2025 Registration
Colloquium and Summer Camp registrations are now available.
Our mission is to foster the well-being and development of children and their caregivers, through the study of song and play!
Winter Courses
Courses provide in-depth study and immersion in the practice of Education Through Music (ETM) with master teachers.
Summer Colloquium
Colloquium is a week-long study consisting of daily observation of master teachers working with children, special interest sessions, and the study of child development from the latest research in neuroscience.
Fine Arts Day Camps
Camps offer a week-long experience designed for adults and children to participate together in music, art, and storytelling.
Video: Introduction to Education Through Music (ETM)
Learn more about the winter courses, the summer colloquium, and family fine arts day camps by watching this video.
Please consider a gift to the Institute today!
Some of the ways your fully tax deductible contribution to the Richards Institute will assist our work:- Offering seminars for teachers, administrators and other caregivers of children;
- Providing colloquia on issues and topics affecting the current education of the child;
- Conducting research on learning styles, brain development and other topics;
- Hosting speakers on subjects affecting the education of young children worldwide;
- Helping others discover and apply contemporary understanding of learning, motivation and cognitive development;
- Providing scholarships to "at-risk" children to attend an ETM Summer Day Camp;
- Providing scholarships to early-childhood educators to attend ETM courses.
Click link below to donate or send check payable to:
Richards Institute
PO Box 3029
Napa, CA 94558