Piano
Piano Lessons & Classes at MacPhail
MacPhail offers private lessons or group instruction for piano, keyboards, and harpsichord. All ages and skill levels. Lessons and classes are available at five locations – Minneapolis, Apple Valley, Chanhassen, and Austin – or Live Online from the location of your choice.
Ready to start learning? Find the option that’s right for you.
Individual Lessons
MacPhail provides music lessons and classes for 30+ instruments and voice. Offering piano, guitar, percussion, strings, and brass lessons in Minnesota or online.
Group Classes
Your musical journey doesn’t have to be a solo act. Learn, play, and grow – together. There’s power in making music as a group.
Suzuki Talent Education
Nurture a Mind for a Lifetime The Suzuki method transforms learning through a collaboration of parent, child, and teacher. MacPhail’s Suzuki program offers lessons on piano, violin, viola, cello, guitar, …
Opportunities to enhance your experience at MacPhail:
Crescendo for Piano
Enrichment Opportunity for Individual Instruction and Suzuki Talent Education Piano Students Italian for “growing,” Crescendo encourages and promotes students’ growth at all stages of musical development. The program aims to …
Summer Camps
Your soundtrack to summer starts here! From first notes to bold new musical goals, MacPhail Camps offer something for every young musician.
Ensembles & Choirs
Take the stage with MacPhail Ensembles & Choirs. Perform, connect, and thrive through music. There’s nothing like the energy of live performance.
Music Production & Technology (EMRA)
Discover your unique sound. Explore the art and craft of music production in MacPhail’s professional studios.
Jazz
MacPhail Center for Music is proud to offer students exploration of the great Black American art-form, jazz. MacPhail’s jazz faculty provides a comprehensive, explorative jazz curriculum spanning the great traditions of the past to the innovative developments of the present.
“Music is an inner voice, always whispering to us. It calms our heart, giving us courage, and letting our spirit soar. Piano is an extension of our body, always embracing us warm and tight. It helps our soul being elevated and elated on the wings of music. Music is such an essential part of our existence. No matter who we are, no matter where we come from, or where we choose to go, we should always seek out and listen to that inner musical voice, guiding us for the better.”
Pınar Başgöze, MacPhail Piano Teaching Artist
Meet Our Piano Faculty
Barbara Henry
Reiko Imrie
Julia Elkina
Recent Piano Events & Performances at MacPhail
MacPhail Presents: Student Performance Festival
MacPhail Presents: Concerto and Aria
MacPhail Presents: Student Performance Festival
Lesson & Class Offerings
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Musical Bridges Instrument Sampler (6-8yr) – FALL Semester
Is your child a budding musician that has not yet chosen an instrument? Musical Bridges provides children the opportunity to try out multiple instruments to help them find a great...
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Youth Rock Band Program – High School – FALL
Attention: guitarists, bassists, keyboard players, drummers, and singers! MacPhail’s newly revamped Rock Band program features collaborative rehearsals that are team taught by MacPhail faculty members whose credentials include years of...
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Youth Rock Band Program – Middle School – FALL
Attention: guitarists, bassists, keyboard players, drummers, and singers! MacPhail’s newly revamped Rock Band program features collaborative rehearsals that are team taught by MacPhail faculty members whose credentials include years of...
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Returning to Piano for Adults – FALL Semester
Are you an adult who used to play piano in the past? Did you stop years ago, but have since wanted to restart lessons? This class is for you! Designed...
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Piano Lessons – Chanhassen
About Individual Lessons at MacPhail Our outstanding faculty is equipped to teach beginning through advanced music lessons. At all levels, the music lessons are student-centered to develop personalized musical and...
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Piano / Keyboard Lessons – ONLINE
About Individual Lessons at MacPhail Our outstanding faculty is equipped to teach beginning through advanced music lessons. At all levels, the music lessons are student-centered to develop personalized musical and...
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Piano / Keyboard Lessons – Minneapolis
About Individual Lessons at MacPhail Our outstanding faculty is equipped to teach beginning through advanced music lessons. At all levels, the music lessons are student-centered to develop personalized musical and...
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Piano / Keyboard Lessons – Apple Valley
About Individual Lessons at MacPhail Our outstanding faculty is equipped to teach beginning through advanced music lessons. At all levels, the music lessons are student-centered to develop personalized musical and...
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MMFL Beginning Piano
Have you always wanted to learn to play the piano or come back to it after learning the basics years ago? Join in with other adults in the same boat,...
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Improvisation Ensemble (age 16+) – FALL Semester
Step into the world of creative music-making with MacPhail’s new Improvisation Ensemble, an offering designed for adult and advanced teen musicians who want to deepen their ability to create music...
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Fall Suzuki Piano Package – ONLINE
The Suzuki Approach The Suzuki approach to music education is based on the belief that young children can learn to play a musical instrument the same way they learn to...
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Fall Suzuki Piano Package – Minneapolis
The Suzuki Approach The Suzuki approach to music education is based on the belief that young children can learn to play a musical instrument the same way they learn to...
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Fall Suzuki Piano Package – Chanhassen
The Suzuki Approach The Suzuki approach to music education is based on the belief that young children can learn to play a musical instrument the same way they learn to...
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Fall Suzuki Piano Package – Apple Valley
The Suzuki Approach The Suzuki approach to music education is based on the belief that young children can learn to play a musical instrument the same way they learn to...
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Crescendo for Piano 2026-2027: YOUTH
Crescendo, Italian for “growing,” encourages and promotes students’ growth at all stages of musical development. The program aims to develop well-rounded musicians, reward students’ progress and set benchmarks for the...
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Crescendo for Piano 2026-2027: ADULT
Crescendo, Italian for “growing,” encourages and promotes students’ growth at all stages of musical development. The program aims to develop well-rounded musicians, reward students’ progress and set benchmarks for the...
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Chamber Music Trios, Quartets, Quintets – FALL Semester
Make playing an instrument even more exciting and enjoyable by joining one of MacPhail’s chamber music groups! Students are placed into small ensembles based on age and playing level and...
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Chamber Music Duos – FALL Semester
Make playing an instrument even more exciting and enjoyable by joining one of MacPhail’s chamber music groups! Students are placed into small ensembles based on age and playing level and...
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Beginning Piano for Adults – FALL (October start)
Learn (or re-learn) easy sight-reading, improvisation to accompany melodies and easy classical and popular songs. Build keyboard skills through note-reading, ear training, playing by ear, improvising, transposing and individual and...
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Beginning Piano for Children (Age 6-9) – FALL: Tues 5:30pm
Explore the piano while building foundational music skills through fun songs, musical games, movement, and creative activities. Students develop beginning keyboard technique while building rhythm-reading, note-reading, listening skills, and musical...
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Beginning Piano for Children (Age 6-7) – FALL
Explore the piano while building foundational music skills through fun songs, musical games, movement, and creative activities. Students develop beginning keyboard technique while building rhythm-reading, note-reading, listening skills, and musical...
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Adult Rock Band – FALL
This 12-week immersive transforms individual practice into the excitement and collaboration of playing in a real band. Designed for adult drummers, bassists, guitarists, keyboardists, and vocalists, the workshop helps musicians...
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Adult Jazz Combos – Minneapolis – FALL
Jazz is a uniquely American art form that is treasured around the world. Jazz is spontaneous and fun; it expands the imagination and sharpens the mind. The positive environment of...