Adult Instruction
Comprehensive and Personalized Music Instruction for Adults
Whether you are looking for a teacher to help you make music just for yourself—your own benefit and learning, your own satisfaction and pleasure… gain confidence for sharing your music with others… achieve particular goals through your lessons… or meet your “inner musician” and discover what playing an instrument does for you, you are welcome here, and we invite you to join us at The Music Academy!
Our adult students span the decades and have had a range of prior experience in music:
+Parents who came to the Music Academy for their kids and were inspired to take lessons themselves
+Senior adults who decided retirement was the perfect time to begin an instrument, or to go back to an instrument they played inthe past
+Adults who wanted to take lessons when they were younger but didn’t have the opportunity
+Adults who quit an instrument when they were younger (and regret it!)
+Rank beginners
+Students who have been playing an instrument for much of their lives
Adults of any age can enrich their lives through creating beauty with music and sharing that gift with other like-minded adults.
Adult Classes
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Private Lessons
Progress at your own pace with private lessons. Adults can choose from a more flexible 32-week lesson package or our standard 36 week. Private lessons include weekly one-on-one meetings with an expert instructor, one optional recital per semester, and additional performing opportunities as desired and they become available.
Semester dates: August 24, 2026 - May 10, 2027
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Aged to Perfection: Music, Wine & Cheese
Celebrate America’s 250th birthday with us! In the Fall of 2026, the Music Academy will host a three-part music series called Music of the American Experience: Our City, Our Sound that will bridge local history, American history, and music history. Part lecture, part performance, part social gathering, this innovative class series will promote local American history using music as a tool for deeper appreciation.
Free for all, attendees can enjoy the broad scope by attending all three classes in the series or learn from each class individually as their schedule allows. Each class will feature a local performer demonstrating the discussed themes. Discussions will additionally highlight the ways in which each musical genre has culturally and musically impacted Rockford.
6:00pm- Fireside Room
Class Dates:
September 3rd – Classical Heritage
October 1st – Blues Music
November 5th – Jazz and Pop
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Adult Ensemble
Enjoy playing chamber music with a small group of other adults, coached by a member of The Music Academy faculty. This is a fun way to renew and expand your skills. Grouped by instrumentation and skill level, each class meets for one hour a week. Fall Semester includes 10 classes and Spring Semesters each include 7 classes. Performance included.
10:45 – 11:45 a.m. in the Activity Room
Fall Semester: September 2nd, September 9th, September 16th, September 23rd, September 30th, October 7th, October 14th, October 21st, October 28th, November 4th
Tuition: $200
-Spring Semester 1: February 3rd, February 10th, February 17th, February 24th, March 3rd, March 10th, March 17th
-Spring Semester 2: March 24th, March 31st, April 7th, April 14th, April 21st, April 28th, May 5th
Tuition: $140/Spring Semester