The Come Children Sing Institute is a center for research and development in music learning, founded in 1984 by Mary Ellen Pinzino. Programs through the years included an extensive early childhood program for children from birth to kindergarten, a full children's choral program serving children from kindergarten through age thirteen, an extensive teacher-training program, college graduate music education courses, and media development.

The Come Children Sing Institute music curriculum, developed by Mary Ellen Pinzino, is designed for children from birth through thirteen, and is based on her work with children of all ages. The Come Children Sing Institute provided a unique laboratory for studying the process of music learning and the effects of applied research to long-term development, as many children attended classes at the Institute for years from infancy through grade school. Ms Pinzino composed many songs to meet the growing musical needs of children at the Institute, creating art songs for preschool children, new repertoire for the developing children's chorus, and songs for all ages to grow on. The Come Children Sing Institute SONG LIBRARY contains over 500 new songs for preschool, elementary school and children's chorus. Ms Pinzino also developed a music reading curriculum at the Institute for children from kindergarten through sixth grade, with music books to read to preschool children for music development, just as storybooks are read for language development.

For eleven years, the Come Children Sing Institute served thousands of children and parents from more than fifty Chicago suburbs, Chicago, and Northwest Indiana.  Outreach programs, with a staff of four teachers, included introductory classes at many park districts, classes for at-risk preschoolers, workshops for disabled preschoolers and daycare centers, and classes for public and parochial elementary grade school children.  The Institute served regularly as a center for observation for music education majors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Northern Illinois University.  The children’s chorus of the Institute was heard on National Public Radio, at the Illinois Music Educators Association state conference, in the Come Children Sing Institute Madrigal Feasts, in performance with the Grand Prairie Singers, in performance with the Vandercook College of Music Concert Choir, and in various festivals, including a national children's chorus festival in New York. 

Since 1995, the Come Children Sing Institute has been developing media to reach many more children with its unique approach to music learning.  The Come Children Sing Institute SONG LIBRARY is now a full resource CD-ROM, providing for users to see the notation, hear the songs, and print the notation.  The SONG LIBRARY has been highly touted by leaders in music education for the artistry of the songs and for its innovative technology. 

The Come Children Sing Institute is in the process of developing a television program for preschool children.  Come Children, Sing! is the music education parallel of Sesame Street—a television series devoted solely to music education for children two to five years old. 

Come Children, Sing! Online Music Classes are the latest development of the Come Children Sing Institute, providing music instruction on demand—distance learning for very young children.  Delivering its unique curriculum over the Internet, the Come Children Sing Institute leads the way for music education for the 21st Century.