Ready to play all year long?

A Year of Musical Play is a perpetual September-to-August calendar filled with daily prompts to bring creativity, imagination, and joyful exploration into music lessons and classrooms.

Designed for teachers and students of all instruments, these short, flexible invitations encourage improvisation, composition, movement, listening, storytelling, musical expression, and more. Follow the calendar day by day, or choose whichever prompt sparks your students’ curiosity!

Because the calendar is not tied to a particular year, you can print it, display it, and return to it again and again. Each monthly page also features an original reflection on play-based music learning by Bronwyn Schuman.

Download your copy and enjoy a whole year of imagining, exploring, creating, and “playing” music!