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Top of the Town 2023

The 5 Top Music Lessons Around Lansing

Mar 26, 2024

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1 Elderly Instruments

2023 Winner

1100 North Washington Avenue
Lansing, MI 48906

What the Business Says: Welcome to Elderly Instruments, your favorite family-owned and operated music store in Lansing, Michigan. We carry a wide variety of new, used & vintage instruments and have been shipping them world-wide since 1975. Whether you’re looking for the latest guitar, a vintage mandolin, a used banjo, or accessories for all of the above, we have you covered.

"Local. Great history"

"I like their work."

"So patient"

— Why Locals Say Elderly Instruments is a 2023 Best Music Lessons winner!

2 Okemos Music Academy

2023 Second Place
- 2023 Second Place Best Music Lessons

2220 University Park Drive
Okemos, MI 48864

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What the Business Says: Okemos Music Academy takes learning music seriously, while also encouraging our students to have tons of fun! We are more than a studio in a basement or a mom teaching lessons as a side hustle. We are a professional studio with full-time desk staff available to answer your calls and emails and bring the love of music into your home!

"I take guitar and voice lessons and they are fantastic."

"My children have had awesome experiences with their different instrument lessons."

"They were amazing with my daughter!"

"Everyone here is so nice, helpful, & friendly."

"Gave my son drum and guitar lessons while a teenager. My son is now an accomplished musician in NYC."

— Why Locals Say Okemos Music Academy is a 2023 Best Music Lessons winner!

3 School Of Rock

2023 Runner Up
- 2023 Runner Up Best Music Lessons

2037 West Grand River Avenue
Meridian Charter Township, MI 48864

What the Business Says: Teaching you how to rock on stage...and in life! School of Rock is a performance-based music program

"Amazing owners, lots of fun and opportunities for all ages of students to play in public venues"

"They teach PERFORMING!"

"Quality performance-based music instruction along with caring and passionate instructors and quality customer service!"

"They have a great performance band programs for all ages 3-99!."

— Why Locals Say School Of Rock is a 2023 Best Music Lessons winner!

4 Howling Dogs Music Studio-Linda Abar

2023 Top 5
- 2023 Top 5 Best Music Lessons

Lansing, MI

What the Business Says: Bringing passion and innovation to her career as a singer, songwriter and teacher, Linda Abar has found expression in a uniquely individual, stylized melding of her varied musical background.

"I have worked with Linda for a couple years and she has helped me develop as a singer. She is also very supportive."

"Linda does amazing with my child. It's hard for us to find spaces where my child feels safe due to her neurodivergence and Linda has always been creative and welcoming in her efforts to encourage feelings of safety and expression!"

— Why Locals Say Howling Dogs Music Studio-Linda Abar is a 2023 Best Music Lessons winner!

5 The Roth Academy Of Music

2023 Top 5
- 2023 Top 5 Best Music Lessons

820 Charlevoix Drive
Grand Ledge, MI 48837

What the Business Says: The Roth Academy of Music is an established family-owned business offering private one-on-one music instruction and tutoring with a staff of over a dozen experienced instructors. We’ve been sharing our love of music with hundreds of families in the greater Lansing area since 2015. Plus, now we also offer online lessons to students located anywhere there is an internet connection. We are always accepting new students – all skill levels and all ages!

"Brendon is amazing!"

— Why Locals Say The Roth Academy Of Music is a 2023 Best Music Lessons winner!

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