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ACADEMY OF MUSIC IN GRAND RAPIDS
West Michigan's Largest Music School
Guitar, Voice, Singing, Piano, Drums, Bass, Violin, Viola, Cello, Ukulele
The Academy of Music in Grand Rapids
West Michigan's #1 Choice For Music Lessons
The Academy of Music in Grand Rapids is the largest professional music lesson studio in the Grand Rapids area offering quality lessons in Piano, Electric & Acoustic Guitar, Drums, Bass, Ukulele, Voice and Singing, Violin, Viola, and Cello all taught under one roof.
Top Award Winning Music School in West Michigan!
Nationally recognized for Music Academy Success and Voted #1 Grand Rapids Music Studio by Grand Rapids Kids (grkids.com)
FEATURED ON:
Instruments We Teach
Guitar | Piano | Singing | Voice | Drums | Bass | Ukulele | Violin | Viola | Cello
15 Benefits Our Students Enjoy!
1. We Teach 10 Instruments All In One Location
Families With Multiple Musicians or Instruments Save Time & Money
Our students save time and money, as one family can take multiple instruments on the same day. Other studios offer multiple instruments, but we are the only one to offer all of the most popular instruments – Piano, Guitar, Drums, Voice, and Violin – in a high quality, convenient, professional environment. We teach music lessons to all ages (including adults) and all ability levels (beginner to advanced).
2. Most Qualified Music Teachers In West Michigan.
40 Professional Music Teacher All with College Training or Performance Experience
Our music teachers are experienced teachers, dedicated to learning about your personal goals and helping you to achieve them. With several teachers for each instrument (guitar, piano, strings, drums, and voice), we are confident that we have the right teacher to meet your music lesson needs. Academy of Music teachers are friendly and dedicated to teaching you the style of music that you want to learn in your music lessons.
3. Widest Range of Lesson Times Available
Open Seven Days A Week
Music lessons at the Academy of Music in Grand Rapids, Mi are available seven days a week from early in the morning to late at night to accommodate your busy schedules. In addition to our after school lesson times, we offer other scheduling options for homeschoolers and retirees. We also offer lunch hour music lessons for business professionals, or late evening music lessons for college students and other adults.
Friday 9 am – 7 pm
Saturday 9 am – 5 pm
Sunday 1 pm – 6 pm
4. Proven 15-Year Track Record of Excellence
Our Full-Time Mission is Teaching Music Lessons
Visit our Testimonials page to see what our students are saying. Every year, aspiring music teachers start their own studio, and a year or two later they close. The Academy of Music in Grand Rapids has a proven track record of offering quality music, piano, guitar, voice, drums, and string instruction in Grand Rapids, Michigan year round. Our full-time mission is teaching music lessons, and we have been trusted by hundreds of Grand Rapids families for more than a decade.
5. Family Members Wait in Comfort
Enjoy Comfortable Chairs, Kids Activities, Wi-FI and FREE Coffee
With 4200 square feet at the Academy of Music, we have the most spacious and family friendly waiting area in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Instead of waiting in a music retail store showroom or an in-home teacher’s driveway or living room, our clients a enjoy spacious, professional waiting areas with comfortable chairs, activities for children, Wi-Fi, reading material, a filtered water cooler, and free coffee. We also provide observation windows on every door so that you have the option of observing your child’s lesson. If you prefer, you may sit in on their lesson at any time.
6. High Tech & Fully Stocked Music Rooms
Modern and Engaging Lesson Experience Available
Our rooms are stocked with everything you need for music lessons, including amps, stereos, full drum kits with pads, keyboards, pianos and more. All you need to bring is your instrument. We have spent thousands of dollars on our studio to offer soundproofing and large observation windows.
Technology is also a big part of lessons at the Academy of Music in Grand Rapids, and we have installed LED monitors and Apple TVs in every classroom. Teachers can wirelessly connect iPods, iPads, or laptops to the monitors. This allows students to have a modern and engaging lesson using music teaching apps, music software and more. Feel free to “Bring Your Own Device” to your lesson in addition to your instrument! No other school in Grand Rapids offers this technology.
One of the things that has really set up apart is our focus on providing lessons that are fresh, new, and engaging. By integrating technology, we’re providing a cutting edge lesson experience in the Grand Rapids area. That helps our teachers keep our students happy, challenged, and engaged.
7. Free Recitals in World Class Music Halls!
Perform On-Stage With a Grand Piano & Dynamic Acoustics
We are one of the only music schools in Grand Rapids that offers free recitals with a Steinway grand piano in a first class professional recital hall.
Every parent wants to know how their child is doing and whether they are progressing. The best way to understand if your investment in guitar, ukulele, bass, piano, voice, drums, violin, viola, or cello is really worth it, is to have your child participate in a recital.
Many of our students choose to perform in our recitals. We hold these in a professional setting where students can perform on a stage platform with a grand piano and excellent acoustics.
For our students, these music recitals are free, and we do not charge recital participation or admission fees.
8. Professional Office Staff
Full Time Customer Service, 7 Days a Week
9. We Celebrate Achievement
Trophies, Certificates, Award Wristbands & Positive Affirmation
We are the only music school in the Grand Rapids area that gives students the opportunity to earn special color wristband bracelets (kids and teens love them!), certificates AND trophies for passing musical tests. Do other schools offer trophies and certificates? A few. But none of them inspire their students with smiling faces by giving them full color, really cool “Musical Ladder” wristbands that they can show off to their friends. The Musical Ladder is our unique method of music education that you can only get here.
More importantly, when our students have a test coming up, they practice more, their parents are proud, their teachers are proud, and everybody wins. You can only get the Musical Ladder here. Our adult students also the recognition for achieving their goals.
10. Student Discount Cards
Save Money On Music Books & Other Supplies
We are the only music school in Grand Rapids that offers student discount cards for their music students, which save them money all throughout the year.
As a convenience to our students, the Academy also sells music books, and other music retail items. All of our current students receive a student discount card that saves them money on all of their music supply needs.
11. Early Morning & Lunch-Time Lessons
Perfect For Homeschoolers, College Students, Working Adults, and Retirees
Music lessons at the Academy of Music in Grand Rapids, Mi are available seven days a week to accommodate your busy schedules. In addition to our after school lesson times, we offer earlier scheduling options for homeschoolers and retirees. We also offer lunch hour music lessons for business professionals, or late evening music lessons for college students and other adults.
12. Safe & Accessible Location
On 28th St. Near the Lovely Cascade Shopping District
Our location one mile east of I-96 on 28th St in Grand Rapids, Michigan makes our school convenient to all areas of the greater Grand Rapids community. In addition, there’s plenty of parking on even the busiest lesson days when more than 100 students come and go. Near our studio, you will find the lovely Cascade shopping district which includes D & W grocery, Target, Meijer, a library, and many excellent family dining opportunities.
Safety during lessons is also a priority at the Academy of Music, and we carefully follow a Family Safety Plan: five background checks for everyone who works at the school, observation windows for every teaching studio, video cameras in studios and the lobby areas, plus admin staff present during all lessons.
13. Make-Up Classes Available on Weekends
Easy, Fun and Convenient Master Classes
Missed a lesson? Out of town? No problem! Sign up for a make-up class whenever it’s convenient for you. Make-up classes are available all year round. Students benefit from these informal, small group settings, and have an opportunity for an extended lesson with one of our fabulous teachers. The group make-ups offer a perfect opportunity for informal performances, getting to know other students who take the same instrument, and reinforcing material or learning something new in a fun class with other students.
14. Picture Day
Free Student Photos With a Professional Photographer
We are the only music school in the Grand Rapids area that offers free picture days for our students.
This is a service that our music student parents love as they all want quality photos of their children. Adults are welcome too! Students can bring their instruments to the photo shoot and wear whatever they like.
Several times each year, we also take Face of the Academy photos that are used in our print and online marketing. If you would like your child to be featured in these photos, just let the office staff know and we will add you to the list for the next set!
15. Month-to-Month Lessons.
Easy to Start - Easy to Stop - No Long-Term Commitments
The Academy of Music in Grand Rapids does not require semester minimums for music lessons. Every students here is on a month-to-month basis.
If you are ready to start, you have nothing to lose as we only want students who truly want to learn. We will not commit you to a long-term contract.
Our students enjoy over 4,200 sq. ft. of Grand Rapid’s most advanced music lesson rooms. Each studio is soundproofed and stocked with everything our students need, from pianos, keyboards and full drum kits with pads to amps and stereos. Parents can sit in on their child’s lesson, watch through large observation windows, or relax in our spacious and comfortable parent’s lounge with WiFi, magazines, and activities for kids.
Meet the Owner
As a mother of five and music teacher with a master’s degree in music education and more than 30 years of experience teaching music, I understand what parents need to know about helping their children experience real success in music.
Since 2003, I have dedicated myself to offering an outstanding music education experience for students in the Grand Rapids community. What began as an early childhood music and piano studio is now the largest professional music school in the area, offering lessons on five major instruments – piano, guitar, drums, voice, and strings. I’m most grateful for our fabulous teachers and hundreds of students in such a supportive community who trust us each week with their music education.
Barbara Hendricks
Founder and Owner
Academy of Music Grand Rapids
RECITALS
Our Students love performing on Grand Rapid's Biggest Stages.
Upcoming Events
Memorial Day – No Lessons
Spring Recitals
May 9, May 16, May 17 at Grand Rapids Ballet Auditorium – Peter Wege Theatre
News at the Academy
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Lessons are first come, first served, so contact us today to arrange your first lesson
Lessons are first come, first serve, so contact us today to arrange your first lesson!
PRICING
$30 / 30 minutes
A one-time registration fee is $30 (due only at time of registration).
Offering quality piano, voice, drums, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, ukulele, violin, viola, cello, and mandolin lessons in Grand Rapids, MI.
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Lesson & Office Hours
Mon-Thurs: 9am - 9pm
Fridays: 11am - 7pm
Saturdays: 9am - 5pm
Sundays: 1pm - 6pm