At the Irvine School of Music, we always offer warm and custom instruction catered to your goals.
Specialist teacher training
In addition to our staff’s extensive teaching experience, our faculty receives ongoing teacher training, from early childhood music education, to effective ways of teaching students with learning disabilities, to effective teaching methods for teenager and adults.
Credentials that matter for your musical education
Our Faculty has obtained affiliated school district credentials and university degrees – many with Master’s or even Doctorate degrees in their area of specialization – from many distinguished and well respected community school districts and conservatories:
”There’s a sense of community and camaraderie amongst the faculty as they frequently share teaching tips that have been tried and tested.“
ISM Experience
Our real vision as a music school
When it comes to teaching music, our vision here at the Irvine School of Music is different. We empower musical voices. That’s why we don’t sell books or rent instruments. It’s why we cater each and every lesson to each and every musician’s unique goals. Our vision is the music, and from the moment you step inside our studio you’ll feel it.
The faculty is committed to teaching the Irvine School of Music Core Curriculum, which is an integration of healthy technique, listening (aural skills) development, and theoretical knowledge. This strong foundation empowers students with the skills to tackle advanced music as well as a variety of musical idioms, including Classical, Jazz, and Pop.
What makes us stand out is our enrichment programs that are geared towards long term success, which include optional sequenced performance opportunities, unique medal-level programs designed to monitor progress from year to year and incentive programs geared towards motivating students with in-home practice.
Each member of our Faculty is carefully selected based on extensive teaching experience and the ability to work with the specific needs of our students. While music-making is at the heart of the lesson, it is always the unique goals of each student – whether a five-year old beginner piano student, an adult voice student, or budding songwriter – that constitute the focal point of instruction.
ISM Experience
Teachers that inspire and engage
We have qualified, caring teachers who are university trained. They are credentialed teachers from some of the best school districts in California. This is because we know that often teachers trained in teaching (and not just all of Beethoven’s sonatas) are better at helping musicians, especially children, achieve each one of their goals.
Our teachers know not only how to teach every corner of music, but how to teach it so that you’re eager to learn, love your music lessons and get a musical education that lasts.
“Teaching and providing the skills for a lifetime is our focus. Enjoyment of music is our mission.”
Some of the lessons we offer:
Piano Lessons that Unlock Virtuosic Technique from the very beginning! In our piano lessons at the Irvine School of Music, special emphasis is placed on teaching the building blocks of a virtuosic technique free of tension and limitations – whether you’re a 4 year old starting piano for the first time or advanced, college-level pianist!
Guitar Lessons are tailored to the student’s interests: our versatile faculty can help students play in a variety of styles including rock, jazz, classical, blues, pop, Spanish, and chording.
Voice Lessons give students a healthy vocal technique to sing in any style of the student’s choice, including Pop, Classical, and Broadway.
Violin Lessons start as young as age 4 can be taught in the Suzuki method, traditional method, or combination of both.
The Children’s Choir provides students ages 5 above a strong vocal and musical foundation, and helps them build essential teamwork and social skills. Students are exposed to a variety of music in this fun group setting, including pop, folk, Glee, and multicultural songs in foreign languages.
Preschool Piano and Music classes are for children ages 3 to 5. These music lessons include a variety of percussive instruments (drums, glockenspiel), stories, pictures, animals personifying various musical concepts, and games to stimulate the interest of the student. Learning transitions into piano through a groundbreaking early childhood piano curriculum.
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Why Choose The Irvine School of Music over any other music school?
We have unmatched convenience with flexible classes offered 7 days a week.
Our qualified, caring faculty are university-trained and include credentialed teachers from local school districts with a passion for teaching music.
Our Core Curriculum is both fun and challenging and matches your goals!
Founded in 2004, Irvine School of Music has given thousands of students all over Southern California the foundational skills for a lifetime enjoyment of music. Students enjoy a wide variety of lessons at am and pm times, seven days of the week. ISM students and their families have a place in their community that is fun, safe, supportive, sparks creativity and interest, builds confidence and shows that there is an exciting way to learn the music you love with joy and passion.
- 25+ highly qualified teachers to choose from with Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees
- A proprietary 24-Medal Level Curriculum designed bolster progress and motivate students to continue reaching to higher levels
- Royal Conservatory of Music certified instructors who can walk students through the gold standard of musical education
- Personalized instruction tailored to the RCM curriculum from preparation to examination
- Multiple professionally-run performance opportunities every year
- Our Summer and Winter concerts held at local venues
- World Class Concerts on stages like Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Segrestrom Center for the Arts, and Colburn School
- Digital tools to help your musical journey such as Opus1.io to manage your schedule, request recorded lessons and payments and LessonMate.org for seamless and effective organization of weekly practice assignments and medal level tracking
- Exclusive discounts through partnerships with our preferred Orange County vendors, such as Hollywood Piano in Santa Ana, Guitar Center in Fountain Valley, Mo’s Music in Fullerton, and Weisshaar M&R Violin in Costa Mesa
- Practice incentives, such as our token weeks for students to earn prizes for completing homework
- Convenience and flexibility for scheduling makeup lessons
- Month-to-Month lessons at prorated tuition. No long term contracts
- Lessons Coordinators available to you 7 days a week
Our Happiness Guarantee
Love your lessons, or we’ll find you a better fit!
We want you to feel confident knowing that we value your happiness. With Irvine’s unique Happiness Guarantee, you’ll never have to worry about not finding the right fit, the right instructor or the right instrument at our studio.
With over 26 teachers on staff, and a broad selection of private and group classes, supported carefully sequenced enrichment and performance opportunities, our goal is to ensure you are placed with the ideal teacher and program for your needs.
At any time during your enrollment with us, if you feel your teacher is not the right fit for you or you want more out of your lessons, we will find you a better fit. We will have a personalized discussion to assess your unique needs and wants and find YOU the right teacher or class every time.
We want to make sure that your love of music is always number one, so we make your happiness our guarantee.
What everyone has to say!
Irvine School of Music Reviews
"Lessons that foster success in advanced music education…"
"Beginner to advanced customized lessons for every student’s goals…"
"They truly have the most talented staff and diversity in knowledge…"
