Little Notes Amsterdam

Baby, toddler and pre-school music in Amsterdam, Almere and The Hague

Live classes are up and running

Covid update 8th October 2020
Since December 15th the lockdown has meant that Little Notes is no longer able to give live classes, we have missed sharing music with all our families enormously and look forward to the day when we can do so once again. We hope to be back to live classes in the Autumn term depending on the Covid restrictions at that time. For the time being if you are interested in classes in the future please sign up to our newsletter and join us on instagram and facebook, where you will find the latest most up to date info and special offers for when classes will once again start.

Little Notes in Amsterdam, Almere and The Hague offers the best start for you and your baby, toddler or pre-school child to be inspired by real live music and learn to grow to love music right from the start. Our music classes are now running on Mondays and Wednesdays in Amsterdam and on Tuesdays in Almere and and will launch soon in The Hague, scroll down for booking and venue info. Designed and delivered by musicians wanting to bring the very best to the very young, our fun sessions are bursting with live music, always delivered by a talented musician and are an eye opening experience for any pre-school child. You'll explore an eclectic mix of music across our rich curriculum. Sessions will be mostly led in English with a little Dutch thrown into the mix.
Drop us an email, if you'd like to make contact ahead of a class, or if you'd like to learn more about what to expect from our classes and the age ranges we work with, do have a look around the rest of our website. If you have further questions do check out our FAQs on our About page..

Little Notes in Amsterdam, Almere and The Hague is operated as a Little Notes franchise, operating under the ownership of Francesca Clements, Andre Franquinweg 40, 1336MA Almere, Netherlands. Francesca comes from the UK, is an internationally renowned musician and teacher and has lived in Amsterdam for the last 9 years.

The Team

Francesca Clements: Recorder/ piano/ flute/ ukulele

Francesca Clements, B Mus (Hons), MMus

Francesca loves to make music and enjoys singing, sometimes playing ukulele, flute or piano too. But, above all, Francesca is one of the world’s biggest fans of the recorder. She has spent many years studying recorder performance, first in the UK and then flying over the sea to continue her musical studies at the Amsterdam Conservatory. Graduating with a specialised masters, her method “Electro Recorder Lab” was nominated for the Amsterdam School Of The Arts graduation prize.
Francesca now gives performances throughout Europe and the USA, appearing on the BBC, Dutch TV show Vrije Geluiden, Radio 4 in Holland and radio WQXR in New York. She plays with the renowned 11-piece renaissance recorder consort the ‘Royal Wind Music’ and Duo Soinua, a special combination of Accordion and Recorder. Francesca helps to organise ORDA (Open Recorder Days Amsterdam) a festival bringing together recorder players from all over the world.
A passionate teacher, Francesca loves to encourage recorder players of all ages and abilities. Francesca has really enjoyed giving concerts across Amsterdam to youngsters aged 0-4, with the Memorable Moments Foundation. It is this experience of sharing music with the very young that has inspired Francesca to launch Little Notes Amsterdam, enabling her to regularly make music with local families and share live music with them right from the start.

Francesca Clements: Recorder/ piano/ flute/ ukulele

Venues

Almere

CKV courses take place inside the following venue:

KAF (Kunstlinie Almere Flevoland):
Esplanade 10
1315 TA Almere
Classes run on Tuesdays from 29th September with online booking available from early September in the booking section above.
ckvalmere.nl

Class time:

10.20 – 11.00 4 months to 4 years (Family Class)

Why not connect with our social media and join our mailing list below to keep in touch with the latest news.

Amsterdam: Boezemvriend

Starting 28th September 2020, classes take place on Mondays during term time at:

Class times:

10.45 – 11.25 2 – 4 Years

11.40 – 12.20 1 – 2 Years

13.00 – 13.40 0 – 12 months

Boezemvriend

Overtoom 205
1054 HT Amsterdam
—
Online booking opens early September.

Travel info

From Oost: Take tram number 1 from Amsterdam Muiderpoort Station direction Osdorp De Aker

From Centre: Take Tram 11 from Amsterdam Centraal direction Surinameplein

Driving: there is no onsite parking but you can usually find a parking space on Vondelstraat or Anna van Den Vondelstraat

Why not connect with our social media and join our mailing list below to keep in touch with the latest news.

The Hague (Coming soon)

Coming Soon

Connect with our social media and join our mailing list below to keep in touch with the latest news about when classes will launch in The Hague.

The more interest we have the sooner classes might start, so why not also drop us an email at amsterdam@littlenotes.co.uk
or call +31 62 9437 684

Benefits of music education

There are so many reasons for families to connect each week with a real musician playing real instruments.

Learn more

"Your love and passion for sharing music shines in every session. It is in some ways hard to put into words what we love so much about Little Notes classes, but I think it is probably all summed up as "a bubble of musical love"

Lynfa-Sian

"Really enjoyed it and my daughter was amazed at listening to real instruments!"

Claudia

"I could never be without my little notes class - it is the one permanent fixture in my week. I have even arranged my return to work days around my regular class! Every child's first experience of music should be Little Notes."

Lynne

"Excellent quality music class for toddlers. More than just a 'sing along'!"

Hannah

Contact Us

E: amsterdam@littlenotes.co.uk
T: +31 62 9437 684