725 Fanshawe Park Road W
London North, Ontario, N6G 5B4

Lesson Centre: Phone or Text (519) 439-0102

Store Phone: (519) 439-0101

Lesson Centre Email: londonnorthlessons@long-mcquade.com

Store Email: london@long-mcquade.com

Lesson Centre Hours
Monday: 10:00am - 9:00pm
Tuesday: 10:00am - 9:00pm
Wednesday: 10:00am - 9:00pm
Thursday: 10:00am - 9:00pm
Friday: 10:00am - 9:00pm
Saturday: 10:00am - 6:00pm
Sunday: 12:00pm - 5:00pm

Our Clarinet Teachers:

Alex Tirolese - Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet, Banjo, Ukulele, , Violin, Bass Guitar music lessons in London North

alex tirolese (Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet, Banjo, Ukulele, , Violin, Bass Guitar)

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Teaching Day(s): Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Alex is a talented saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist with 20 years of playing experience. He is currently pursuing a music degree through Berklee College of Music. Alex is a thorough and patient teacher with 8 years experience teaching privately at local studios and with the Holy Spirit Marching Band. Alex emphasizes musicality, each lesson building on the previous ones, and of course, having fun. Alex is well-versed in many styles of music including, but not limited to, rock, funk, jazz, and classical. When not teaching, studying or recording, you can catch Alex gigging across Ontario with his band, Fun Fact. In addition, Alex is an official artist for Spector Basses. His rate is $27.00/half-hour private lesson.

Melissa Tipson-Mohr - Clarinet, Flute, Saxophone music lessons in London North

melissa tipson-mohr (Clarinet, Flute, Saxophone)

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Teaching Day(s): Tuesday, Sunday

Melissa holds a Master's Degree in Music Performance and Literature from Western University, where she also obtained an Undergraduate Degree in Music Education. A talented clarinetist, flutist and saxophonist, as well as an arts manager, working in the non-profit art scene for the past four years, Melissa is also the co-founder and clarinetist of the contemporary chamber ensemble Koine Project. She is well versed in teaching all musical styles aiming to create an open and fun learning environment. Her rate is $27.00/half-hour private lesson.

Our Group Lessons:

SONGWRITING & DEMO WORKSHOP Benjamin Heffernan lessons in London North

SONGWRITING & DEMO WORKSHOP - Benjamin Heffernan

Lesson Registration Brochure Dates: 2024-03-18 to 2024-05-13
Cost: $160.00

Explore the songwriting process in a creative, collaborative environment alongside other songwriters. This group class with Ben Heffernan will focus on lyric writing, different types of songwriting processes, and using various writing exercises in order to explore new territory as songwriters. Participants will come away from the workshop with at least one finished demo recording of an original song. All genres of songwriters are welcome.

Students must bring headphones and a laptop with an Intel Core I5 Processor. Additional gear will be provided. Personal instruments welcome!

This class runs every week for 8 weeks from 6pm-8pm starting on Monday, March 18th and ends on Monday, May 13th 2024. Ages 16+

Note: There will no lesson on April 15th

Cost is $160.00 for the class.

ADULT BEGINNER GUITAR CLASS Matthew Martin lessons in London North

ADULT BEGINNER GUITAR CLASS - Matthew Martin

Lesson Registration Brochure Dates: 2024-04-19 to 2024-06-07
Cost: $160.00

A welcoming and engaging class for complete adult beginners to guitar, or students who have been dabbling for a while but feel like they missed out on the basics. Matt will take you from the basics of how to hold the guitar, to playing notes, chords, and strumming patterns. By the end of the class students will have learned the foundations of good guitar technique and applied that to playing simple melodies and chords for popular songs.They will also learn how to read tabs, chord diagrams and chord charts.

Students will learn from handouts provided by the teacher and the book “First 50 Campfire Songs You Should Learn on Guitar”.

Cost: $160
Required: Guitar & "First 50 Campfire Songs You Should Learn on Guitar” by Hal Leonard
Timeline: Every Friday from 7pm-8:30pm starting April 19th (Last class June 7th) - 8 weeks

Note: The book is not required for the first lesson for those who are unsure if they would like to complete the remaining 7 weeks of the course. Talk to us if you are interested in a single paid trial class!

COLOURFUL MUSIC Scott McIlwraith lessons in London North

COLOURFUL MUSIC - Scott McIlwraith

Lesson Registration Brochure Dates: 2023-09-16 to 2024-06-29
Cost: $17.00 Per Session

Create personalized compositions and visual art pieces in this game-based, multidisciplinary, music theory class! In each 60-minute session, students aim to collect as many notes as possible through a variety of music themed games. When finished, students use their collected notes to create songs and pictures personal to them. Students will perform and share their works of art at the end of each class. Open to beginner students ages 4 - 14, each 60-minute group class will be on Saturdays with sessions from 10 - 6 PM. Optional choice for this group to be weekly or bi-weekly. Cost is $17.00 per session.