Music lessons are Therapy
For so many of our students, music lessons are therapy. And we’re here for that! Just the other day I had a student telling me how much it just felt good to sit down and play their instrument. And for this student, that’s a big deal because there’s a lot of things that unfortunately don’t feel good, and that’s true of course for a lot of people. But I am so thankful that our wonderful students can sit down and play their instrument and find happiness in it, find solace in it, find peace in it.
Avoid the Summer Slide!
Parents, don’t let your kids or teens fall into the summer slide, dropping their instruments, their practice, their musical growth for the better part of 10 weeks of Summer! We have numerous summer classes planned including if your kids have been playing band instruments for over a year or two, two unique jazz group opportunities that are easy on the budget and the schedule. But should motivate them to practice and keep them working on their craft and their instrument this summer! JazzLab for students with serious experience, high School level or above. Jazz101 for students who have been playing maybe only for a year or two, but another instrument well enough and can read at a basic level to begin learning the art of jazz.
The Infectious Joy of Music
it’s super exciting to see kids just diving in and learning more instruments. Thinking about all the possibilities! Just last week we enrolled a new mom whose kids are taking piano lessons here, and this week, we’ve put a couple people on a wait list for spots in the fall to add another child and two more instruments to their current enrollment. Love it!
Summers are for Music
This summer will have lots of great opportunities for students to learn music anew if they never played it before, or to learn in second instruments just like I did. Drums! Hand drums! Ukulele! Guitar! Piano! Violin! Saxophone! Stay tuned for more details! Private lessons, and, fun affordable small group options great for friend making. Our summer semester is just 8 weeks, so, you can still plan an end of spring vaca through July 4th, and a great end of summer break through Labor Day. Fill the in between with music, memories, and more friends!
One Handed Instrument Playing!
Are you limited to one hand? Perhaps you only have one hand or perhaps only one hand is fully functional? Or maybe like SD, our director, you’re currently not supposed to be using one of your hands. Has that kept you from learning an instrument or music? We hope not! You can learn an instrument! You can play music!
Flute Lessons with Brandy!
My favorite times were playing flute for fun with friends and gifted accompanists. I was asked to perform for loads of people, especially in church. That seemed to spark my drive. Once I found other musician friends who wanted to play music with me.. There was no going back. I was hooked. Music would be in me for life.
Trumpet Players: Learn Efficiency
If you try to learn the trumpet or you do learn the trumpet in a way that is inefficient, you’ll struggle, you’ll get frustrated, it’ll be physically extremely demanding, and possibly even painful. Don’t do that. Learn to play in a way that flows, feels good, sounds good—and is fun! I would be happy to help you on your journey.
Arts Walk 2025!
Arts Walk has been a part of what we do as an academy since the very beginning! And we love Arts Walk and look forward to it every year! We have played music in a handful of different settings and venues since the beginning as an organization, but without a doubt, our favorite setting is […]
Voice lessons
Jenna has a degree from the number one conservatory of contemporary music in the world experience, lots of experience, is a published and signed singer-songwriter whose music is heard often on shows you very likely may have watched or are still watching. And she plays keys and sings in a local band.
New Learning with JazzLab
One of the things I think is amazing from an educational standpoint and growth of these musicians, is that many of these songs have countless chords changing rapidly from one key to the next, requiring students know not just every key, but various different tonalities utilizing mixolydian, dorian, locrian, as well as of course major, natural minor (aeolian) and harmonic minor as well. While it is possible that some musicians could learn tunes like this, most of them would likely take hours of listening and practicing and learning these things by ear. On the other hand, a musician that knows these tonalities, knows how to read these chords, knows how to understand chord scale theory, can experiment and play over such chord changes on the spot. That’s what we’re here for! To teach people how to do that! Among other things.