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| A NEMA instructor with a student. Photo: submitted |
Located in the Westborough Shopping Plaza, 30 Lyman Street, Suite 50, NEMA welcomes anyone who wants to learn and experience music, to come for a visit, check out a class and “grow together in music.”
NEMA founder Deanna Wong was looking for a music program for her son who was four at the time. She wanted the best of both worlds. She wanted real music theory for her son but didn’t want it to be intimidating, heavy and complex.
“We found a music school that did just that while living in Colorado. They taught a parent-child team where the parent would learn everything with their child and it was real music,” Wong enthusiastically shared. They were learning about quarter notes and time signatures and all elements of music and it was geared toward the young child – the four, five and six-year-old.
When her family moved back to the East Coast, she wanted the same experience for her younger son.
“Every child should have this opportunity,” Wong said, adding, “To have this much fun learning about real music, its foundational.”
Wong was at a turning point in her life and knew that opening her own school was what she wanted to do. She found a curriculum very similar to the one in Colorado which was first and foremost, fun, because that’s how children learn. The New England Music Academy was born.
In business since 2005, NEMA has flourished. It continues to grow and classes fill quickly. They are also continuing to hire experienced teachers to better serve their students’ needs.
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Source: Community Advocate
