Providing thousands of students with the highest quality arts education since 1995.
If you’re looking for music lessons or dance classes in Tucson, Arizona, you’re in the right place! Since 1995, we have provided thousands of students with the highest quality arts education.
Bringing together a community of distinguished international faculty, we offer personalized instruction through private lessons, group classes and ensembles, as well as master classes and workshops. Whether you are a beginner, or an advanced student, you will discover a style of teaching that fits your personality, and your personal goals.
Music Lessons
Nurture excellence in music within a diverse, community-minded school for lifelong learning.
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Voice
The vocal instrument is a complex living system and healthy technique is the key to lifelong enjoyment. Let our instructors guide you on your journey of expression and discovery.
Piano
The piano is both approachable for young beginners and richly complex for advanced players, and is perfect for learning to read music and building a strong musical foundation.
Guitar & Ukulele
One of the foundational instruments of contemporary music, our guitar instructors teach across genres and will equip you to play for yourself or as part of a group.
Violin
Whether you want to learn the classics or contemporary pieces, our instructors will help you master the bowing and finger technique needed to excel at this captivating instrument.
Cello
Cello lessons will help you to develop strong fundamentals and play without tension to create a clear and beautiful sound on this soulful instrument.
Woodwind
Develop a beautiful sound on the saxophone, clarinet, oboe or flute. Study the musical style of your choosing with our highly qualified woodwind instructors.
Drums
Learn to play the drum kit and other percussion instruments. Create fun and complex beats while developing healthy technique.
Private Lessons
Individual instruction encourages the growth of excellent music skills, and provides a foundation for music literacy.
Music Ensemble
Gain music skills like awareness of blend and balance, intonation, accuracy in keeping beat, and attention to detail when reading music are sharpened.
Music Theory
Classes are taught in preparation for exams in all levels of Arizona Study Program.
Music FunTime
Academy Pre-school music classes are are the best way to set a foundation for success in private lessons. Our classes are full of laughter and discovery.
Dance Classes
Nurture excellence in dance within a diverse, community-minded school for lifelong learning.
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Ballet
Ballet is a foundational dance form that provides grace, poise, and technique required to excel in all other areas of dance. Ballet focuses on balance, posture, discipline, flexibility, with clear concise execution of technique. Another new addition to the staff will be in ballet.
Tap
In tap dance class, you’ll be using your musical ear as well as your toenails and heels of the shoes to broaden the experience of the most rapid, toe taps. Toe taps in this class are challenging, as you learn various steps and rhythms that differ in variety of sound and pitch.
Jazz
Jazz dance includes strength, flexibility, and coordination including kicks, leaps, and turns. In Jazz class, the dance combinations, turns, and kicks are longer as the students grow and advance. Great for dancers interested in fun dance steps that are used for all forms of dance to advance their dance resume.
Contemporary
Our Contemporary dance classes fuse various styles of modern dance, ballet, and jazz. Each class begins with a warmup focusing on contractions, releases, suspensions, and isolations.
Hip-Hop
The intense dance is for students who want to excel in the newest and latest hip-hop crazes with intense momentum, choreography, and dance moves to grow and show, and enhance. It’s fun, energetic, and creative that evolves.
Let our teachers be your guide!
Our cherished teachers are the heart and soul of our dance and music school. Their passion for teaching shines through every lesson, fostering a warm and inviting atmosphere for all students. Educated at some of the world’s most prestigious institutions and guided by top-tier musicians and dancers, our instructors bring unmatched expertise and tradition to each class. With advanced degrees and extensive performance experience, they offer both profound knowledge and a genuine love for their art forms. What makes our teachers exceptional is their commitment to understanding and supporting each student, addressing their individual needs and learning styles. Whether students are beginners or advanced, young children or collegiate-level, our faculty provides personalized attention to nurture their talents and help them achieve their full potential.
What do we offer?
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Our students range from newborns to many students in their 70’s and 80’s. The Academy music program emphasizes quality, the development of music skills, confidence, and self esteem. Through innovative teaching methods we make music lessons enjoyable and rewarding for students of all ages and levels. We offer a well rounded music education including private lessons, group classes, ensembles, collaboration between departments. Class and lesson curriculum reflect the differing needs of children, teen and adult students. Learn more about our music lessons.
Dance Classes
We offer dance classes for ages 3 to adults. We offer ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, performing group, preschool dance, adult dance and more. Learn more about our dance classes.
Online Music & Dance Classes
The top quality Academy lessons Tucson families know and love are now also available online, as well as in person. We offer online music & dance classes.
Community Events
Music & Dance Academy students and faculty participate with performances in various festivals, fairs, and events throughout the greater Tucson region. Events include Tucson Meet Yourself!, Tucson Children’s Museum FAME event, Oro Valley Children’s Museum events, Town of Oro Valley Kids Concert Series and Oro Valley Arts in the Park to name a few. Learn more about our community.