From £18
Per 30 min
Ages 6+
Kids & adults
DBS checked
3 teachers
Mon–Thu
3pm–9:30pm
Free parking
& free Wi-Fi
Grade exams
Or just for fun
One-to-one piano lessons with experienced pianists, from your very first notes to advanced pieces. Learn to read music, play what you love, and take ABRSM grades if you want to.
Your teachers
Piano · Keyboard · Music theory
A professional touring musician for over 35 years, Tony has played hotels and cruise ships worldwide and wrote two children’s musicals broadcast on Radio Tees.
Singing · Piano · Keyboard
A singer-songwriter with over 10 years of performing, composing and recording, and a former English tutor who has taught students of all ages.
Drums · Piano · Keyboard · Music theory
Over forty years as a professional drummer and keyboard player, with years of studio work. Adrian teaches Trinity drums to Grade 8 and ABRSM piano.
Every lesson is one-to-one and shaped around you. For most students that means learning to read music properly, building a relaxed hand position and good finger technique, and working through pieces that become steadily more satisfying to play. Scales, chords, timing and the basic theory behind them come along naturally as you go.
Your teacher will also follow your own interests, whether that’s classical repertoire, film and TV themes, pop songs or learning to improvise. We teach complete beginners through to advanced pianists, so there’s always a next step.
Children usually start from around 6. Early lessons focus on finding their way around the keys, reading simple tunes and getting both hands working together, with short pieces they can play for the family at home. All our teachers are DBS checked, and lessons are planned so that regular, short practice brings visible progress.
Around half of our students are adults. Some have never played before; others had lessons as children and want to pick the piano back up. You set the pace and the goals, and evening slots until 9:30pm, Monday to Thursday, make it easy to fit a weekly lesson around work.
Our piano teachers teach the ABRSM grade syllabus, one of the best-known music qualifications, and Grades 6 to 8 also carry UCAS points. Your teacher can prepare you for each grade, including the scales, sight-reading and aural tests. If exams aren’t for you, that’s completely fine, and plenty of students simply learn for the pleasure of playing.
You don’t need to own a piano before you start, because lessons take place on our instruments here. As a piano is a large purchase, many of our students buy a keyboard to practise on at home, and what they learn in lessons applies in exactly the same way. If you can, look for a full-size keyboard with weighted keys, as it will feel much closer to a real piano. Your teacher is happy to advise before you buy.
Our purpose-built teaching studios are in Thornaby, with free parking at the rear, a bus stop right outside the front door and ground floor access. Piano students come to us from Stockton, Middlesbrough, Ingleby Barwick, Yarm, Billingham and across Teesside.
FAQs
We recommend starting from around 6 years old, although younger children have tried lessons with us before. There's no upper age limit, and many of our piano students are adults.
Not to start. Lessons take place on our instruments, so you can try a few lessons before buying anything. Many students practise on a keyboard at home, and what they learn here carries straight across.
Not at all. Roughly half of our students are adults, and many are returning after a long break. Your teacher starts from wherever you are now and builds lessons around the music you want to play.
Yes. Our piano teachers teach the ABRSM grade syllabus, a recognised qualification, and Grades 6 to 8 carry UCAS points. Exams are optional, so you can learn purely for enjoyment if you prefer.
£18 for 30 minutes or £36 for an hour. You book and pay online as you go, with no contract or term fees.
Monday to Thursday between 3pm and 9:30pm, by appointment. You'll see each teacher's live availability when you book.
Yes, at our school in Thornaby. We don't teach in those towns or do home visits, but plenty of our piano students travel from Yarm, Wynyard, Stokesley, Eaglescliffe and Billingham, and there's free parking at the rear.
Give at least 48 hours' notice and you can rearrange or cancel through your online account. With less notice than that, the lesson can't be credited or refunded.
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Students come to us from Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, Ingleby Barwick, Yarm, Eaglescliffe, Acklam and across Teesside. Pick a time that suits you and book online in a couple of minutes.