Nightingale Music School

Nightingale Music School offers early childhood music classes, music camps, parties, and group instrumental lessons where children take part in activities such as ukulele class, keyboard class, and a Movers & Groovers dance class. The program also includes a bilingual sensory, movement, music and play class, as well as an art & culture class. Nightingale Early Childhood Music Classes combine traditional nursery songs, classical music, and rock-n-roll with creative movement, games, and percussion instrument playing.

• Ages: 0–11 years old
• Schedule: “Splash Into Summer” music classes run July 6–August 30 as an 8-week session

Nightingale Music School offers music classes and enrichment programs for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and elementary age students throughout San Diego County. Each 8-week session has its own theme and theme-related songs, and the rhythm of the classes stays consistent from week to week and session to session. The program focuses on the ability to keep a steady beat, sing in tune, and respond expressively to music as fundamental goals. Nightingale has a generous makeup policy for missed classes, and visiting family members and friends are welcomed to watch or participate in class.

Nightingale Music School was established in La Jolla, California in September 2002, and the program at Nightingale has been running for over 20 years. The owner is Jennifer, and named staff include Yuru Lameda, who teaches the Bilingual Sensory Play and Art and Culture Class, and Fancy Nancy, who teaches Movers & Groovers Dance Classes and infant/toddler music classes, with Rosie also mentioned by name. Classes are led by warm and welcoming teachers, many of whom have some form of early education training or experience teaching or working with children in their full-time jobs.

Parent testimonials describe Nightingale Music as a play-based, child-focused early music education series whose quality and consistency are described as unmatched in San Diego County. Parents report that infant/toddler music classes are a highlight of their week, with a variety of props and instruments used every class and a hands-on format. One parent notes that their child has been consistently enrolled since 14 months old and, at two and a half, can sing a solfege scale on pitch and understands fundamentals such as rhythm, tempo, and dynamics. Another parent shares that their children have progressed to keyboard class, with one child reading music and playing with both hands. Multiple testimonials mention that families have re-enrolled for additional 8-week sessions and that the makeup policy allows them to miss a class when needed.

Last updated June 16, 2026.