Our unique method focuses on separating your child's MusicHour™ into diverse activities, such as using flash cards, playing musical games and using pioneering music software on laptops our professors all carry. For more information on the method, please visit the ‘Who we are’ page.

Yes. The system has been organically developed by Robert Emery over ten years of teaching. He discovered his pupils found traditional methods of learning restrictive and ineffective, leading to the creation of the Arts Academy method.

Our results speak for themselves. As do the parents of our current students. Look at our testimonials on the ‘who we are’ page to find out more.

We cover all musical instruments - whichever your child wishes to learn, we can offer a skilled professor for the job.

We feel that complete beginners to music learn more efficiently by concentrating on one instrument. When we feel a pupil is ready, they may learn to play as many instruments as they wish.

Music theory is an important and integral part of getting to know your instrument. Therefore at every level through our innovative technology, music theory is included in the most enjoyable way possible.

Please see the ‘what we do’ page for a full lesson breakdown.

We have discovered that the majority of children above the age of four can keep concentration for an hour due to the amount of different activities in a typical MusicHour™. Look at the ‘what we do’ page to see the MusicHour™ breakdown.

Your professor will provide you will all the learning materials needed.

If your child joined us as a beginner, for the first few months of their tuition with the Arts Academy, we do not put any pressure on pupils to practice. After this time, your professor will create a HomePlan™ that will make key suggestions about the amount of practice your child should undertake, what to do and how to do it. Don’t forget that if you join the Arts Academy, you will also receive a practice guide for parents.

This is up to you, your child and your professor to decide. Our policy is not to work towards exams, but to take them when and if your child is ready. If we do take exams, it is usually through the Associated Board of the Royal School of Music.

Yes. Our tuition session, or as we like to call it, the ‘MusicHour™’ will always be for one academic hour (55 minutes) per pupil. Normally a pupil will have one regular MusicHour™ per week.

Each MusicHour™ costs £35.00 per session and takes place weekly over 3 terms of spring, summer and autumn to run in conjunction with most school terms. You pay in advance upon invoice at the start of every term.

The MusicHour™ will take place in your own home using your child’s own instrument. We provide a competitive instrument hire and purchase service, should your child not have their own.

No. To allow the professor and the pupil to bond fully, it is recommended that the MusicHour™ is not observed. However, professors are not aloud to be alone in the house with the pupil – a responsible adult has to be on call. Once a term, parents will be encouraged to sit in on a MusicHour™ to observe.

A notice period of 48 hours must be given to postpone a MusicHour™ – as you pay termly in advance, if this notice period is given your MusicHour™ will be rescheduled. If however the notice period is not given, you will lose that session from your PrePaid block.

It is recommended that each child has their own MusicHour™ and a discount is given if each child’s MusicHour™ is scheduled consecutively back to back. E.g. Tommy’s MusicHour™ commences at 4pm until 5pm, and his sister Sally’s MusicHour™ commences immediately afterwards at 5pm until 6pm. Although not recommended, it is possible to divide the MusicHour™ in certain circumstances between two children.

The age range of our pupils runs from four to sixteen. Before and after this age we can recommend alternatives.

Yes. All our professors are individually trained before they teach for us. Each professor will use the same learning and tuition material.

A suitable professor will be recommended depending upon your requirements. If you feel this professor is not right for your child, you may see more profiles. Combined with our Creative Directors expertise, you will always make the decision as to which professor your child learns with.

If you need to contact a professor urgently, you can phone head office with any query you may have. Alternatively, you can log into the ‘parent area’ on the website and contact your professor direct via the PostBox.

You can follow your child’s progress by logging into the ‘parent’ area on the website and clicking on the JotterPad. This is where our professors write notes after every MusicHour™ to record what progress your child has made and what they need to work on.

There are two options available; either we can send out another professor to cover your MusicHour™, or the MusicHour™ can be postponed until another date can be arranged, to fit in with your personal requirements.

No. All travel costs are included in the tuition fees.

The Arts Academy offers an exclusive and personal service. It is therefore important to us that we talk to you to discuss your individual requirements.

Our office is open from 10am until 7pm Mon-Fri and until 12noon on Saturday. Please see the contact us page for more details.

No. The only costs will be the fees for the MusicHour™, examinations and learning materials.

No. However, all children must have a free consultation session before any tuition can commence to see if the Arts Academy method is suitable.

You are invoiced for a term of tuition in advance and pay your fees either via BACS, over the phone or online through our Payment Facility. We must receive your payment before tuition can commence.

The Arts Academy has some interesting and innovative events planned for the future which could involve your child. To keep up to date with information, visit the 'news' page for upcoming events.