Twelve years
on one block.
6 lesson rooms
40-seat recital room
Ages 4 to 84
1840 N Milwaukee Ave
How the studio grew.
From a living-room piano to six lesson rooms on Milwaukee Avenue.
2004
Lessons in a living room
Clara teaches her first eight students on an old upright in her Logan Square apartment.
2014
Doors open on Milwaukee
Maplewood opens with two lesson rooms, one piano teacher and a guitar teacher down the hall.
2017
The first Winter Recital
Twenty-two students play the Logan Square Auditorium. Families fill every seat and the hallway.
2021
Six rooms, six teachers
Voice, strings, drums and theory join, and the drum room gets proper sound treatment.
2026
Ages 4 to 84
340 students this fall, from Early Music five-year-olds to an 84-year-old beginner on piano.
Six rooms, each with a real instrument.
Sound-treated walls, good light and instruments worth practicing on.
Room 01
The Grand
A six-foot grand piano for recital preparation and advanced students.
Room 02
The Upright
A warm upright piano, a whiteboard staff and the theory library.
Room 03
Strings
Music stands, a mirror for posture and violins and cellos in every size.
Room 04
The Booth
Our sound-treated drum room with a full kit, practice pads and ear protection.
Room 05
Amp Room
Guitar and bass amps, a stage piano and space for Rock Band Lab.
Room 06
Recital Room
Forty seats, a small stage and the monthly open mic.
Three rules on the studio wall.
Music first, method second
Students learn technique through songs and pieces they love, not the other way around.
Practice you can actually do
Short written plans sized to real weeks with homework, sports and jobs.
Everyone gets a stage
From a first open mic to the Winter Recital, performing is always an invitation, never a test.
