An Exciting Adventure

🎉 Celebrating 10 Years of Growing With Our Students

PLAY | COMPOSE | RECORD

 
 

Piano & Keyboard

Melody & Chord offers a comprehensive curriculum built on project-based learning. Through individually tailored instruction, students will learn to perform, analyze, and appreciate their favorite songs.

Composition

Students love to write music, and to play the music that they write. Our curriculum encourages students to think creatively and express themselves. It explores various formats including manuscript, engraving and MIDI.

Production

Music Production is a rapidly growing field that uses computers to play, compose and record music. At Melody & Chord, students will gain hands on experience with the latest hardware and software.

 

Guitar, Voice, Drums, and More with Our Multi-Talented Teachers

Ms. Kerri

Ms. Kerri teaches piano with a focus on creativity, confidence, and strong musical foundations. She created Melody & Chord’s studio curriculum, Charting Through Music with Melody & Chord, to give students a creative, engaging, and structured approach to learning music.

Ms. Manoela

Ms. Manoela brings a warm, versatile approach to music education, helping students build strong musical foundations while developing confidence and creativity. With a Master of Music in Violin Performance, she teaches piano along with a wide range of string and other instruments.

Mr. Trelease

Mr. Trelease brings extensive experience as a music educator and currently teaches music at Bishop Montgomery High School. He teaches guitar, bass, piano, drums, and voice, with a strong background in songwriting, performance, and contemporary music.

Our Non-Traditional Piano Curriculum

Inspired by the structured problem-solving approach of engineering, Charting Through Music with Melody & Chord takes a non-traditional approach to learning piano. Created by Ms. Kerri and influenced by her MIT engineering background, the curriculum breaks music into clear, logical, step-by-step building blocks while giving students room to explore patterns, compose, and create. Students don’t just learn how to play songs—they learn to understand how music works and use that knowledge creatively.

 

This Can Be YOU!

 

Getting Ready

  • Our coaching is designed for beginning and intermediate levels. It is beneficial for musicians who want to learn to play from their hearts and who want to "play with" music patterns and create. The coaching does not prepare the students for piano certificates, which can cause stress in the journey, especially in young learners.

  • The curriculum is designed for both children and adults. For children, we recommend a minimum age of 7, as the curriculum encourages the students to communicate their creativity. We want to develop the interest in music in children so we do not recommend starting too young when the muscles and attention span are not ready for structured coaching.

  • An upright acoustic piano is not needed. However, we value the importance of practice at the student's pace, so it is a highly recommended that the student is equipped with at least a 61-key tabletop electronic keyboard. The Yamaha YPG-235 model is more than enough for a couple years until the student is ready for a more hardcore instrument.

  • Feeling ready keeps the positive spirit going. Consistent practice is the key to feel ready for the next set of challenges before each session. We recommend a 15-minute practice everyday following the recommended practice flow. Students who establish a practice routine develop the "music language" thinking process, so they get the most out of the sessions. Students who don't practice end up using the session time to practice before having enough skills to move on. When this persists, they can feel frustrated and bored, and can end up leaving the program that's designed to have lots of fun.

 

Pricing

Private lessons follow a recurring weekly schedule, no classes on holidays. There is no registration fee. Monthly flat rates are:

  • 30 minutes a week - $249 monthly | Recommended for piano only

  • 45 minutes a week - $ 375 monthly | Recommended for piano, voice, other instruments and/or composition

  • 1 hour a week - $485 monthly | Recommended for piano, composition, and production

  • Materials - $225 one time (including custom-written curriculum, composition book, all sheet music, and recording technology).