What Music Teachers Really Think:
Our 2026 Survey Results Are In!

We recently surveyed our community of music educators to find out how The Fun Music Company curriculum is really performing in classrooms around the world — and honestly, we’re blown away all over again. Every year we ask the same simple question: is this actually making your teaching life easier? Every year, the answer keeps getting louder.

When we asked curriculum customers to rate our program on a scale of 1–10, here’s what came back:

And once again, more than a third of our specialist music teachers (35%) told us Fun Music Company was the single best purchase they’ve made for their classroom. Two years running, that number hasn’t budged — which tells us this isn’t a fluke, it’s a pattern.

We also asked how likely teachers are to recommend us to a colleague. The result? 9 out of 10 customers recommend us so highly, they’d tell a fellow teacher without hesitation.

Every teacher knows the Sunday-night scramble. That’s exactly why this section of the survey means the most to us:

As one specialist teacher in Western Australia put it: “Love that it is all planned and I just need to deliver. Takes a chunk of planning time from me!”

And another WA specialist summed up exactly why that time matters: “I love that I can go to school and just do my job instead of spending hours and hours program planning.”

Here’s what landed in our inbox when we asked for honest feedback:

“It is an amazing online curriculum… I love the way you listen to us and change at our points of need. I have been on board with you guys since the old DVD days.”

“This program has changed my life.”

“I am very grateful to have found this program.”

“It is an excellent program that fully covers the curriculum — well set out and well organised.”

One response really summed up why this curriculum works for such a wide range of teachers: “The Fun Music Company Curriculum helps me feel confident to teach music even though I am not a trained music specialist.”

Whether you’re a classroom teacher who’s been handed music duty for the first time, or a specialist with years of formal training, our curriculum is built to meet you where you are. In fact, we found something we didn’t expect: teachers with formal training in methods like Kodály and Orff are actually more likely to lean on our full lesson structure, not less — proof that it holds up even for the most experienced specialists in the room.

Teachers consistently mentioned how much their students love the program:

“I love the listening game, where students have to guess the title. My JP students love this!”

Your feedback is already shaping what we build next — and this year, two requests came through louder than the rest: more Recorder support in the middle grades, and deeper Ukulele integration in the upper primary years. Both are now active areas of development, alongside a close look at giving the Compose units even more step-by-step scaffolding, since a few of you told us composing is where your students (and sometimes you!) need the most confidence-building support.

We’re not going to pin ourselves to exact timelines or version numbers just yet — but know that every one of these ideas came directly from your survey answers, and we’re really excited about where they’re headed.

If you’re spending hours each week planning music lessons, struggling with student engagement, or looking for a comprehensive curriculum that actually works, maybe it’s time to see what all the fuss is about.

Download a Sample Pack Below to try The Fun Music Company curriculum today and discover why 9 out of 10 customers recommend us so highly!

One teacher in the US shared a story that stuck with us. She’d been hired as a classroom instructional aide — not a music specialist — when her principal found out she was a musician and asked her to teach K-2 music. She said yes. It became K-5. Then K-6. “Your program. Because it made my life easier,” she told us, when asked about her best classroom purchase. Last year, a parent told her it was the best Christmas show they’d ever seen at the school.

That’s the whole point. You don’t need to be a trained music specialist to walk into your music room with confidence — you just need the right lesson plan already done for you.

Imagine having an entire year of music lessons already planned, prepared, and ready to teach — no more Sunday night scrambles or piecing together resources from different places. That’s exactly what teachers across the world are experiencing right now.

Our curriculum program gives you complete, sequential lesson plans for every week of the school year, with videos, worksheets, interactive resources, and everything you need to walk confidently into your music room — whether you’re a specialist or a classroom teacher who’s been asked to teach music.

Ready to see what a week of music lessons looks like in your grade level? Download a free sample pack below and take it for a test drive in your classroom.