These guidelines will help you have a successful, rewardin experience learning an instrument. These are practical tips that we have discovered from years of teaching and our experiences with teaching hundreds of students.

1. How Young is too Young - Starting at the Right Age
Adults can start any instrument at any time. Their success is based on how willing they are to commit to practicing. We teach beginning adult students of all age - no age is too old.

For children, starting at the right age is a key element to the success of their lessons. Start a child too soon and they may have a bad experience, turning them off from music.  Start them too late and you may miss a window of opportunity. The following guidelines will help you determine the right age to start your child.

18 Months - 3 Years
Young children enjoy music. Children this age should be put into a group class which focuses on rhythms, finger plays, active movement games, keyboard exploration, and singing.

3 - 4 Years Old
If a preschooler has a keen desire and wants to start music, a group preschool music class will give them a good foundation in music basics which will be helpful in later private lessons. At his age, private lessons generally do not work as the child has not yet experienced the formal learning environment of kindergarten or school and learns more effectively through the game oriented preschool environment.

Look for a program that emphasis fundamentals of music such as ear training, solfege singing (do, re, mi's,) movement, keyboard activities, and pitch and rhythm awareness.