Allegro School of Music News – March 2021

Thanks for voting Allegro as Tucson’s Most Loved Music School!

ABOUT US

Allegro School of Music has grown from a small studio into Southern Arizona’s Largest Music School with over 40 teachers and 900 weekly music students.  We do not think we’re the best school because we are the biggest, but we’re honored that more people in Tucson choose our school for their music lessons than any other music school.  We are locally and musician owned.

COVID UPDATE

Within the next few months we will be offering lessons in person again!  FINALLY!

As always, we will continue to offer online lessons for those that prefer to stay online.  We have been offering both online and in person appointments for many years!

THANK YOU!

THANK YOU to our students, teachers and staff.  YOU are what makes Allegro Tucson’s Most Loved music lessons! 

The Allegro School of Music Difference

Allegro School of Music has the largest and most qualified teaching faculty in Tucson

We have over 50 music teachers with either University training or professional performance experience.  With multiple teachers for Guitar, Voice, Piano, Violin and Drums, we are confident that we have the right teacher to meet your needs.  Our teachers have warm personalities, are extremely friendly and dedicated to teaching you the style of music that you want to learn.  Our directors, who are both parents, understand the need for a safe learning environment. That’s why all of our teachers have fingerprint clearance cards issued by the Arizona Department of Public Safety. Our teachers are ESA accredited..

Foothills and Eastside Locations

Foothills – 520-670-9162

4641 N 1st Ave #5.  1st Avenue, just South of River Road on the West side of the street.

Eastside – 520-274-4977

6979 E Broadway Blvd #119.  Broadway, just West of Kolb on the North side of the street.

A proven, 20 year track record of excellence in Tucson

Our music school has a proven track record of offering quality music lessons since 1999. Our full time mission is teaching music lessons that will help you achieve your individual goals and aspirations.

Comfortable lounges for parents and students

We have spacious and parent friendly waiting areas in both schools. Instead of waiting in a music retail store showroom, our clients enjoy a professional waiting area with comfortable chairs, kids toys, free Wi-Fi, magazines, etc.  We also provide large observation windows on every door so that you can watch your child’s music lessons. If you prefer, you can sit in on their music lessons anytime you like.

Music Lessons in Piano, Guitar, Voice, Drums, Strings, and Winds

This saves our students time and money as one family can sign up for music lessons on multiple instruments on the same day.  We offer lessons to students of all ages and levels..

Two Free Recitals per year

We are the only music school in Tucson that offers two free recitals each year with a grand Steinway piano in a first class, professional recital hall.  Every May and December, our students have the option of performing in our recitals. Allegro School of Music recitals are absolutely free to all eligible students and their families. Our recitals are held at the University of Arizona School of Music’s beautiful recital hall.

Professional school with fully stocked lesson studios

Our School is stocked with everything you need for music lessons, including guitar amps, stereos, drum sets, electric drums, mirrors, keyboards, pianos and more. All you need to bring is your instrument. We have invested thousands of dollars on our school to offer soundproofing and observation windows.

Month to month tuition

Our music school does not require semester minimums or yearly membership fees. Our students are here on a month to month basis. We want you at our school because you like your music lessons, not because you’ve signed a contract!

We offer music lessons in Tucson and online 7 days a week

We are the only music school in Tucson that offers music lessons seven days a week from early in the morning to late at night to accommodate your busy schedule.

9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Monday – Friday

9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays

School Picture Day

We are the only music school in Tucson that offers a picture day for their students. Every Year in the fall we host a free school picture day. This is a service that our student’s parents love as they all want quality photos of their children. Adults are welcome too! Students can bring their instruments to the photo shoot and wear whatever they like.

Friendly office staff to assist you.  Seven days a week

We are the only music school in Tucson that offers full time professional customer service for their students seven days a week.  Many music schools are staffed by the teacher/owner or more commonly, voicemail. We have office managers who are available at the front desk to assist our clients.

Trophies, certificates and award wristbands to celebrate achievement.

We are the only music school in Tucson that gives their students the opportunity to earn special wristbands and trophies for achieving musical goals. The Musical Ladder is our unique method of music education that you can only get here.

Thank you for the Google reviews!

Leave us a Google Review and we’ll give you a free lesson!

Tara Weide ★★★★★

We decided to take advantage of virtual learning and to start cello lessons for our 6th grader. The instructor was kind, professional, experienced and patient. We are excited to see where our musical journey leads!

Jonathan Hoke ★★★★★

Staff is very professional and caring. Instructor Zach is very professional and patient. He truly wants to help you learn and is very understanding. I am extremely satisfied and highly recommend Allegro School of Music. Especially for beginners and adult 1st time students.

Sara Johnson ★★★★★

My son Quinn takes guitar lessons from Aaron and not only does he look forward to them, he has learned so much! I highly recommend Aaron and Allegro School of Music!

Can music lessons help your kids excel academically?

Many parents believe that music and learning musical instruments can enhance children’s intelligence and academic performance. Some pregnant women even play Mozart for their unborn babies in hopes that classical music will give their children an academic edge. It turns out that learning a musical instrument indeed benefits the development of a child’s brain. Ample evidence suggests that taking music lessons at a young age can improve intelligence, cognitive and social development, and verbal communication skills.

Although it is commonly believed that learning classical music is the only way to reap these benefits, any genre of music will work as long as the child actively participates in music making.  

Let’s go through some studies that have been done and methods you can employ to reap the benefits of music for your child’s development.

Studies on Music and Intelligence

In a 2004 study led by E. Glenn Schellenberg, PhD, 144 six-year-old children were given a standardized IQ test before entering the first grade, and they were given the same test again at age seven before entering the second grade. During the time between those two tests, they were randomly split into four groups. Two were control groups; one group was given no lessons, and the other group was given drama classes. The two experimental groups were given 36 weeks of vocal or keyboard music lessons. All four groups had reliable increases in IQ as a consequence of entering school; however, the two groups that received music lessons had a far greater increase in IQ, indicating that music lessons can improve intellectual ability over a short duration like 36 weeks.

Schellenberg then asked himself, “Would the effect get bigger with more than a year of lessons?”

In 2006, Schellenberg performed a follow-up study to find out if longer periods of music lessons would generate a higher increase in IQ. The follow-up study found a dose-response association whereby the longer a child takes music lessons, the higher the increase of IQ and academic performance. On average, every month of music lessons was accompanied by one-sixth of a point of increase in IQ. According to the study, the average increase of IQ would be 7.5 points over a period of six years. Besides studying children, the follow-up study also looked at college freshmen and found that taking music lessons as a child is a significant predictor of a higher IQ in young adulthood and a history of better grades in school.

Jamming instead of reading

It is widely known that reading to or with children benefits the developing brain. However, wouldn’t it be fun if the same benefits can be produced from playing music with your children? A 2015 study by the University of Queensland has shown that informal music education at home can produce the same benefits associated with shared book-reading, but at a higher rate of efficacy.

This conclusion was drawn from data analysis generated from studying more than 3,000 children. Parents of these children were asked to replace all shared-reading activities with music activities when the children were between two and three years old. The children were then given a range of tests that measured social, emotional, and cognitive improvements two years later. The results showed that music activities were particularly linked with prosocial skills, numeracy, and attentional regulation.

Music and Speech

It is often said that music is a form of communication that transcends languages, but it is now believed that music can help children learn spoken languages. In 2008, a study titled “Musical Training Influences Linguistic Abilities in 8-Year-Old Children: More Evidence for Brain Plasticity” was conducted to determine whether musical training can improve non-musical abilities such as reading and speech.

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Important Dates

March 8-14 Spring Break

May (TBA) Allegro Recitals!

May 31-June 1 Memorial Day

July 4th Independence Day