Enchanted Garden Studios We offer Judy’s Music for babies, toddlers, twos with parent; theater classes (preschool-Gr. 8) with performances, and music ensemble as well as individual music and voice lessons for all ages and levels (piano, strings, brass, woodwinds, guitar, bass & drums). Opportunities for recital performances, ensembles & recording.
Our History
"The Enchanted Garden" began as a public access television show based on the parent-child music program Judy Hirt-Manheimer developed in 1989 to teach music to a handful of friends and their young children. As interest grew, the class moved from her living room to Ridgefield Parks and Recreation, then to a storefront and in 2000 to its award-winning building at 165 Danbury Road. At its expanded space the Enchanted Garden grew to include comprehensive dance and theater programs; preschool, pre-K, and Twos programs; yoga classes and birthday parties on weekends. Four years later, Judy's sons Noah and Isaac completed their graduate studies in music and joined the team. The Enchanted Garden expanded again in 2004 with the addition of a second facility – a spacious state-of-the-art studio on a two-acre site at 529 Ethan Allen Hwy (Rte. 7). The school could now offer private music and voice lessons, additional dance and drama programs, a recording studio, performance space, and larger parties.
Today
Today the Enchanted Garden is one of the area's premier arts education centers, and for Judy's many contributions to arts education, the Ridgefield Chamber of Commerce awarded her its most prestigious prize – The Chamber Choice Award.
What we Offer
The Enchanted Garden Studios offer arts-based early childhood programs, including Judy’s Music (babies, toddlers, twos), Preschool Prep (2’s and young 3’s), a state-licensed international preschool, gymnastics classes (babies through preschool age), dance and theater classes, private music and voice lessons, yoga for adults, summer programs, a recording studio (including audition videos), and award-winning birthday parties.
How to Register
Visit www.enchantedgardenstudios.com or call 203-894-1987 for individual music and voice lessons as well as theater classes; 203-431-3350 for our preschool, gym and dance programs.
