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The ACM School of Music in Chicago

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Music Lessons at the ACM School of Music

Discover Your Musical Voice at the ACM School of Music — Chicago’s Non-Profit Music School for All Ages

For more than 20 years, the ACM School of Music, a trusted non-profit music school in Chicago, has empowered thousands of students—kids and adults alike—to explore and express themselves through music.

Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced musician, our personalized music lessons are designed to fit your goals, learning style, and schedule.

Our faculty is made up of professional musicians with extensive experience teaching students of all ages, abilities, and musical backgrounds.

We offer private lessons in guitar, piano, voice, strings, and composition, across a wide range of genres—from classical to jazz, rock, pop, and everything in between.

Flexible Monthly Enrollment: Start anytime! We offer pro-rated tuition if you join mid-month, so you can begin learning when it’s right for you.

Pricing: Private lessons are $44 per 30 min., $60 per 45 min., or $72 per 60 min., with a discount for multiple students in the same family.

Build Confidence and Community: Our students enjoy regular opportunities to perform and collaborate, including recitals, jam sessions, karaoke nights, and other community events. 

Convenient Chicago Locations:
🎵 Avondale / Logan Square – 2860 N. Milwaukee Ave.
🎵 Lakeview / Uptown – 4116 N. Clark St. 
🎵 Ravenswood – 1758 W. Wilson Ave.
🎵 Rogers Park – 7002 N. Western Ave.

Ready to make music?

Join the ACM School of Music and start your musical journey tod

Current Lessons

As a non-profit with the mission of bringing musical creativity to life every day, the ACM School of Music encourages our students to create their own music in addition to learning the fundamentals in all of our private lessons and classes.

    • In-Person
    • Virtual
    • All

    Piano Lessons for Kids and Adults in Chicago

    We offer piano lessons in Chicago for children beginning at age 4 and for adults of any age. Our teachers have a wealth of experience with young beginners and adults returning to piano or just starting out.

    Composition

    Learn the building blocks of music and how to notate your musical ideas for a variety of different instruments. 

    Guitar

    Our guitar teachers have a wealth of experience teaching students of all ages and experience levels and all are gigging musicians.

    Violin

    We offer violin lessons to adults and kids age 4 and up using either the traditional or Suzuki methods of teaching. Beginners are welcome and our teachers are able to teach all musical styles.

    Cello

    We offer cello lessons to adults and kids age 4 and up using either the traditional or Suzuki methods of teaching. Beginners are welcome and our teachers are able to teach all musical styles.

    Voice

    Voice lessons at ACM focus on the fundamentals and self expression.

    Viola

    We offer viola lessons to adults and kids age 4 and up using either the traditional or Suzuki methods of teaching. Musicians of all experience levels are welcome.

    • Classes

    As a non-profit with the mission of bringing musical creativity to life every day, the ACM School of Music encourages our students to create their own music in addition to learning the fundamentals in all of our private lessons and classes.

  • Singalong Sprouts (2-5 YO)

    Nurture your child’s inner musician, promote sensory development, and gain exposure to a diverse collection of music in this group class for young children.
    • INSTRUCTORS

    Meet Our Teachers

    ACM teachers have a wealth of experience teaching private lessons virtually and in person in an engaging way to all ages and all are gigging musicians.

  • Abigail Cline

    Piano Teacher | Rogers Park

    Ben Kalb

    Cello and Piano Instructor | Ravenswood

    Derrek Stark

    Piano/Voice Teacher | Ravenswood

    Sam Sharp

    String Teacher | Ravenswood

    Matt Mason

    Piano Teacher | Ravenswood

    Gerald Rizzer

    Piano Teacher | Location

    Sandy Van Laningham

    Piano, Voice and Children's Music Teacher | Location

    Logan Reeley

    Instructor | Ravenswood

    Zhanna Bullock

    Instructor | Ravenswood

    Gomeh Barack

    Piano and Trumpet | Ravenswood, Virtual

    Alec Tonno

    Violin, Viola and Piano | Ravenswood, Virtual

    Gail Gallagher

    Voice, Piano, Ukulele | Rogers Park, Virtual

    Rebecca Gaspelin

    Voice and Piano | Ravenswood, Virtual

    Mariah Kaplan

    Voice and Piano | Ravenswood, Virtual

    Megan Yao

    Violin, PIano | Virtual

    Traci Huff

    Piano, Violin and Viola Teacher | Ravenswood, Virtual

    Jonathan Hannau

    Piano, Composition | Ravenswood, Virtual

    Nathan Hack

    Piano | Ravenswood, Virtual

    Christy Bennett

    Piano and Voice | Ravenswood, Virtual

    Jeff Kowalkowski

    Piano, Composition | Avondale, Virtual

    Lee Rothenberg

    Guitar | Ravenswood, Virtual

    Mark Hardy

    Piano, Guitar | Avondale, Virtual

    David Keller

    Cello, Piano, Guitar, Bass, Composition | Ravenswood, Avondale, Virtual

    Desiree Anderson

    Teacher | Virtual only

    Josephine Yang

    Piano, Violin | Ravenswood, Virtual

    Elaine Ubando

    Piano, Violin | Ravenswood, Virtual

    Amy Gadd

    Piano, Voice | Ravenswood, Virtual

    • TESTIMONIALS

    ACM currently teaches 340 students in three locations and virtually. Hear what our students have to say!

    Thank you for all that you’ve done for the Film Scoring Class If this class didn’t exist, I probably wouldn’t have been able to explore and pursue this thing I’m so passionate about and so enjoy.

    Joanie Cox

    Student

    ACM is a great place to take lessons! My son Ezra has improved at the cello so much since starting there and he's even composing his own music now!

    Marcia Shuminas

    Parent

    Love this school! I came in wanting to learn a Yann Tiersen song and my teacher got it by ear, transcribed it and taught me to play it.

    Rob Ryan

    Student
    EXPERIENCE

    Explore our upcoming festivals / concerts

    The ACM School of Music is part of a larger non-profit organization with the mission of bringing musical creativity to life every day.  Check out some of our upcoming events!

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