Our Music Lessons
Our music lessons are tailored to each individual.
We teach anyone! From any age range, skill level and any instrument. We also teach music production.
We are a music school for all! We do individual lessons, group lessons, band lessons, and more. Call us to find out why learning to play music is better for your brain than learning computer coding, or read more about it under “Why Music Lessons With Us!”
Come and join in the fun!
Instruments
We currently cater for these instruments; vocals, guitar, bass, ukulele, piano, drums.
Mobile Lessons
We can also come to your home, school or other to give you lessons. We cover the general Newcastle metropolitan area, but will consider other areas. Please contact us if you’d like us to come to you.
Why Music Lessons With Us?
Cooks Hill School of Music is an independently owned and operated business, founded on the principles of sustainability, community and kindness. Having only opened our doors in March of 2024, we’ve got a lot of work to do to become what we’d like to be, but we’re looking forward to the journey. We eventually want to transform into a people focused social enterprise – possible even a worker led cooperative, striving for a better, more harmonious world – harmonious, just like our favourite music.
Our proprietor has 36 years of history playing musical instruments and has amassed a large body of knowledge of music, and now wants to share the joy and privilege of playing music with others.
Also, recent studies have shown that learning to play musical instruments is more beneficial for developing brains than learning computer coding.
The A.C.T. Government has an infographic on the power of music, which covers the benefits of studying music, and the positive effects playing a musical instrument can have, especially for those suffering from childhood trauma, but even for those not.
Cambridge University in England agrees.
The National Library of Medicine in the USA published a study from the University of Geneva that concludes that “musical education starting already early in childhood offers the opportunity to tune and train the brain for important cognitive and possibly also social functions. Furthermore, it provides the child with techniques and foundations, which will probably serve as a benefit for the entire lifetime; not to mention that having learned to play an instrument in childhood may be a great source of pleasure later on in life.”
Also, “The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.”
And, a study from January 2021 at the University of Zurich (published in The Journal of Neuroscience) shows that teaching kids to play a musical instrument increases other skills and brain power.
We also agree!
MUSIC MAKES KIDS SMARTER
Early Childhood Education Program
0-8 Years
The earlier a child starts learning music, the smarter that child will become. We will teach your child how to tap in to their instinctive understanding of music, and learn by copying, in the same way as learning a spoken language.
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The child will quickly become comfortable with learning this way, they will learn songs on their own, they will develop confidence and all study will be easier for them because of this way of learning. When they start learning music theory, all other learning (such as reading sheet music, etc) will be easier for them because they have the proper foundation to understand learning.
WHY IT WORKS:
The reason this method is effective is because music training helps – at a young age – to speed up and reinforce brain development. All reasoning, cognitive skills and memorizing – everything becomes much easier for these children.
Middle Childhood Education
Details coming soon.
Adult Education
Our adult music education program is tailored to the individual. You can learn music how you want, from the most serious adult learner to someone who just wants to come and have some fun with us. We’ll cater to you!
Pricing
Tailored tuition – developed specifically for the student – is $44 for a half hour lesson.
(Except – for term 4 of school, we’ll offer lessons for $39).
One hour lessons are $74.80.
($66 for term 4).
No confusing policies. We work around you.
Also, your first lesson is free.
We also offer a range of programs besides individual tuition, so our pricing is set out as follows. Please check below for our opening promotions – available for a limited time only.
| Activity | Half Hour | Whole Hour |
|---|---|---|
| Individual Lessons | 50 | 90 |
| Group Lessons | 25ea | 40ea |
| Band Program | 25ea | 40ea |
| Concert Events Tickets | 15ea |
Opening Promotions
The first twenty students get twenty percent off – for all students in the family. Lifetime guaranteed.
Everyone gets the first lesson free, but if you enrol for a ten week set, you get an extra two lessons free (available for a limited time).
Creative Kids Vouchers Accepted!
Please contact us to use your voucher with us.
Music Production
As well as teaching people to play instruments, we also teach people how to produce music. Students need to bring a laptop to lessons, and we will start at the beginning of music production education. Please contact us to get started.
We will also be recording and producing music in our facility soon as well. We should have facilities ready by the spring of 2024. Please contact us if you’d like to record at our studio 🙂
Gift Vouchers
A gift voucher makes an excellent gift for any occasion!
People love getting an experience for a gift, but more than that – you can give someone an experience that will stay with them for life. If you’d like to bring the joy of music into a loved-one’s life, please contact us to discuss options.
You could buy a gift voucher for a certain number of lessons, say three or four lessons, which would give them enough time to figure out if it’s something they want to continue. Or, you could get a voucher for a single lesson, or you could go big and get lots of lessons. We can accommodate the gift voucher you want.
Also, every student gets their first lesson free, so you could get a voucher for one lesson less than actual number you’d like them to have.
Careers
Working with the Cooks Hill School of Music
We currently have these job openings (active as of September 2024);
Click that link to apply on Indeed, or use the contact form below, or find us on LinkedIn.
That’s all the website we have for you now, but we may have more as we develop : )