Attending lessons in a professional school environment means that the teacher and student are free from home distractions. At home, the distractions could be; TV's in the next room, door bells and after school friends, siblings, and pets. At school, lessons the distractions could be; constant changing lesson locations, cleaning or maintenance crews and general after school noise. Also, lessons that occur at the student's school gives the students the feel that the lessons are part of school and not a separate after school enrichment. Also, most in school lessons use keyboards instead of real pianos. All of our students use real pianos at our studio. Students tend to take their music study a little more seriously when they are coming to a professional school situation, bringing their books and materials to the lessons each week. Also, students gain excitement about the music making process when they are surrounded by other people of all ages engaged in music learning for many different instruments. Also, we can offer many group music learning opportunities and yearly recitals and festivals that most in-home or at-school teachers cannot provide. We also offer a computer music theory lab at our studio. We also have a recital hall at our studio and host at least two recitals per year. At-home or in-school lessons are not able to offer this very important benefit
