From middle C
to a full house.
Piano, guitar, voice, strings, drums, theory
Ages 4 to 84
First 30 minutes free
1840 N Milwaukee Ave
Every lesson is private and weekly: 30, 45 or 60 minutes. Tuition starts at $140 a month and is the same for every instrument.
Lessons run weekdays 2 to 9 PM and Saturdays 9 to 4. Six rooms, one hallway, and a waiting bench that parents argue over.
2:45 PM
Mia, 6, violin
3:30 PM
Ava, 7, piano
4:15 PM
Leo, 15, guitar
5:00 PM
Priya, 11, drums
6:00 PM
Dana, 41, voice
7:15 PM
Ruth, 68, violin
8:00 PM
Jonah, 34, theory
2 PM
3 PM
4 PM
5 PM
6 PM
7 PM
8 PM
Five steps
to December 12.
Most students who start by October play the Winter Recital. This is how the first month goes, from the form to the stage.
Book the free trial
Pick an instrument and a time on the form. Clara calls within one business day to confirm and asks what music you love.
Play with your teacher
The 30 minutes are a real lesson with the teacher you would keep. Parents sit in, and nobody needs to own an instrument yet.
Pick a weekly time
Same day, same room, same teacher every week. Tuition starts at $140 a month, billed on the first. The trial is never charged.
Practice from a written plan
Every lesson ends with three things to practice, sized for ten to twenty minutes a day. Parents get a copy by email.
Play the Winter Recital
Saturday, December 12 at the Logan Square Auditorium. It is always optional, and almost everyone says yes by November.
Clara Jensen taught out of her Logan Square apartment for ten years before opening Maplewood. Everyone she hired plays in a band, a choir, an orchestra or a pit.
Maplewood Music Studio presents
Free for families, no tickets
Sat, Dec 12
2:00 PM, doors open at 1:30
Winter
Recital
1
Minuet in G major
Ava M., piano
2
Greensleeves
Leo T., guitar
3
Ode to Joy, two violins
Mia and June K.
Intermission, hot cider in the lobby
4
Amazing Grace
Dana W., voice
5
Backbeat in B-flat
Rock Band Lab
6
Canon in D
Whole-studio finale
About 90 minutes
Forty students, from a five-year-old pianist to a 71-year-old cellist, play what they worked on all semester. Every performer gets their name in the printed program.
“I was sixty-six and had never read a note. Daniel started me on one open string. Last May I played Simple Gifts at the spring recital, and my granddaughter cried.”
Ruth A., 68
Violin with Daniel Park since 2024
Tuition.
Four private lessons a month, billed on the first. The same price for every instrument and every teacher, and no registration fee.
Private lessons, weekly
Per student, per month
$140
/mo
$205
/mo
$270
/mo
Group classes
Per child, per month
$95
/mo
$80
/mo
First 30-minute lesson free
Siblings 10% off
Pause up to two months a year
Logan Square, Chicago, between the Damen Blue Line and the 606 trail
1840 N
Milwaukee Ave.
Lesson hours
Monday to Friday, 2 to 9 PM
Saturday, 9 AM to 4 PM
Sunday, closed
Getting here
Damen Blue Line, 6 minutes on foot
Street parking, free after 9 PM
Step-free entrance and elevator