Stephen School Of Music

Living around HBR Layout, you might have walked past 318 and heard someone practicing their scales. That’s usually us. Stephen School Of Music isn’t a massive institution, it’s more of a local spot where people come to learn an instrument. We have guitars, keyboards, and a lot of sheet music lying around in stacks. The rooms are simple, just enough space for a teacher and a student to sit and work through a piece of music together. It gets noisy, especially when we have a few different lessons going on at the same time, but you get used to the clash of sounds. Kids come after school, and sometimes adults stop by in the evening after they finish their own work. We don’t make a big fuss about being world-class or anything like that. We just teach the notes, show them how to hold the instrument, and tell them to go home and practice. It’s a slow process for most people. Some weeks it feels like no progress is being made, then suddenly a student hits the right rhythm. That’s just how it goes with music. The building is a regular house structure, nothing fancy on the outside. We’re just here for the music and helping people understand how to play what they hear. It’s been a part of the neighborhood for a while, and we like the steady pace of it all.