NFSS Student Wins 1st Place at Pensacola State College Guitar Competition

Congratulations to our wonderful student, 12-year-old Simon Joos (pictured on the far left) for his success at the 2024 Pensacola State College Guitar Competition. Simon is a student of Music Lessons Express’ North Florida Suzuki School where he studies with guitar program director, Dr. Ben Lougheed. Simon will be featured at the Pensacola Guitar Ensemble Spring…

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North Florida Suzuki School Represented at All-State 2024

North Florida Suzuki violin students Ethan Cannon (11th grade) and Pavit Patel (8th grade) represented their school, Florida State University Schools, at the 2024 Florida All-State orchestras in Tampa this past weekend. The 2024 Florida Music Educators Conference which hosts the All-State ensembles is one of the largest music education professional development events in the…

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North Florida Suzuki Guitar Students Featured at Florida Guitar Festival

  Last weekend’s Florida Guitar Festival drew competitors andclinicians from all around the country to Tallahassee. Prominently featured in the opening concert and masterclasses were our advanced guitar students from MLE’s North Florida Suzuki School. Students Antonia Nowels, Kabeer Aggarwal, Simon Joos, Jemmy Qin, Donald Hinchman, Terry Lin, and Himank Chhaya performed in masterclasses for…

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MLE Violin Day 2022

MLE was excited to host our annual Violin Day on March 9th at the MLE Studio. Current and visiting violin students participated in games and group classes with our instructors, Dr. Erin Hedrick and Hunter Sanchez. Our violin student parents attending a presentation by visiting Suzuki teacher, Elma Sanabria. Ms. Sanabria, a native of Honduras, holds…

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MLE Guitar Students Receive Top Rankings in Regional Festival

     Congratulations to our five guitar students who participated in the 2022 North Florida Strings Festival. This annual festival, sponsored by the American Strings Teachers Association, is an opportunity for young string students to perform for and receive feedback from an adjudicator. All five guitar students from MLE received Level 1 ratings and three…

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