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Piano
Classical, jazz, and contemporary with seven teachers across all levels — including conservatory exam prep.
Ages 5 to adultNine instruments · all levelsFirst lesson free
Music lessons that stick.
Piano, guitar, voice, strings, drums — taught weekly by working musicians who love teaching. One recital a year, stage fright optional.
PianoGuitarVoiceStringsDrums
Working-musician teachers
Sound-treated studios
Annual June recital
First lesson free
01The schoolTeaching since 2011
- 14
- Teachers on faculty
- 9
- Instruments taught
- 300++
- Students enrolled right now
- June
- Recital month, every year
02InstrumentsAll levels, ages 5+
What we teach
Ask if you don't see your instrument — someone on faculty probably plays it.
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Guitar + bass
Acoustic, electric, classical, and bass. Songwriting and improvisation tracks for players who want to write, not just play.
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Voice
Classical, musical theatre, and contemporary. Audition prep for college and conservatory applicants.
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Strings
Violin, viola, and cello. Suzuki method available through age 12; ensemble seats for older students.
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Drums + percussion
Full kit and hand percussion in our sound-treated studios. Neighbours unbothered, students loud.
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The less common shelf
Mandolin, ukulele, flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet. Small demand, big enthusiasm.
Group programmes
Beyond the weekly lesson
Group classes run in terms alongside private lessons. Most students do both — the lesson builds the technique, the group is why they keep turning up.
Beginner10 weeks · 45 minutes a weekStarts each term
Little Notes · ages 5 to 7
A first musical year without an instrument to buy: rhythm, singing, keyboard basics and listening, in groups of six.
$260
Beginner8 weeks · 60 minutes a weekNew group every 8 weeks
Adult beginner guitar
For the guitar in the cupboard. Six adults, no reading music in week one, and a song you can play all the way through by week eight.
$310
Intermediate8 weeks · 75 minutes a weekAutumn and spring terms
Voice lab
Technique in a room with other singers, which is the part a private lesson cannot give you. Classical, theatre and contemporary streams.
$385
All levels12 weeks · 45 minutes a weekJanuary and September
Theory · grades and beyond
The written work that unlocks conservatory applications and exam grades, taught by people who agree it should be interesting.
$420
A place that sounds like practice.
Walk the hallway at 4pm and you'll hear a scale on the cello, a drum fill, someone's first chord. We've taught in this building for fourteen years, and the best sound in it is still a student nailing the hard bar for the first time.
- Same teacher every week — matching matters, and we re-match free
- Loaner instruments for the first term
- Practice rooms free for enrolled students
03The June recital awaits
From first lesson to first bow
The free trial
Thirty minutes with a teacher on your instrument. No commitment — you're checking us out as much as we're meeting you.
The teacher match
We pair by personality as much as level. If the fit isn't right after two lessons, we re-match, free, no awkwardness.
The weekly rhythm
Same teacher, same slot, every week. Short practice goals between lessons — fifteen honest minutes a day beats a panicked hour on Sunday.
The June recital
One song, a real stage, wildly biased applause. Performing is optional every year — and every year, most students choose to.
Tuition
What lessons cost
Billed monthly, pause any time with a month's notice. The recital, the materials and the practice rooms are included in every enrolment.
Private lessons
- Trial lesson30 minFree
No commitment either way
- Weekly lesson30 min$32
Most students, ages 5–10
- Weekly lesson45 min$46
- Weekly lesson60 min$58
Ages 10+ and adults
- Fortnightly lesson60 min$62
Groups + extras
- Little Notes, ages 5–710 weeks$260
- Adult beginner guitar8 weeks$310
- Voice lab8 weeks$385
- Theory course12 weeks$420
- Ensemble seatPer week$18
Free with a weekly lesson
- Exam accompaniment$85
Rehearsal + exam day
Included, and never charged
- The June recitalFree
Including the accompanist
- Loaner instrument, first termFree
- Practice roomsFree
Enrolled students, any open hour
- Teacher re-matchFree
Any time, no explanation needed
- Sibling, second child onward−15%
- Registration or admin feeNone
Missed lessons with 24 hours' notice get a make-up slot the same month. Teacher cancellations are always made up or credited — that one is on us, not on you.
Parents say
The recital nobody made her do.
5 out of 5 stars
“Our daughter begged to quit piano at her old school. Two months here and she practices without being asked. In June she played on stage — her idea, not ours.”
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Tom S.
Parent of a nine-year-old pianist
04Practice + logistics
Common questions
How much should my child practice?+
Fifteen honest minutes a day for beginners. Your teacher sets small weekly goals — consistency beats duration at every level.
Do we need to own an instrument?+
Not at first. Loaner keyboards, guitars, and violins cover the first term; we'll advise on renting or buying when it's clearly sticking.
What if we miss a lesson?+
With 24 hours' notice you get a make-up slot the same month. Teacher cancellations are always made up or credited.
Is the recital compulsory?+
Never. It's a warm room and one prepared song — most students opt in by year two, once they've watched one from the audience.
Do adults really take lessons here?+
A third of our students are adults — returners picking it back up and total beginners. The trial lesson is the same free.
Can two kids share a slot?+
Siblings can book back-to-back lessons, and we run small group classes for ages 5–7 as a gentler on-ramp.
How young is too young?+
Five for Little Notes, six or seven for a private instrument in most cases. Earlier than that and the lesson is really a parenting exercise, which we will say honestly at the trial.
What if my child wants to stop?+
Talk to us before you cancel. Nine times in ten it is the teacher match, the piece, or a hard term at school — all three are fixable, and the re-match is free.
Do you prepare students for graded exams?+
Yes, across piano, strings, guitar and voice, with the theory course alongside. Exams are entirely optional and roughly a third of students take them.
The first lesson is free.
Thirty minutes, a real teacher, your instrument or ours. The worst outcome is a fun half hour.
Free trial · loaner instruments · re-match guarantee
Opening hours
When the studios are open
HoursChecking
- Monday – Friday
- 15:00 – 21:00Adult daytime slots by arrangement
- Saturday
- 09:00 – 16:00
- Sunday
- Closed
Practice rooms are open to enrolled students during every teaching hour, free, whether or not they have a lesson that day. Closed for two weeks each August and over the winter holidays.
Book a free trial lesson
Tell us the instrument, the age, and any experience — we'll suggest a teacher and a time.
- Address88 Linden Way, Studio 2
- Phone
- HoursMon–Fri 3pm–9pm · Sat 9am–4pm