Cities & neighborhoods we teach
Our studio is based in Suwanee/Cumming, GA. Students travel to us — or we coordinate scheduling — from across the broader North Metro Atlanta region:
Forsyth County: Suwanee, Cumming, Sugar Hill, Buford
North Fulton: Alpharetta, Johns Creek, Milton, Roswell
Gwinnett: Duluth, Norcross, Peachtree Corners, Berkeley Lake, Lawrenceville
Sandy Springs / Dunwoody / Marietta / Woodstock — broader access for students within ~40 minutes
Middle & high school orchestra programs
We work with students preparing for or already participating in school orchestra programs across Forsyth, Gwinnett, and Fulton counties. Common school affiliations include (but are not limited to):
Forsyth County Schools: Lambert High School, South Forsyth High School, North Forsyth High School, West Forsyth High School, Forsyth Central High School, Denmark High School, Riverwatch Middle School, Lakeside Middle School, South Forsyth Middle School, Vickery Creek Middle School, Lambert Middle School
Fulton County Schools: Northview High School, Johns Creek High School, Chattahoochee High School, Milton High School, Alpharetta High School, Roswell High School, Cambridge High School, Centennial High School
Gwinnett County Schools: Peachtree Ridge High School, North Gwinnett High School, Duluth High School, Norcross High School, Mill Creek High School
Our instructors are familiar with the specific repertoire, audition formats, and orchestra placement processes used at these schools. Students preparing for chair tests, festival auditions, or orchestra placement get curriculum tailored to what their school directors expect.
Youth orchestras & honor ensembles
Many of our string and wind students prepare for or participate in regional youth orchestras and county/state honor ensembles. Our audition-prep program (see Violin Audition Preparation) has supported students working toward placement in:
- Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra (ASYO) — the premier training ensemble in the Southeast, tied to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
- Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra (GYSO) — one of the largest youth orchestra programs in the region, based in Marietta
- Gwinnett Symphony Youth Orchestra — high-level regional training in Lawrenceville
- Atlanta Festival Academy — performance-mastery program in Alpharetta
- Main Street Symphony — community-focused youth orchestra in Johns Creek
- GMEA District Honor Orchestra and All-State Orchestra — statewide audition cycles
- Forsyth County Honor Orchestra and equivalent county-level honor ensembles
College music program preparation
Advanced students working toward college music programs receive targeted coaching in pre-screen recordings, audition repertoire, and theory placement exam preparation. Common destinations our students aim for include:
Local: University of Georgia (Hugh Hodgson School of Music), Georgia State University (School of Music), Kennesaw State University (Bailey School of Music), Emory University, Georgia Tech
Regional: Berry College, Mercer University, Brevard, Furman, Belmont
National conservatory pre-screen recordings: Eastman, NEC, Manhattan, Curtis, Juilliard, Oberlin
What we cover for school & audition contexts
Whether a student is preparing for their first middle-school orchestra placement or a senior audition for a competitive university program, the work tends to follow familiar patterns:
- Required scales and arpeggios in the keys the audition specifies
- Repertoire selection that fits the audition format and the student's strengths
- Sight-reading at audition tempo with key signatures up to four sharps and four flats
- Mock-audition runs in unfamiliar rooms or on camera, closer to the real conditions
- Performance-day routine: warmup, breathing, what to do when you make a mistake mid-excerpt
- Theory and ear-training preparation when the audition includes those components (AP Music Theory, college placement exams)
Subjects beyond audition prep
Most students don't audition for anything — they study music because they love it, because they want to play in their school orchestra alongside their friends, because they want to write songs, or because they want a creative outlet alongside school. We teach all of those students with the same care.
Our full program list spans strings, piano & keys, guitar, voice, drums, saxophone, flute, music theory, ear training, songwriting, and improvisation.