The Craft Music Studio

The Craft Music Studio is a private music studio offering state of the art voice lessons for all ages and skill level. Whether you are a complete newbie to music or a professional singer, instructor De Anna has tailored lessons for all. Introductory lessons are also available for toddlers, adults, and all ages between.

“The Craft Music Studio programs build confidence and include: Voice lessons, piano lessons, private music and group training, intensive mentorship, artist development, student recognition, performance training, community performances, and local recitals.”

“De Anna has been my son’s vocal coach for a couple of years now. She has helped him identify a singing style that works best with his voice, they have worked on his stage performance, she’s helped him extend his vocal range and they have worked on breathing techniques to strengthen his vocal abilities without compromising his vocal cords. D Anna is always looking for performance opportunities for her students throughout the year so they can gain confidence and experience.” – Student Parent

Website:  http://thecraftmusicstudio.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecraftmusicstudio
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecraftmusicstudio/

Parker Piano Studios

Parker Piano offers lessons to all ages as well as genres including classical, jazz, pop, hymns, and folk music. Most students enroll in weekly 30-minute private lessons and can also be involved in recitals and a Piano Explorers Camp!

You can find more information, and schedule a free trial lesson at Parker Piano Studios

“My son started with a summer Piano Explorers Camp and has now studied with Spring for three semesters. I am very pleased with the progress he has made and the opportunities to perform at recitals several times a year. He always looks forward to lesson time and continues to enjoy learning the piano. My youngest can’t wait till she is old enough to start playing!” – Student Parent

Let’s Make Music, LLC

Voice teacher Delicia Kidwill is now offering monthly virtual as well as in-person voice lessons for children as young as age 5.

For more information call/text: 682-207-2495 or email letsmakemusicdfw@gmail.com

Fort Worth Music Academy

Fort Worth Music Academy offers just about everything for the aspiring musician to learn and build confidence in their craft. They offer free trials classes available for both adults and children.

“I would absolutely recommend The Fort Worth Guitar Academy to anyone who is wanting to learn an instrument. This school went way beyond my expectations, and I’ve made outstanding progress in a short amount of time.” – Student

Find out more information at Fort Worth Music Academy

Musikgarten

A leader in early childhood education, Musikgarten focuses on involving the whole family by teaching music appreciation to infants, toddlers, and children. Each class offers age-appropriate materials and CDs as well as parent guidebooks to help each student to develop their love for music and learn to express it.

“At age 6, my daughter, Susanna, began Musikgarten’s Music Makers at the Keyboard. Over the next four years, our eyes and ears were opened to the mysteries of making music. Before I knew it, she was playing little tunes with chords and moving them around to different keys. Armed with three chords and well-known melodies, Susanna learned to play all the songs we sing in her children’s church. Now, she has a real ministry to the other children each Sunday morning.” – Student Parent

Find a Musikgarten Chidren’s Music Class Near You

And finally,

Piano Lessons with Edward Brown

Musician, journalist, writing tutor, and Tanglewood Moms mainstay Edward Brown has 15 years of professional piano teaching experience. He comes from a family of professional classical musicians and earned his BA in Music from the University of North Texas. You can learn more about Edward Brown, who is a member of Fort Worth Music Teachers Association, by visiting @FortWorthPianoTeacher on Instagram.

“My kids have taken piano lessons from Eddie Brown in our home for over 8 years. He is a flexible and dynamic teacher. He keeps his students interested in piano from early elementary to high school years by allowing them to pick current pieces that they enjoy. He has taught them composition and theory and encouraged them to enter competitions. He has helped them grow musically and taught them to grow and taught them skills they will enjoy for a lifetime.” – Student Parent

Gretta Hendricks is a multidisciplinary creative who has been a chocolatier, baker, birth-doula, performance artist, and freelance writer, although her favorite job to-date has been becoming a first-time mama to her beautiful rainbow baby, Ofelia, born in January of 2020. Gretta has enjoyed writing for as long as she can remember and is passionately interested in the ways she can both learn and share from the art of storytelling. Alongside her husband and daughter, she loves living in and exploring Fort Worth as well as pouring into her church and local community.

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The strains of Beethoven (sometimes polished, sometimes hackneyed) were an ever-present feature of my childhood as students of all ages shuttled in and out to study piano with my parents. When it came to my own music education, I largely took the auspicious opportunities for granted. I studied piano from time to time, first with my parents, then later with wonderful teachers my parents hired in an attempt to keep me interested.

One reason we push music lessons during childhood is because children are more apt than adults to take a long-term approach to learning. It does take several years, or more, to become anything approaching an advanced pianist. But the greatest benefits are yielded many years beyond that.

I’m referring to the intangible life lessons that unconditional dedication can bring.

Famed jazz musician Bill Evans was once asked by his prodding brother Harry for shortcuts to mastering jazz. Bill told his elder brother that he didn’t want to deprive Harry of the joy of finding those insights himself.

I often tell my students, especially adults, that to learn the piano means forgoing expectations and deadlines. Enjoy the learning process. The journey matters more than the destination.

And so it is with the most important aspects of our lives. Relationships, careers, spiritual growth — all take decades of commitment and expectations that defy instant gratification. I’ve spent 20 years actively working to improve my pianistic abilities. At no point in that journey did I expect to “get it” or “master” this incredibly complex instrument. Music and I, we’re on a journey, and that journey is the final destination. T.S. Eliot said it best and much more succinctly.

We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.

Edward Brown is an active writer for Madeworthy magazine and a piano teacher. He welcomes inquiries about private piano lessons and can be reached at 469-487-6973 and ejb0017@yahoo.com.

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