When you enroll in lessons at Star City Music Studios, you’re joining a musical family of fellow students, professional musicians, and music lovers. Your weekly lesson is just one part of your experience at the studio, which includes opportunities to meet with other students, share you music, and gain public performance experience in a supportive atmosphere. Contact us today to learn more about our comprehensive music making experience.

Our full slate of Musikgarten early-childhood classes are forming now for fall 26. Contact us today for information on which class is right for your child, and to register for the fall term starting the week of August 10th.

Summer camp registration is now open for Music Makers at the Seashore, Keyboard Camp, and Organ Camp. Contact us for dates, cost, and other details.

Our spring recitals are scheduled for Friday, May 1st, and Saturday, May 2nd. All of our students, from our youngest Musikgarten participants to our advanced pre-college and adult students, are invited to perform on one of four recitals. The weekend will be capped off with our invitation-only honors recital on Saturday evening.

The second half of our fall term is always INCREDIBLY busy, with multiple opportunities for students to practice performing and to celebrate the season. Some highlights:

• Our final rep classes (studio classes) are scheduled before Thanksgiving break. These classes are a low-pressure opportunity for students to play in front of their peers.
• Dress rehearsals for our final recitals of the year happen the weekend before Thanksgiving. While we don’t hold them for all recitals, we do for our Christmas and Spring recitals, which are the most formal events that we hold.
• The last two months of the fall term are full of holiday events, including our popular Halloween recitals, and our end-of-term Christmas recitals. It’s our favorite time of year!

A favorite of our students, our annual Halloween recitals are the afternoon of October 25th. Come in costume and enjoy a program of spooky, silly holiday music!

Over 30 students from Star City Music studios participated in the National Federation of Music Club’s junior festival the first two weekends in March. Out of 35 entries, students received 31 superior ratings and 4 excellent ratings, an exceptionally strong year for our studio. Additionally, four students performed on the district honors recital, in recognition of their consecutive years of superior ratings at festival. Congratulations to all of our hard-working students, their dedicated teachers, and their supportive families.

We are busy preparing for the National Federation of Music Clubs Junior Festival on March 1st. In preparation for the festival, students will perform in one of our festival recitals on Saturday, February 22nd. Not part of Federation? Students are welcome to perform in our Winter Recital the same afternoon.

We cap off our fall term with a busy December of performances.

October is a busy month at the studio. We’ll be heading to Columbus for the Ohio Federation of Music Clubs, then we’re back to Dayton for a roundtable on the business of running a music studio, followed by one of the highlights of the year: our annual Halloween Recitals.