Where Progress Takes Shape

Foundations is where students begin to see real, measurable growth. In this stage, students learn how to practice, how to think through music, and how to make steady progress week after week. Lessons are structured, efficient, and designed to build both skill and independence.

What Students Learn

• the ability to read and play full songs from beginner level to up to 4 octaves of notes
• effective practice habits
• coordination and technique
• formal musicianship, including music theory and ear training
• problem-solving and musical thinking
• confidently performing for others in studio recitals and judged events

​Each concept builds on the last, creating steady and visible progress.

Lessons are structured and efficient, helping students stay focused while accomplishing meaningful work each week. Students benefit from clear expectations, step-by-step progression, and a supportive, goal-oriented environment. As a result, they begin to see themselves as capable musicians, not beginners, and most Foundations students reach this elementary level of playing in about half the time as the average student pace nationally, while regularly scoring the highest ratings at regional judged events and receiving special district honors recital invitations. After Foundations' four levels of learning, students are ready to advance further in private piano study in our Studio program.

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location & schedule

Foundations piano classes are taught at Evergreen Music School in the heart of Montgomery, OH. We are in The Chabris Group office building, a few blocks from Montgomery Elementary and All Saints Kenwood, and seconds from I-71 and Ronald Reagan Highways.

Foundations are weekly 55-minute classes and meet during early-afternoon and after-school hours with a max. 4:1 student-to-teacher ratio.

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