When you work with a Sage Music® teacher, you or your child will make faster progress toward your musical goals, with less time and less effort. Your friends and family will notice the difference. You will be playing the music you want, having fun, and sounding great in no time. Learn what sets our teachers apart.
Who are our music teachers?
Our music teachers have studied at schools like the University of Texas and the Manhattan School of Music. They hold degrees in music performance and education. Most of them have Master’s degrees.
But that isn’t enough for us. None of these programs really prepare them to successfully teach music.
Our teachers are continually pushed to be better. They pass our teacher training standards. They learn how to use our revolutionary Arpeggio® music lesson system (it breaks your learning into simple, easy to follow steps).
Sage Music teachers have the skill to help you or your child play music confidently. You will advance without all the hours of repetitive practice that make it feel like a chore. You’ll never dread practice that kills your desire to play the music you want.
Instead, you'll play music with ease. It will feel natural, and sound great, too.
“Sage music teachers are highly qualified, kind, and unbelievably helpful. The combination of elite level instruction and warmth is really unique, and is an experience I can only recommend wholeheartedly.”
- Kate B., Google Reviews
Skilled Team Members not Hired Guns
Our teachers are actual employees. At other music schools, teachers are independent contractors - basically, hired guns.
What difference does this make?
Other schools cannot supervise or control their contractors’ work. The teachers are in business for themselves. That’s the law. There is no program, no method, and no real oversight.
That’s where we're different. Our teachers are actual employees. This means we can build systems, train them, and improve together as a team.
We have a progressive teacher training program, so that you get lessons that just work. We have continual professional development, so that your experience is always top rate. We have constant supervision, so that you always get the best.
Your lessons will be taught with our Arpeggio lesson framework. It's backed by learning science. And it was born from our founder’s inspiring story relearning music after a brain injury in the war.
With Sage Music, you will get so much more than a music teacher. You will get a community dedicated to your success.
“I’ve been blown away by the quality of my lessons, the pedagogy and the warm, friendly faculty! They have done everything to make this beginner feel like a musician and my playing has never been better! Highly recommended!”
- Stephen S., Google Reviews
Why don’t we advertise our teachers?
One of the questions that we often get from interested students is “who is my teacher going to be?”
As with any business, employees will come and go. As contract teachers change at other schools, you will have to start over with each new teacher. You will lack consistency, because each teacher is their own independent business.
Sage Music is here to stay. Even if teachers change, you will still have a consistent experience. Our lessons are taught with the same proven methods from teacher to teacher. Our app and note taking system allow any of our teachers to pick up where the other left off.
You see, it’s not about the teacher. It is about the team and the system, which includes the teacher.
Other schools can’t supervise their teachers. So the only thing they can advertise is their teachers. That’s all they have. That’s the depth of their ability.
Some of these hired-gun teachers are great, actually. There is nothing bad to say about them. But their results aren’t predictable, because they don’t have real training in teaching. They don't have a system to support them.
Our employment model, teacher training, student app, and Arpeggio solve that. The results are consistently great.
That’s why we don’t advertise our individual teachers. We do so much more than simply match you to a teacher. We’re a team committed to helping you reach your goals.