Questions we hear most

Lessons are for ages eleven and up. A younger student with small hands can come to a placement visit, and the teacher will tell you honestly whether to start now or wait a little.

Not for the placement visit. Before you buy or rent one, ask your teacher.

Start with the music you want to play. A teacher will help you decide at the placement visit, and many students take up a second kind later.

At the placement visit a teacher listens, we talk about what you want to play, and we match you with a teacher and a weekly time.

A short visit to the school. You play or talk about what you would like to play. Nobody is tested.

Yes. Parents of younger students are welcome in the lesson room, and there is a bench by the front door for waiting.

No. Band lab and the showcases are a choice, and many students never play in one.

Yes. Most of our students are teens and adults. We have evening times and an adult beginner group.

A lesson you cancel with a day's notice is made up with your teacher.