In March of 1980, Frances Balodis sat at her kitchen table in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, with a clear goal in mind: To create a program that would fulfill the need for quality music education for young children.

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Taking the experience from her education and 21 years of teaching, Frances, along with her husband Gunars, set out to create a comprehensive music education program tailored to the strengths and abilities of young children.

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Today, MYC® has more than 24,000 students annually, 900 teachers, and is taught on 3 continents. More than 400,000 students have attended MYC classes. Over time, the curriculum has been refined, reviewed and mastered to ensure that it is consistent and current with both conservatories and the music industry. Frances and Gunars have since retired and sold the business to their daughter, Olivia Riddell, who along with her husband David, continue to take MYC into the future.

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Through it all, our principles and dream has remained the same:

Music is a gift that lasts a lifetime, and all children and families deserve quality music education.

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MYC is the only early-childhood music education method that integrates and utilizes Conservatory repertoire within our own method, working towards each MYC graduate completing their first piano exam and theory exam.
Each concept that is taught (in MYC), is introduced and supported through the four learning styles (auditory, tactile, analytical and visual) to ensure that every child in MYC has the highest level of success in not only learning each concept, but also being able to apply and manipulate that information as needed.

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