Serving Rolling Meadows · Est. 1930
Music Lessons in Rolling Meadows, IL
Private lessons for Rolling Meadows kids, teens, and adults at The Arlington School of Music in downtown Arlington Heights — or online from home.
Rolling Meadows borders Arlington Heights, which puts our studio about 10 minutes from most Rolling Meadows homes — east on Central Road or Kirchoff Road to 320 S Arlington Heights Rd in downtown Arlington Heights.
We've taught Rolling Meadows students since the school's founding in 1930. Band and orchestra students at Rolling Meadows High School and its feeder schools come to us for audition preparation, chair placements, and contest coaching; beginners of every age come for a patient, structured start on their first instrument.
All lessons are one-on-one, in person or online, with weekday evening and by-appointment weekend scheduling.
Popular Lessons with Rolling Meadows 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 →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 →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 →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 →Trumpet Lessons
Trumpet lessons at The Arlington School of Music are taught by Kristin Gorski, Head of our Woodwind & Brass Department. Lessons build the fundamentals brass playing depends on: embouchure, breath support, buzzing, articulation, and healthy range development.
Learn more →Visit Us from Rolling Meadows
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.