About
Grow Resilient Families offers Music in the Park, a live music class available as a drop-in class or as a six-class pack. It also offers Special Events with guest musicians and partner businesses, Affinity Groups with live music, coffee, and conversation, Birthday Parties with a musician, set list, instruments, and bubble machines, Daycare/School + Library Programming, and the 6-week My Baby's Awake—Now What?! program.
Programs
- Music in the Park — kids age 0-5 · weekly; indoors in winter, outdoors in spring · Live music classes designed to help you and your child connect. Register for a drop-in class or purchase a six-class pack.
- Special Events — kids age 0-5 · Special celebrations with guest musicians and partner businesses.
- Affinity Groups — new parents · Live music class plus good coffee and conversation; groups mentioned include Connecting Dads, Working Moms, Stay-at-Home-Parents, and Rainbow LGBTQIA2s+ Families.
- Birthday Parties — Hire a musician for a birthday or special event; set list, instruments, and bubble machines provided.
- Daycare/School + Library Programming — Recurring, drop-in, or special assembly visits to campuses/sites to enhance social-emotional learning and education through music.
- My Baby's Awake—Now What?! — 6-week program; two-hour sessions weekly · A standalone closed group with private community and education and engagement.
At a glance
- Ages: 0–5 years old
About the provider
The program says it is Sacramento’s joyful music and parenting community. The leadership team includes Jillian Van Ness, Founder and CEO; Hannah Jane Kile; Phoebe Jones; Sage Stanzler; Liz Luu; Olivia Yasmin; Gabby Valero; Caslynn Keune Rodrigues; Neil Nayyar; Andre Fylling; Brittany Thorne; Joel Ginsberg; Corey Oiler; Adam Krüsi-Thom; and Valerie Leddy. Jillian has been a GRF instructor and children’s/family performer since 2022.
Scholarships, sliding scales, and/or payment plans are always available. Classes are inclusively priced per household, not per child. Additional cousins, friends, and children require a separate household ticket. The class pack includes 6 classes over 4 months and is not available for the special 6-week program My Baby's Awake—Now What?!
What families say
“Jillian is truly magic. You feel immediately safe and cared for in her space.” — Brooke, client, parent, and professional doula
Last updated September 24, 2026.
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