoga in Dormont this winter?
We gave one lucky family a FREE pair of tickets to WYEP 91.3 FM's Rock the Block party on September 17, featuring Fountains of Wayne! Visit us on Facebook or Twitter to enter our next drawing.
As a new Board member at The Milk Truck, Household Harmony director Daisy Klaber Miksch participated in Pittsburgh City Council's ceremony on September 13, 2011, when they issued an official proclamation naming it Milk Truck Day. She was also at The Milk Truck's debut, as part of the Warhol Museum's Pittsburgh Biennial exhibition on September 17, 2011.
We're on Twitter now. First 10 Followers take $10 off their next class registration!
Registration for our 10-week Fall 2011 Session of mixed-age Music Together family classes is still open!
Breastfeeding Moms and Supporters: Thanks for participating in The Big Latch-on at 9:30 AM on Saturday, August 6, at A Mother's Boutique in Wexford. Did you win the raffle prize we donated?
Thanks for joining us at our FREE family sing-along at Pittsburgh Public Market on Friday, July 15!
Household Harmony made a $350 donation to public art project The Milk Truck, in support of mothers who breastfeed their children. Want to help us back this project?
Did you know that Household Harmony director Daisy Klaber Miksch completed Jim Donovan's Rhythm Renewal Drumming Facilitator/Teacher Training on June 26, 2011?
Have you seen Pittsburgh pop band Donora's new video for their hit "The Chorus," featuring some Household Harmony kids?
FREE Memorial Day March-Along Parade at 710 Gypsy Lane, 15228 Cheer on the "pros," or join in! This 65-year-old, play-along tradition is the perfect way to celebrate the holiday with your family. Decorate your bike or stroller; wear a patriotic costume; bring your own musical instruments or borrow ours. It's all FREE--including popsicles, donuts and coffee! RSVP
Grab your slippers (and your kids) and join us for a big, fun, FREE sing-along, dance-along, play-along 'Jammie Jam at the WYEP Community Broadcast Center on the South Side at 6:00 PM on May 22! All ages and pajama styles welcome. RSVP
Did you catch the article about our intergenerational Music Together classes in The Asbury News?
March 14: For every Music Together with Household Harmony class registration we received this week, we donated $5 to the American Red Cross, in support of disaster relief efforts in Japan. Details
March is Sing With Your Child Month! Visit for videos, giveaways, music-making ideas and more.
Due to overwhelming interest in our 10:30 AM Sunday class, we've added an 11:30 AM Sunday class on the South Side, at WYEP!
Did you see Household Harmony dad Jeff Sanger's article in Music Together's Winter Family Newsletter?
Winter 2011 Session families who registered for the Spring 2011 Session by March 1 got a guaranteed spot in class, and they'll receive a special gift! Spring session registration is open to the public as of March 2.
Wish you had more room in the budget to join us for a Music Together family class? Drop somebody a hint!
Did you catch the article in Upper St. Clair Patch, about our intergenerational Music Together classes at Asbury Heights in Mt. Lebanon?
Due to overwhelming interest in our 10:30 AM class, we've added an 11:30 AM Friday class in Upper St. Clair at the C & RC!
Take a look at our new article in online parenting magazine Rhythm of the Home!
Did you hear? We presented four Music Together family sing-alongs at First Night Pittsburgh!
Director Daisy Klaber Miksch attended a workshop in Pittsburgh with Music Together program co-author Lili M. Levinowitz, PhD. She presented a teacher training session here on February 4-6, 2011. Want to join us next year? Attend an introductory six-hour portion for just $150, and you'll study the research behind what we do, and learn how it benefits our families. Or take the whole workshop--for credits if you'd like!
We appreciate your voting for Household Harmony Sing-Along Parties for a 2010 Nickelodeon Parents' Picks Award. With your participation, we've won!
Have you checked out our new Intergenerational Music-Making Photo Gallery?
We gave two FREE tickets to WYEP 91.3 FM's benefit party, Rock the Block 2010, to the winner of a random-drawing Facebook contest!
Did you hear about our new intergenerational Music Together family class at Asbury Heights in Mt. Lebanon?
Check out some photos of our FREE family sing-along and interactive drum circle at Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership's Friday KidsPlay event in Market Square on August 20, 2010!
Have you read this August 14, 2010 Science News article about "communicative musicality"?
Have you seen the photos (here and here) from the interactive family drum circle and maraca-making activities that we presented at The 13th Annual WYEP Summer Music Festival?
New Music Together Audio Samples here!
Have you seen the fascinating documentary film BABIES? One of the four families featured goes to a Music Together class in San Francisco!
Have you checked out all the fun, free events we have planned for this summer? View our event calendar, and check out all these sites, too.
Have you read the March 24, 2010 Almanac article about the new intergenerational Music Together family class that Household Harmony is offering at assisted-living facility, The Grand Residence at Upper St. Clair?
Have you seen the "'Hello Song' Around the World" video featuring Music Together families from all over the planet?
Do you know the Music Together story, about the "Happy Birthday" song?
Did you know that Music Together LLC has released two award-winning Family Favorites compilation CDs and an award-winning all-lullabies album?
Want to play a fun Music Together game as a family? Click here to find out if you can hear the musical instrument that matches the name of each song collection.
Click here to find out about the Music Together Preschool program that Household Harmony brings to inclusion classes at The Early Learning Institute's South Hills and Penn Center preschools.
Have you checked out the new Music Together Experts blog?
Have you taken a look at this Caucus New Jersey TV interview with Music Together founder Ken Guilmartin? Music-making supports all learning, and it's fun!
Did you hear that Household Harmony director Daisy Klaber Miksch was honored in November of 2009 as one of Pittsburgh Magazine and PUMP's 40 Under 40?
Did you see (at 1:58) Amy Poehler's July 24, 2009 Late Show with David Letterman appearance, when she described what it's like to attend Music Together classes with Will Arnett's and her (then) eight-month-old son?
Did you see our 'Jammie Jam coverage in June 25, 2009's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette?
Click here for the Spring 2010 issue of Notes from Household Harmony.
Click here to read a January, 2009 article by director Daisy Klaber Miksch in the Expectant Mother's Guide to Pittsburgh about bonding as a family.
Did you know you can support WYEP just by shopping? Visit the WYEP Amazon.com store and select the category "Music Together @ WYEP's Daisy Klaber Recommends" to find some great gift ideas for young children and the grownups who love them.
Click here to visit an online store called Little Lovees that will give Household Harmony credit each time you place an order. Please just use this code in the 'name of company' section: HouseholdHarmonyMT. The store's owner, former Music Together Center Director Betsy Murphy, has also offered Household Harmony families $10 off any $100 order, with this checkout code: MTenOff. Household Harmony will be able to use the credits you earn us, in order to buy new instruments for our classes!
Click here to read articles in the Music Together Archives.
Click here to read a January, 2009 article from MSNBC.com on babies' rhythmic development.
Click here to read a November 23, 2008 NPR: This I Believe essay by legendary composer, artist, activist and producer Brian Eno, about the human benefits of singing together.
Click here to read a July 13, 2008 article in The Boston Globe about music and the child's brain.
Click here to read, in Rolling Stone's February 21, 2008 issue, about why Stephen Malkmus (The Jicks, Pavement) says he's a Music Together dad.
Click here to read an article about Music Together, and the cultural differences reflected in music and music-making, from the January/February, 2008 issue of the Utne Reader.
Click here to read a December 31, 2006 neuroscience article in The New York Times about the effects of experiencing live music.
Click here to read about Household Harmony in Mt. Lebanon Magazine's November 2006 issue.
Click here to read about Music Together in the Greater Pittsburgh Montessori Society Fall 2006 Newsletter, Montessori Messenger.
Click here to read about music and babies in a June, 2006 Packet Magazine article.
Click here to read about "The Magic of Music" with respect to pre-verbal language development for babies in Newton Magazine.
Click here to read what various researchers say about the Health Benefits of Making Music.
Click here to read a Music Together teacher's interview with Don Campbell, author of The Mozart Effect.
Click here to read the Music Together story in a 2005 Mercer Business Magazine article.
Click here to read what the National Association for the Education of Young Children says about the benefits of music-making.
Click here to read about The Music-Movement Connection in Early Childhood.