Fifteen-year-old guitar student, Donald Hinchman, placed third in the high school division of the 2021 Florida Guitar Festival and Competition, held October 15-17th in Tallahassee, FL. Donald currently studies with MLE program director Dr. Ben Lougheed and has been part of the MLE Suzuki guitar program for the last three years. The Florida Guitar…
We are excited to continue our partnership at Gentle Hands Tallahassee by offering a new class for young beginners and their parents. Preschool Guitar, led by Dr. Ben Lougheed is specially designed to introduce the world of guitar to 3-6 year old students. Held once a week for thirty minutes over a period of six weeks, this…
We are excited to announce that two of our Suzuki violin students, Karan Komuroji and Luxmi Narayan have been invited to participate as first violinists in the 2021 Indo-European Youth Orchestra. Luxmi Narayan, 15, has been a Suzuki student at Music Lessons Express for the past eight years. A sophomore at Florida State University School, Luxmi…
Music Lessons Express is thrilled to announce that guitar student Himank Chhaya won first prize in the intermediate division of the 8th Annual Latino Arts International Guitar Festival Competition. Himank is a student of MLE program director Dr. Ben Lougheed and has been part of the Suzuki guitar program for more than five years. A…
EDIT: Preschool Violin Level I for Fall 2021 is open for registration. Classes begin 9/13/21. Music Lessons Express is excited to bring our wildly successful Suzuki violin program to GentleHands, Tallahassee’s premier play space and resource hub for young children and their parents. GentleHands is the perfect location for students and parents to work with…
Congratulations to our wonderful student, 13-year-old Donald Hinchman, for winning the 2020 Kids Go for B’roque Competition! Donald was the only guitar student to be selected as a winner in this year’s competition. The Kids Go for B’roque competition is an annual competition sponsored by the Tallahassee Bach Parley. Students under 18 years of age…
Music Lessons Express was pleased to host guest teacher Elizabeth Ramos for our Suzuki Violin Day on February 22nd at the MLE Studio. As a part of our Suzuki parent education series, Ms. Ramos performed a lecture recital entitled “Beginning Teaching and the End Result: the evolution of Suzuki Book One skills through the violin…
We are pleased to announce that all nine competitors representing Music Lessons Express received a Gold Certificate, the highest ranking, at the 2020 North Florida Strings Festival! The North Florida Strings Festival is an annual event sponsored by the American String Teachers Association and provides students of string instruments a chance to perform solo and…
As part of our Featured Alumni blog series, we are reaching out to students who studied at MLE through high school. Today’s post features former violin student and Tallahassee native, Avonlea Geisbert. Where do you live now? I just moved from Tallahassee, Florida to Olympia, Washington. Tell us a little bit about your…
Music Lessons Express violin student, 9-year-old Eric Zhu, won 2nd place at the Big Bend Community Orchestra Concert held December 8th, 2019 in Tallahassee, Florida. Eric has studied violin and piano at Music Lessons Express for three years and is enrolled in the Suzuki violin program. He is currently the concertmaster of the Tallahassee…