Welcome Back to (soon to be) Dr. Tigran Saakyan!

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Tigran Saakyan: Private Piano

In 2018, Tigran joined the faculty at Music & Play as a full-time piano instructor. He has since performed in concerts across Alberta, British Columbia, Russia, Mexico, and the United States. In 2019, he appeared at the 15th Pender Harbour Chamber Music Festival alongside some of Canada’s leading musicians. In 2021, he joined Calgary’s Mountain View Festival (Artistic Directors: Charles Foreman and Kathleen van Mourik), ...

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Hiring for 25-26!

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The Music Studio is currently seeking to add a number of faculty members for our 2025/26 year.

Opportunities include:

  • Early Childhood Music Teacher (ages 0 – 5)
  • The Safari – group music teacher (ages 4.5 – 11)
  • Private Guitar Teacher (ages 8+)
  • Private Drum Teacher (ages 8+)
  • Senior Private Piano Teacher

If you have high standards for music and arts education, love to inspire students and would like to help ‘build great people’ as part of West Calgary’s ...

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Spring TMC Classes Now Open

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There’s no better way to gear up for Stampede than with a Pony! Public registration is now open for our TMC 10-week Spring 2025 ‘Pony’ session. Full of singing, dancing, and playing together the TMC program (for ages 0-4) has been the leading early childhood music program in Calgary for almost 15 years now and we hope that you will join us this spring! — @ Continue Reading →

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Welcome to Faith Stewart!

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We are excited to welcome Faith Stewart to The Music Studio faculty!

Faith will be working with our youngest students through our ECE and foundational music programs as well as teaching private voice and and piano to students of all ages. Faith’s deep-rooted joy for music has guided her journey as both a performer and educator, fundamentally shaping her approach to teaching.

She strives to ignite a passion for music in her students, ...

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Welcome (back) to Gus Moberg!

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Gus Moberg: Private Guitar, Group Guitar, Fretboard Harmony, Jazz Class

Gus Moberg grew up just north of Gothenburg, Sweden, and started playing guitar around the age of twelve, after having heard the music of Queen being played in a commercial…and the rest is history!  After touring and recording, completing his ...

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6 reasons why group music is the best way to get into music – Reason #1

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Reason #1: You get Professional Instruction
Professional music teachers have, in most cases, trained for decades to be properly qualified to teach music and provide the proper guidance to new musicians and most importantly, they want to be teachers. Teachers help you become acquainted with the techniques and practice options that are best for You and help ensure that you realize results from all of your ...
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Why Groups Work – for more than just sports!

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There is a reason why groups work in sport. In group classes, you get to ease into the experience, get guidance from certified instructors, build friendships and a strong foundation and get inspired by those around you and push yourself in new and supported ways. This is also why group classes are the best way to build a strong foundation, increase your confidence and skills and have fun in music and the arts!

A New Location

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And with a new name comes (drum roll please) … A New Location! To better serve our students, their families and music education in Calgary, we will be moving our Studio across 16 Avenue (only 5 blocks away) and building out a new ground floor studio in the Medicine Hill/Trinity Hills ...

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