Music Tree program has been recognized by Prof. Lori from Teachers College affiliated to Columbia University. Look what she commented on Music Tree! 

The Music Tree program from Makino Music is built on a child-centered approach that offers both students and classroom teachers space for their own creative play. Activities are designed to invite a variety of participation styles and modalities rather than demanding adherence to a single model. I was impressed with the simplicity and evocative qualities of the materials, and the goal of integrating musical experiences in the everyday lives of young children in school. 

Lori A. Custodero

Associate Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University 

New York, New York USA

Attach the brief introduction to Prof. Lori. 

Educational Background

Bachelor of Music, University of Redlands

M.A., California State University

D.M.A., University of Southern California

Scholarly Interests 

Music in the lives of young children and families. 

Contextual influences on music learning. 

Musical engagement and development.

Selected Publications

Custodero, L. A. Britto, P. R., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (2003).  Musical lives: A collective portrait of American families. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 24(5). 553-572.

Custodero, L. A., & Johnson Green, E. A. (2003). Passing the cultural torch: Musical experience and musical parenting of infants. Journal of Research in Music Education, 51(2), 102-114.

Custodero, L. A. (2003). Perceptions of challenge: A longitudinal investigation of children's music learning. Arts and Learning, 19, 23-53.

Custodero, L. A. (2002).  The musical lives of young children: Inviting, seeking, initiating. Journal of Zero-to-Three. 23(1), 4-9.

Custodero, L. A., Britto, P. R., & Xin, T. (2002).  From Mozart to Motown, lullabies to love songs: A preliminary report on the Parents Use of Music with Infants Survey. Journal of Zero-to-Three 23(1), 41-46.

Custodero, L. (2002). Seeking challenge, finding skill: Flow experience in music education. Arts Education and Policy Review, 103 (3), 3-9.

Custodero, L. & Williams, L. (2000). Music for everyone: Creating contexts for possibility in early childhood education. Early Childhood Connections, 6 (4) 36-43.

Custodero, L.  (1998).  Observing flow in young people's music learning.  General Music Today, 12 (1), 21-27.

Csikszentmihalyi, M. & Custodero, L. A. (2002). Forward. In T. Sullivan & L. Willingham, Eds.  Creativity and music education (pp xiv-xvi).Edmonton: Canadian Music Educators' Association.