Faculty drummer, Dave Madden, with a student at a (pre-Covid) session.
We are now offering individual music lessons remotely or in-person–at safe outside locations or onsite at C4A.
We teach students of all ages and skill levels and we are ready to connect with out-of-area students as well as local folks.
Read below to learn more about private instruction or shared lessons. Please note that the location of lessons is determined by the teacher and student.
Learn about our Covid-19 precautions and protocols
Not sure what you want to do? Schedule a free consultation or try a free trial lesson!
Please feel free to contact us if you are interested in lessons. We’d love to find out more about your musical goals and match you up with the right teacher!
Share a lesson with a friend or family member!
Private Lessons Your private lesson will focus exclusively on you and your musical goals. Perfect for people who prefer individual attention or who are focusing on a particular musical endeavor. Our teachers tailor their approach to meet your needs. We offer 30, 45, or 60 minute lessons.
Shared Lessons At C4A you can share a lesson with a friend and get twice the fun for half the cost! Perfect for pals or family members, this is available for guitar, violin/viola/fiddle, and flute players. Please inquire if you would like to share a lesson on a different instrument. We offer 45 or 60 minute lessons shared between 2 or 3 people.
All lesson times and locations are arranged by mutual agreement of teacher and student.
Scheduling Lessons, Cancellations, Absences, Make-Up Lessons, Snow Days
Faculty violinist, Robin Kearton, with a student at an outdoor lesson
Bowed strings:Classical and popular styles
- Fiddle: Emphasis on learning traditional dance tunes by ear and working on style/improvisation.
- Violin: Learn by reading or by ear, depending on your skills and goals. Learn solos, get help with your school music, play exercises to develop your technique, or tell your teacher what your goals are and get help with them.
- Viola: Same approaches as violin, but tailored to fit the viola.
- Meet our Fiddle, Violin, and Viola teachers
- Cello: Learn by reading or by ear, depending on your skills and goals. Learn solos, work on improvising and reading chord changes, get help with your school music, play exercises to develop your technique, or tell your teacher what your goals are and get help with them.
- Double bass (also called upright bass, or string bass): Learn by reading or by ear, play melodically, read chord changes and play backup parts, all while developing your technique.
- Meet our Cello and Bass teachers
Faculty guitarist, Steve Meadows, with a student (pre-Covid)
Plucked strings:
- Banjo: clawhammer (frailing) or bluegrass (3-finger) style. Meet our Banjo teachers
- Guitar: acoustic or electric in various rhythm and lead styles, including flat-picking, finger-styles, jazz, and classical guitar.
- Mandolin: flatpicking & chording in various styles.
- Pedal steel guitar: that haunting and soaring sound often heard in country music
- Ukulele: various styles.
- Meet our Guitar, Mandolin, and Ukulele teachers
- Bass guitar: acoustic or electric. Learn by reading or by ear, play melodically, read chord changes and play backup parts. Meet our Bass teacher
Keyboard instruments:
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Faculty pianist, Rob Sweedler, with a student at a (pre-Covid) recital
Piano: classical, jazz, popular; note-reading or improvisation.
- Accordion.
- Meet our Keyboard teachers
Voice:
- Classical
- Musical theater
- Pop
- Rock
- Meet our Voice teachers
Wind instruments:
- Saxophone: technique, reading, improvisation
- Flute
- Meet our Wind teachers
Student singing at a recital
Drums:
- Drum set (trap set)
- Hand percussion
- Meet our Drum & Percussion teachers
Other instruments:
- For lessons on other reeds and brass instruments we recommend BBL Banks Bridgewater Lewis Fine Arts Academy
If you dream of playing another instrument not listed here, please ask. We’ll help you find a teacher if we can!
Faculty guitarist, Sam Payne, with an adult student
Styles we teach:
Our staff members have diverse backgrounds, giving you access to information on playing in lots of different styles, including:
- Classical: violin family and guitar, orchestra, Suzuki lessons, baroque performance practice, chamber music
- Rock: classic, metal, all the cool stuff
- Jazz: various styles
- Folk: old-time, bluegrass, folk rock
- Ethnic: Cajun, klezmer, tango, Irish, French-Canadian, Italian, and more!