124 Main Street
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, B2X 1R9

Lesson Centre: Phone or Text (902) 496-6966

Store Phone: (902) 496-6996

Fax: (902) 496-7404

Lesson Centre Email: dartmouthlessons@long-mcquade.com

Store Email: dartmouth@long-mcquade.com

Lesson Centre Hours
Monday: 10am - 9:00pm
Tuesday: 10am- 9:00pm
Wednesday: 10am - 9:00pm
Thursday: 10am - 9:00pm
Fridays: 10am - 8:00pm
Saturdays: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Sunday: CLOSED

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Welcome to Dartmouth's largest music lesson centre located at 124 Main street, Dartmouth. We offer 15 spacious studios in house and our very own recital room. Our studios are equipped with state of the art keyboards and acoustic upright pianos as well as a Yamaha Concert Grand. We offer lessons in violin, viola, cello, all woodwind and brass, all styles piano, guitar (electric and acoustic), banjo, ukulele, bodhran, percussion and drumset.

Our Guitar Teachers:

Adrian Dunn - Guitar music lessons in Dartmouth

adrian dunn (Guitar)

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Teaching Day(s): Tuesday

Adrian is currently the third generation of music teachers in his family, with his sensibility and saintly patience woven directly into his DNA. With over 20 years of playing and performing experience, he's at ease with various guitar styles and is able and willing to customize the lesson path based on an individual’s stylistic preference. A student of St. F.X’s jazz program and a graduate of NSCC’s music program in Dartmouth, Adrian’s musical journey has been marked by accomplishments in writing, arranging, and performing with various ECMA and Nova Scotia Music Award nominees and winners. Now, Adrian brings his expertise to you in lesson format, offering instruction for all levels of guitar as well as beginner bass and keyboard lessons. His rate per 30 minute private session is $26

Ben Lafitte - Guitar, Piano music lessons in Dartmouth

ben lafitte (Guitar, Piano)

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Teaching Style: jazz, rock

Teaching Day(s): Thursday, Saturday

Ben Lafitte is a guitar, piano, bass player, and songwriter, with close to a decade of musical experience. He recently completed the NSCC Music Arts program, majoring on the guitar. There, he studied theory, songwriting, and performance, while receiving individual guitar lessons. His teaching style is flexible and emphasizes the importance of finding a balance needed for each student to be engaged and having fun with the music, while also building up a strong foundation of necessary skills. He mainly specializes in rock, jazz, and funk styles, but is happy to work with musicians with any background, experience level, and musical preference. Ben is $25 per half hour lesson.

Blake Johnston - guitar, bass, slide guitar music lessons in Dartmouth

blake johnston (guitar, bass, slide guitar)

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Teaching Style: rock

Teaching Day(s): Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

Blake Johnston is a guitarist/singer songwriter/producer with 27 years experience playing guitar and 20 years experience gigging and writing songs.
He has played on and produced several Music Nova Scotia and ECMA nominated albums, as well as taking home an ECMA for 2022 Blues Recording of the year for Campbell and Johnston's Black Market Band of which he is one half of. Blake is proficient in the genres of Rock, Blues, Soul, Country and teaches slide guitar as well as introduction into open tunings.
Blake is $26 per half hour lesson.

Brad Conrad - Guitar music lessons in Dartmouth

brad conrad (Guitar)

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Teaching Style: jazz, rock

Teaching Day(s): Thursday

Brad has a music degree from Dalhousie University and has been playing in local and national bands for the last 17 years. He has appeared on stage with a number of acts such as Nathan Wiley, Blue Rodeo, Sam Roberts, Dutch Mason, Matt Mays, and Jill Barber, received a Juno during his tenure with “Johnny Favourite” and currently he plays regularly with “The Mellotones”, “The Metric System”, “Joe Murphy”, “The Hopping Penguins”, and hosts a long standing weekly blues jam at Bearly’s. He’s been teaching for the last 16 years and is a regular coach at Summer Rock. His rate for a half-hour private lesson is $26.

David McLean - Guitar, Drums, Songwriting, Theory music lessons in Dartmouth

david mclean (Guitar, Drums, Songwriting, Theory)

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Teaching Style: rock

Teaching Day(s): Wednesday, Friday

David Mclean (Guitar, Drums, Songwriting & Theory) graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2015 and has been recording and performing all over North America. Learning from some of the top musicians in their fields, David has had the opportunity to work with various world-class artists while studying at Berklee such as Slash, Mark Tremonti and Jeff Williams. David has also worked as a session musician on television shows such as Beyblades Burst! as well as video games such as Renaine. David is currently playing around the Maritimes with Joe Muprhy, Emily Stuart and many other local artists. His rate for a half-hour private lesson is $26.

Doug Cameron - Drums, Guitar music lessons in Dartmouth

doug cameron (Drums, Guitar)

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Teaching Style: jazz, rock

Teaching Day(s): Tuesday, Saturday

Doug has a Bachelor of Arts in Music from St. Francis Xavier University. He has been playing in various groups in Halifax for the last six years, has toured the continent with Aide de Camp, and plays in the ECMA nominated band Doctor Dfunkt and award-winning David Myles. Doug has been teaching rock, jazz and other styles of drumming for the last eight years. His rate for a half-hour private lesson is $27.

Jeffery Mosher - Sax, Beginner Guitar, Beginner keyboard music lessons in Dartmouth

jeffery mosher (Sax, Beginner Guitar, Beginner keyboard)

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Teaching Style: classical, jazz, rock

Teaching Day(s): Tuesday

Jeffery has a Bachelors of Arts with a major in music [saxophone] from Dalhousie , University. He played with the back up band to the Platters, Dan Aykroyd and the Blues Brothers, and others. Currently he is front man for the Mellotones and the Metric System. He has taught at Summer Rock, and the Acadia Jazz Camp, as well as privately. His rate for a 1/2 hour private lesson is $27.00.

Laura Gallant - Piano, guitar, voice, uke music lessons in Dartmouth

laura gallant (Piano, guitar, voice, uke)

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Teaching Style: jazz, rock

Teaching Day(s): Monday

Laura Gallant is a singer and songwriter who got started on her musical journey taking piano lessons when she was 5. She was always copying singers like Lauryn Hill and Christina Aguilera and then the guitar caught her interest when she was 13. She started learning through her musical family, eventually travelling around playing songs she’d written and learned. She then decided to enrol in the Music Arts program at NSCC, exploring Jazz theory and joining local bands Superfluid and Lazeez, who she fronted and co-wrote music for. She loves sharing her musical knowledge and love for the art with any student who is curious!
Laura is $27 per half hour lesson.

Matthew Gallant - Drums, Guitar, Hand Drums music lessons in Dartmouth

matthew gallant (Drums, Guitar, Hand Drums)

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Teaching Style: classical, jazz, rock

Teaching Day(s): Monday, Tuesday, Thursday

What do you want to play? Rock n roll, blues, country, soul, jazz, hip hop, latin, Metal, world, folk, pop? Just ask Matt, he's played it all!! With a Bachelor of Music Degree in Music Performance from Dalhousie University under his belt, Matt Gallant has been involved in the music industry for 25 years. He has worked with professional artists including Amelia Curran, Erin Costelo, Ben Caplan, Dave Sampson, Adam Baldwin, Roxy and the Underground Soul Sound, Willie Stratton and has toured internationally with The Brood.
Whether engaging in community and professional theatre projects, workshops or working with bands, Matthew brings a vast musical experience, eagerness and passion. Matthew is not shy to crowds - he has facilitated many workshops to large groups and has played over 3,000 shows.
Matthew plays with people across cultures, most notably the Open Borders International MusicGroup that assembles 20+ musicians from different cultures to create extremely unique and vibrant shows. If you want to learn drums Matt would be a great teacher to introduce you to the vast world of music! Matthew is $26 per half hour lesson.

Mike Farrington - Bass, Guitar music lessons in Dartmouth

mike farrington (Bass, Guitar)

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Teaching Style: jazz, rock

Teaching Day(s): Wednesday

A founding member of Halifax funk and soul legends The Mellotones, Mike has 20 plus years of live and recording experience in the music industry. He’s performed and/or
recorded with a diverse list of maritime artists: Garrett Mason, Dutch Mason, Matt Mays, David Myles, Jill Barber, Erin Costello, The Mellotones, Matt Andersen, Nathan Wiley.
He can be heard most recently on Matt Andersen’s “Halfway Home By Morning” album, which was recorded in Nashville and toured across the country in 2019. He also played on Matt Mays’ Juno award winning album “Coyote” and Garrett Masons’ Juno
nominated album “Love and Sound”. Mike studied bass at the now defunct Canadian
Conservatory of Music with Pat Riley. Mike is $27 per half hour lesson.

Nicholas MacLean - Guitar music lessons in Dartmouth

nicholas maclean (Guitar)

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Teaching Style: classical, jazz, rock

Teaching Day(s): Monday, Friday

Nicholas earned a BA in Music (Jazz Studies) from St. Francis Xavier University and has since studied with internationally renowned musicians such as Wayne Krantz, Oz Noy, Howard Alden and Jim Campilongo. He is active in the local music scene, currently playing with Alana Yorke, Gabrielle Papillon and Andrew Watt and the Glory Glory. Nicholas teaches guitar, beginner bass and lap steel guitar, and enjoys teaching many styles from modern and classic rock to jazz, blues, metal and country. His rate for a half-hour private lesson is $27.

Pat Riley - Guitar, Bass music lessons in Dartmouth

pat riley (Guitar, Bass)

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Teaching Style: jazz, rock

Teaching Day(s): Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday

Pat has a Certificate in arranging and composition from the Berklee College of Music, has gigged with many of the top names in the musical universe, and is mentor to some of the best musicians in Atlantic Canada. He was the main host of the CBC Rock Camp series and currently sings, writes, produces, and is a top session player. He is one of the founders and currently the director of Summer Rock Camp, has been teaching award and scholarship winning students since 1990s and is a Primary Instrument Instructor at the NSCC Music program. His rate for a half-hour private lesson is $27.

Rheo Rochon - Guitar,  Bass music lessons in Dartmouth

rheo rochon (Guitar, Bass)

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Teaching Style: jazz, rock

Teaching Day(s): Monday, Thursday

Rhéo Rochon is a Galaxie Rising Star award-winning professional bassist / guitarist / drummer who attended the jazz program at Humber College of Music in Etobicoke, Ontario. He has appeared on many acclaimed studio recordings and has toured extensively in Canada as well as in Scotland and The U.S.A. with several acts including The Garrett Mason & Keith Hallett Show, The Chronos Band, Cyndi Cain, Alan Jeffries, Tim Chaisson (East Pointers), Modern Grass and Carleton Stone (Port Cities).
Rhéo has shared the stage opening for many great artists such as Buddy Guy, Lauren Hill, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Charles Bradley, John Scofield, Junior Watson, Miles Goodwin (April Wine), Joel Plaskett, Matt Mays, and The Trews.
He is currently enjoying working with Keith Hallett, Wharf Rats, The Ordeals, WALL, Brad Conrad & The New Regulars, Little Barry & The Blue Devils, and Chris Kirby.
Rhéo is also busy as a sub filling in with many artists including The Mellotones, Campbell & Johnson’s Black Market Band, Roxy & The Underground Soul Sound, and Canadian icon Jann Arden.
Rheo is $26 per half hour lesson

Yousef Mousavi - Guitar music lessons in Dartmouth

yousef mousavi (Guitar)

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Teaching Style: jazz, rock

Teaching Day(s): Thursday, Friday

Yousef Mousavi is a songwriter and composer who graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2017. Originally educated on the piano, Yousef picked up the guitar at the age of eleven and has since been performing the guitar in the Halifax area solo and with multiple bands and groups. In 2010, he was awarded King’s View Academy’s Excellence in Fine Arts Award. While at Berklee, he studied under jazz/rock/blues guitarists Tom Miller, Tomo Fujita, and Jack Pezanelli. He also studied video game composition with Duncan Watts, composer of Bioshock: Infinite and League of Legends. Yousef gives yearly lectures in Toronto on the music of Japanese Animation.Lessons are $27 per half hour.