Individual music lessons are available for all ages and abilities at one of our convenient locations.   The student meets one-on-one weekly with a CMS faculty member.  For a list of teachers with instruments and subjects offered, click here

-You need your own instrument and/or regular access to an instrument for practice. A traditional piano is preferred for piano students and is essential after the first semester of lessons. 
-All students should be prepared to attend lessons weekly with instruments in good order.
-Regular practice and attendance are essential to music study. Attendance at musical concerts and recitals enhances students’ progress.
-All Community Music School students have the opportunity to perform in CMS recitals and/or performance classes.

Recommended minimum beginning age of students

• Piano: 6 years           
• Guitar: 6 years
• Traditional strings: 7-8 years  (click here for CMS Suzuki Strings)
• Woodwinds & brass: 9-10 years
• Percussion: 9-10 years
• Voice: 12-13 years
• Composition: 12 years (must have basic note-reading skills)
• Theory: Reading age
  

Lesson Length    30, 45, or 60 minutes / week

Semester Length

• Fall & Spring: 18 weeks
• Summer: 6 weeks

*Tuition for Suzuki lessons and Special Arrangement teachers are at higher hourly rates.