Attention all young musicians in the Detroit area! The Grosse Pointe Music Academy is excited to announce our 2023 Summer Music Camp, a week-long program designed to immerse students between the ages of 8-17 in musical study. Our summer music camp will be held during two sessions: July 17th-21st and August 7th-11th, 2023, and registration […]
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Daytime Piano Lessons
Learn to Play with Holly Matthews at Grosse Pointe Music Academy Are you interested in learning how to play the piano but have trouble finding time outside of your busy schedule? Look no further than Grosse Pointe Music Academy, where we are proud to announce new daytime piano lessons with instructor Holly Matthews. Starting in […]
Music Together Spring Semester 2023
Get ready for a musical adventure like no other! The Hummingbirds Music Together Spring Semester 2023 is almost here and we can’t wait to share our love of music with you and your little ones. Our winter semester was a smashing success and sold out in record time, so don’t wait to secure your spot […]
Group Violin Classes
Group Violin Classes at Grosse Pointe Music Academy Monthly Group Violin Classes Welcome to Elite Strings, a group violin program designed for students who have at least 4 months of experience on their instrument. Our program is led by Elise Komer and takes place on the first Friday of each month. We have three classes […]
Sports or Music Lessons
Sports or Music lessons Deciding between sports or music lessons can be a difficult decision for students who are busy with school. It’s important to try out different interests to see what’s a good fit. Sports are a great way to stay healthy and learn teamwork while music is a more creative outlet. While they […]
Music Together Winter 2022
Join us for the Drum Song Collection this Winter!This upcoming Music Together Winter 2022 session, your little ones will love jumping and hiding in “John the Rabbit” and “Sneak and Peek.” You’ll all be mesmerized by the beautiful lullaby, “Arroró, mi niño” and enjoy the catchy rhythms of “Jim Jam Drummer.” In addition to ten […]
Piano Tuning in Metro Detroit
Routine piano tuning is essential to keeping it in top playing condition. Changes in weather affect the tension of the strings on the piano. Letting a piano fall out of tune will not only affect the sound, but can also cause other issues. Problems that arise for pianos that stay out of tune for a […]
Hello, Everybody Music Together App
Hello, Everybody! October Blog Post Written by Sarah Boyd Hello, everybody…so glad to see you! I love singing this in class each week and watching each child’s response as they see a whole room full of grown-ups sing to them by name. Our “Hello” song in Music Together is not only catchy and applicable to […]
Why Music Together?
Defining our “Why” Welcome back to another terrific Music Together semester, families! This fall we will explore the Bongos collection, which includes many well-loved favorites (think “She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain), fascinating “mouth music” from the Irish culture, and beautiful songs for layering harmonies like “Canoe Song”. How many of you sang “My paddle’s […]
Made in Detroit: Guitars crafted from city ruins
Made in Detroit: Guitars crafted from city ruins cbsnews.com DETROIT — Detroit has more than 70,000 abandoned buildings. Among them is an old Cadillac plant that houses piles of wood. Where others see trash, Mark Wallace sees buried treasure. Wallace started making guitars out of Detroit’s reclaimed wood a year and a half ago. He […]
Jazz Cafe Open Mic
Jazz Cafe Open Mic Want to share your musical talent and gain exposure? This event gives local musicians and performers an opportunity to perform in front of a live audience and band. DETEVENTS PRESENTS: SPOTLIGHT The Quarterly Series Wednesday, June 11th, 2014 Spotlight is a Quarterly open mic night event for all ages held at […]
Michigan Opera Theatre
A View from the Bridge at the Michigan Opera Theatre By Patricia Lawlis The two act opera, A View from the Bridge, after Arthur Miller’s play by the same name, first premièred at the Chicago Lyric Opera in 1999. The story follows protagonist Eddie Carbone as his taboo attraction for his niece leads him to […]
Allee Willis Produces Love Song to Detroit
Metro Times By Alaina McConnell January 29th, 2014 Allee Willis Allee Willis is a “Grammy, Emmy, Tony, Webby award-winning and nominated songwriter, artist, director, producer, multi-mediaist, collector and party-thrower.” (Dang, she’s only one short of an EGOT). You may not know her, but you know her work: She wrote the theme song for Friends. More recently, she wrote […]
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Flash Mob Delights Canton Ikea Shoppers
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra recently arranged a flash mob at Ikea to promote its new Neighborhood Concert series in Canton. Videos of orchestra flash mobs have been taking the internet by storm, but recently Canton Ikea shoppers witnessed it with their own two eyes and ears. Patch.com Posted by Nicole Krawcke Detroit Symphony […]
Baker’s Keyboard Lounge to Open in Downtown Detroit
dbusiness.com Baker’s Keyboard Lounge Marking its 80th anniversary, Baker’s Keyboard Lounge is opening a second location this fall, and is working with Dan Gilbert’s Bedrock Real Estate Services to find space in downtown Detroit’s lower Woodward corridor or in Capitol Park near the Westin Book Cadillac Hotel. The original Baker’s Keyboard Lounge opened as a […]
Music Together winter semester starting soon!
Leaves Are Falling All Around! While it seems like we just started the Fall semester, we are already halfway through! This is one of our favorite times in each semester – when we have all learned most of the music and we are more confident to sing a little louder, share and laugh more during […]
International Day of Peace
Hummingbirds Music Together to Celebrate United Nations’ International Day of Peace Saturday, September 21 Peace Day Sing Along to take place at the Grosse Pointe Public Library – Woods Branch Music Together, the leading international early childhood music education program, will commemorate the United Nations International Day of Peace (September 21) with family music events […]
American Idol Detroit Auditions 2013
American Idol Detroit Auditions 2013 Hey Detroit, American Idol is holding Auditions on July 21st. Check out all the links below for rules, FAQ, and everything else. Detroit is the largest city in Michigan and the larger Detroit Metro region boasts an impressive population of 5.2 million people. The city was founded by the French […]
How do you play guitar? 10 awesome guitar videos to show you!
How do you play guitar? First, you need to own one and then you need to start listening to as much guitar music as possible. Those are the basics, but that question is best answered through many lessons, workshops, and practice sessions. The guitar is an instrument capable of unlimited expression. In the following videos, you’ll […]
Summer Music Camps
Summer Music Camps Grosse Pointe Music Academy will host weeklong summer music camps for beginning to intermediate students age 9–17. Besides having fun, Grosse Pointe Music Academy summer music camps are designed to keep students actively involved in playing their instruments throughout the summer months. Many students will put their instruments away from the summer, […]