Welcome to Play the Art Music Academy
WHERE DISCIPLINE MEETS CREATIVITY
At Play the Art Music Academy, music education is delivered through thoughtfully designed private music lessons that reflect how children naturally learn, think, and grow.
Our instructional design combines strong musical foundations with creativity, helping students build focus, confidence, and a clear musical voice.
Using our proprietary Color-Based Method™, traditional music theory becomes visual, intuitive, and engaging. This approach allows students to meet high professional standards upheld by experienced music teachers and classically trained musicians, without feeling overwhelmed.
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A Musical Education With Two Equal Halves
Every child learns best when structure and imagination work together.
At Play the Art Music Academy, our music studio offers private lessons that support two equally important parts of musical growth:
Learning to perform with clarity, confidence, and control
Learning to explore, create, and write their own music
From the beginning, students are encouraged not just to play a musical instrument, but to understand how music works across music genres and musical cultures. That understanding builds natural motivation, deeper focus, and lasting musical confidence.
Strong music education also supports life skills children carry forward: discipline, patience, resilience, creativity, and independent thinking, qualities that serve them well no matter what future path they choose.
The Foundation
Building Skill, Focus, and Musical Confidence
In the early stages of learning, students engage in personalized lessons built around their musical interests, preferred styles, and age requirements. Repertoire is thoughtfully selected to support steady growth while keeping the learning experience engaging and meaningful.
Through personalized lessons, students learn to:
Play with precision, coordination, and control
Listen attentively and recognize musical patterns
Practice with focus, patience, and purpose
As students build musical skill, they also develop discipline, creativity, and resilience, habits that shape how they approach learning, challenges, and long-term goals.
Traditional music theory can often feel abstract or overwhelming. Through our Color-Based Method™, theory is introduced as part of the music itself, using visual structure to make concepts clear and easy to understand. This approach supports faster comprehension, deeper retention, and true musical understanding rather than surface memorization.
The skills developed through this process, focus, confidence, and creative problem-solving, extend far beyond music lessons and support success across academics and life.
The Method
Why Color Plays a Central Role
Long before children can explain ideas with words, they understand the world through emotion, sound, and visual patterns. They feel before they describe and recognize structure before they can articulate it.
Our proprietary Color-Based Method™ is rooted in the psychology of music, and assessment in music education. It creates a clear cognitive bridge:
Emotion → Color → Music
By connecting music theory to color and visual structure, students intuitively grasp how music is organized, how genres relate, and how creative choices shape sound. Theory becomes meaningful rather than intimidating, allowing students to apply what they learn to exam prep, and future performance opportunities.
This method supports creativity early on, while maintaining strong discipline and professional standards. Students aren’t just learning what to play, they’re learning how music works, how to shape it intentionally, and how to grow as confident thinkers and creators.
The Creative Turn
From Playing Music to Creating It
Once students feel secure in musical structure, creativity emerges naturally.
With a strong foundation in place, students as young as seven begin composing original music, sometimes within their first months of lessons. This is not about rushing progress. It’s about giving children the tools to translate what they already feel and imagine into sound.
Composition becomes a continuation of learning, not a separate skill. As students create, they develop:
Thoughtful decision-making and problem-solving
Careful listening, editing, and refinement
Confidence in their own ideas and musical voice
Because the music belongs to them, motivation comes from within. Practice shifts from obligation to intention, driven by pride, curiosity, and ownership.
The Results
Learning That Stays With Them
Our students aren’t just learning how to play a musical instrument. They are learning how to think, create, and persevere through a personalized, assessment-informed learning experience.
Across music lessons students learn to:
Understand structure and make purposeful choices
Work through challenges with patience and resilience
Refine ideas over time instead of rushing results
Take pride in their creative voice and growth
The original compositions you’ll hear from our students reflect more than musical ability. They show what’s possible when music education honors both discipline and imagination, and when children are taught in a way that respects how they learn, think, and grow.
Why Choose Us?
Confidence
Music is so much more than just learning notes and rhythm. It’s about helping kids grow into confident, resilient, and motivated individuals. Our approach focuses on building life skills through the magic of music.🎵
Expression
Our mission is simple: We want to inspire kids to fully express themselves through music, and grow in ways they never thought was actually possible. We’ve got the perfect way to get them excited and energized!
Belonging
Our team is here to make every lesson an adventure! We believe in creating a positive, encouraging community where kids can feel free to experiment, be themselves, and develop their own unique sound. 🎵
Fun, Focus, & Full Potential
After all, It’s all about having fun, trying new things, building confidence, facing challenges and achieving their goal - But with a smile! We make sure that music is just not played, but it's deeply felt and understood.
It doesn’t stop there! - Our lessons are designed to enhance memory, spark their creativity, & balance both sides of the brain perfectly! This combination of intellect & artistry helps kids sharpen their problem-solving skills & so much more!
At Play the Art, Music acts as a brain booster! It’s about being ready to face, for whatever comes their way and unlock their full potential. Let’s make music and life’s challenges more manageable together!
What Makes Us Special?
Learning With a Smile
From the moment they step into class, kids are greeted with energy, creativity, and the chance to explore music in the most fun way possible. We know that kids learn best when they’re having a great time, which helps us get the best out of them.
A Supportive Environment
We are not just music experts; for kids, we act as cheerleaders who ensure every child feels seen, heard, valued, and celebrated for their individuality. Every small step forward is treated like a meaningful victory, not just learning.
Focused on Student
No two kids are the same, so we make sure each lesson fits their unique interests and learning style. Whether your child is all about rock, jazz, or classical music. Plus, we offer lessons for - Piano, Keyboard, Guitar & Vocals.