Chapel Hill School of Musical Arts, Chapel Hill | Fees, Rankings, Address, Admission, Vacancies, Reviews & More

My daughter has been a piano student there for several years after starting elsewhere and I have to say I have nothing but praise for the outstanding quality of instruction she has recieved. We all know that the practice is the hardest part of getting and keeping a student engaged and a quality instructor and environment all help build in self propulsion for them to want to learn and do more – this school and instructor absolutely has done that and I have seen that across many of their students. Great facilities, excellent staff, outstanding instructors – Gordon is my daughter’s instructor and he is truly outstanding at what and how he does his instruction (amazing gifted musician), but I have no reservation about recommending to any of the instructors at the school. The school is well-known, has the depth of knowledge and capacity to do this professionally all at the same time not being intimidating in the least. Recitals are a critical and fun part of the process and it further propels the students to want to try to do more. Parents still have to do their part of course to “encourage” practice and make the needed time to do so but if learning music as a lifelong capacity is your want then there really is no better place that this school. Chris Russell from Chapel Hill

Our family has worked with several teachers during our time at CHSMA. All have been wonderful, and just a pleasure to work with. The school hums with energy and support, admin are great at sorting out dates and times for your child/ren and the school puts on four seminars per year to challenge and deepen your child’s understanding of musical options.
Chuck Higgins and Dan Mason are just outstanding, working with my son who has auditory processing issues. They took a child who was completely tone deaf and taught him to recognize and make music, in time and in tune. I am eternally grateful that we found CHSMA.

Panos Messis did a wonderful job teaching piano to both of our sons for multiple years. He strikes a perfect balance between rigor (music theory, piano technique) and fun (stickers, engaging with the kids about whatever is on their minds!). He is an excellent musician with first-class training both as a pianist and as a teacher. We feel very fortunate to have had him as a teacher and as a friend. He cares about our children and about music: a great combination!