Learn Piano Your Way with Sage Music®

While many piano schools promote classical music, we focus on your goals, and personalize you lessons to you. Popular music is great because it speaks to our time. Not some other time in some other place. So let's learn popular piano!

Our popular piano students learn a solid technique just like our classical students do. But we’ll apply your piano skills to the music that you want to play.

America’s classical music is jazz. And piano has a central role in playing jazz. Whether you want to play in a jazz combo or play solo jazz piano, we can help you. Learn proper technique, read jazz standards, and learn to improvise.

Learning jazz piano requires skills that other types of piano don’t. These are improvising, ear training, and often playing many songs from memory.

Our piano teachers are trained in these skills to they can pass them on to you. And many of our jazz piano teachers are also classically trained. That means in addition to teaching you how to play jazz, they will also help you develop a solid technique so that you can focus on the fun part - playing music in the moment and not having to worry about your hands.

Many of our students are interested in learning the music of the past masters of the piano like Brahms, Chopin, Liszt, Beethoven and Mozart.

This music requires a high level of focus, precision, and skill. Our faculty, with master’s degrees in piano performance, have performed this music all over the world and gained the experience necessary to help you develop the skills you need to making meaningful and masterful performances of this great repertoire.

Many of our students learn this music for fun, while others are preparing for Master’s Degree, College, or competitions like NYSSMA. Whatever your goals, we are happy to help you flourish as a classical pianist.

There is a big difference between teaching a 6 year old and a toddler. And a big difference between teaching a 3 year old and a 4 year old.

That’s why we’ve got trained teachers, and teachers who specialize in early childhood music education.

Our piano teachers know how to keep you child engaged, focused, and learning. All in part of a program designed for their age and level of development. They will learn and grow at the piano, while having fun.

In general, it works best for students to start the piano around age 5 or 6.