Is your child interested in learning guitar, drums, violin or piano in 2026?

 

These instrumental lessons are offered by private providers at a weekly cost and take place during school hours. Payments and communication regarding lessons are managed directly between parents/caregivers and the lesson provider.

Lessons during school hours are offered to students from year 3 to year 6. In consultation with parents and teachers, some providers may offer lessons to younger students outside of class times, eg before school and at recess and lunch time. Please speak with your child’s teacher to determine if this option is suitable.

Students who participate in weekly music lessons are invited to perform at ArtBeat, our annual Arts showcase evening held in Term 4. You can view ArtBeat 2025 here.

Piano and Guitar

Daniel will be offering weekly instrumental music lessons in piano/keyboard, guitar, bass guitar, and recorder. Your child will learn to read music, typically working on two pieces each week from a variety of genres. Lessons cover music theory, music technology, and improvisation, helping students understand how music works. All lessons are tailored to each student’s individual abilities and interests.

Students will also have the opportunity to perform in the end-of-year ArtBeat concert.

Daniel holds a degree in Popular Music & Creative Technologies, having achieved distinctions in all subjects. He has played in many high-profile Adelaide bands and was a finalist in the Australian Songwriters Competition. Daniel has also mentored students for music scholarships at Scotch and Woodcroft Colleges and taught music at School of the Air.

Daniel’s teaching philosophy is to make learning music fun and creative, providing students with life-long skills in cognitive, personal, and social development.

More background can be found on Facebook via Music Lessons Happy Valley – Daniel Aquilina.

Contact Daniel:
Phone: 0422 153 152
Email: danielkeyboards@gmail.com

Strings

Lessons for String instruments will be offered by Sian Williams. Sian has taught strings for over 15 years in many schools around Adelaide. She specialises in primary-aged children on violin, viola, and cello as well as offering theory tuition alongside or independent of a music lesson. Sian has an extensive background in music therapy assistant work with children who may be anxious, living with ASD, ADHD, auditory and sensory processing, dyslexia, and dysgraphia, and general social or academic challenges.

Sian offers an introductory year-long program before school for students in years 1 and 2 only (limited places) or standard one-on-one 30-minute lessons.

Contact Sian:
Phone: 0417 836 179
Email: sian@internode.on.net

Drums

Learn drums with Ed without needing to buy a drum kit straight away! Ed teaches all levels and uses the “Rockschool” AMEB syllabus which involves students to help them learn their own favorite songs as part of their assessments. Ed has successfully helped with hundreds of exam preparations, scholarship auditions, and performance preparations. He has also toured as a professional musician nationally and internationally, as well as working with renowned producers to record in the USA and has spent two years in a row on the judging panel of the South Australian Music awards.

Contact Ed:
Phone: 0458 290 211
Email: ed.noblemusic@gmail.com

Brass & Woodwind

Students in Years 5 and 6 have the opportunity to learn trumpet, trombone, tuba, flute, clarinet, or saxophone at a discounted rate through the Department for Education Instrumental Music program. Occasionally, vacancies for Year 4 students arise.

In 2026, we are pleased to have a record number of students participating in this program.

For those who have returned an Instrumental Music Offer and Hire form, lessons will begin next Tuesday, the 3rd of February. Further information will be shared via Seesaw to these families.