Serving Elk Grove Village · Est. 1930
Music Lessons in Elk Grove Village, IL
Private lessons for Elk Grove Village kids, teens, and adults at The Arlington School of Music in downtown Arlington Heights — or online from home.
From Elk Grove Village, our school is a straight shot north up Arlington Heights Road — about 15 minutes door to door, no expressway needed.
Elk Grove High School band and orchestra students use our private lessons to prepare chair auditions, honor band material, and solo & ensemble pieces; families with younger children start them on piano, guitar, or violin with teachers who specialize in beginners.
We've taught Northwest Suburban students since 1930. Lessons run weekday evenings with weekend appointments available, in person at the studio or online.
Popular Lessons with Elk Grove Village Students
Piano Lessons
Piano is where most musicians begin — and at The Arlington School of Music, it is one of our largest departments. Our piano faculty is led by Scott Hendricks, a concert performer whose playing spans Chopin and Rachmaninoff to jazz standards, blues, and boogie-woogie, with festival credits including Taste of Chicago, Navy Pier, and Summerfest in Milwaukee.
Learn more →Guitar Lessons
The guitar department at The Arlington School of Music is led by Executive Director Nico Angel, an international concert artist who has headed the department since 1967. He teaches classical, folk, and popular guitar, and specializes in concert flamenco in the style of Sabicas and Paco de Lucía — a style he studied with grand masters of the guitar in Spain, Mexico, Canada, and South America.
Learn more →Drum Lessons
Drum and percussion students at The Arlington School of Music study with Michael Pfannkuche, a former Drum Corps International and Winter Guard International performer. Lessons cover drum set, concert snare, rudimental drumming, and mallet percussion — the full range a school percussionist or aspiring drummer needs.
Learn more →Violin Lessons
Violin students at The Arlington School of Music study with conservatory-trained performers. Faculty violinist Erin Yerin Kim is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she studied under Jaime Laredo and Stephen Rose. She was the youngest musician in history to join the roster of the New World Symphony — at eighteen — and has served as concertmaster of orchestras including the Honors Performance Series Orchestra at Carnegie Hall.
Learn more →Flute Lessons
Flute and piccolo lessons at The Arlington School of Music are taught by Kristin Gorski, Head of our Woodwind & Brass Department. Lessons focus on the fundamentals that make flute playing rewarding — embouchure, breath support, tone color, articulation, and phrasing.
Learn more →Visit Us from Elk Grove Village
The Arlington School of Music · 320 S Arlington Heights Rd, Arlington Heights, IL 60005 · Lessons Monday–Friday 3:00–9:00 PM, weekends by appointment. Online lessons available.