3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Private piano lesson
Keys · Shota Hirose · Piano room
Community music school
Piano, violin and more, close to home
Treble is a community music school above the hardware store in Stewartville. Six teachers cover keys, strings, winds, voice and percussion for families who work in the clinics and offices of Rochester, for people new to town and for anyone who wants a lesson near home.
Five families of instruments
Find the instrument you have in mind
Choose a family to see what we teach, who teaches it and what a first lesson is like.
Keys
Piano is where most of our students start. Lessons begin on the school's pianos, and your teacher helps you decide when a keyboard or a piano at home makes sense.
Piano and keyboard
Music theory and reading
With Shota and Freda
Strings
Violin, viola and cello, with guitar, ukulele and harp beside them. A teacher fits the instrument to the student's size, and the school rents the smaller sizes by the term.
Violin, viola and cello
Guitar and ukulele
Harp
With Siyu, Marisol and Freda
Winds
Flute, clarinet, saxophone and recorder, for beginners and for school band students who want a private teacher. Every wind lesson starts with how to hold the instrument and how to breathe.
Flute and clarinet
Saxophone
Recorder group class
With Wilbur
Voice
Singing lessons for children from eight, teens and adults: warming up, breathing, reading a melody and learning a song you love. Rest and water are part of every lesson.
Songs and breathing
Reading a melody
Teens and adults
With Gunnar
Percussion
Drum kit lessons on a practice pad first, and a hand percussion group class on Saturday mornings. We help you choose a pad or a drum that your neighbors will not mind.
Drum kit and practice pad
Hand percussion class
Beginners to continuing students
With Gunnar
Lessons by format
Three formats, three lengths
A private lesson is one student and a teacher. A shared lesson is two students, and a group class or theory class is up to six students. Your teacher suggests the length at the placement visit.
| Ages | 30 minutesBeginners and younger studentsOnce a week | 45 minutesMost studentsOnce a week | 60 minutesTeens, adults and longer piecesOnce a week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Private lessonAges 5 and up | Offered | Offered | Offered |
| Shared lessonAges 8 and up | Not offered | Offered | Offered |
| Group classAges 6 to 11 | Offered | Waitlist | Not offered |
| Theory classAges 10 and up | Not offered | Offered | Not offered |
Fees and what each is for
- Registration
- Opens the student's file and covers the placement visit and scheduling
- Instrument rental
- A school violin, viola, cello, flute or clarinet for the term, so a growing student does not buy too soon
- Music books
- The books and sheets your teacher chooses for the term
- Recital costs
- Printed programs and the hall for the winter and spring recitals
Sample programs.
The week
When the lesson rooms are in use
Pick an instrument family or a level to narrow the week. Lessons are weekly and run for 30, 45 or 60 minutes.
Fall session
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Monday
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Private violin lesson
Strings · Siyu Xue · Strings room
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Private flute lesson
Winds · Wilbur Atwell · Winds room
5:00 pm – 5:45 pm
Shared guitar lesson
Strings · Siyu Xue · Strings room
5:00 pm – 5:45 pm
Private piano lesson
Keys · Shota Hirose · Piano room
6:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Private clarinet lesson
Winds · Wilbur Atwell · Winds room
Tuesday
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Private violin lesson
Strings · Marisol Martinez · Strings room
4:00 pm – 4:45 pm
Private cello lesson
Strings · Marisol Martinez · Strings room
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Private voice lesson
Gunnar Ericson · Voice and drum room
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Private piano lesson
Keys · Shota Hirose · Piano room
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Shared violin lesson
Strings · Marisol Martinez · Strings room
6:00 pm – 6:45 pm
Private drum lesson
Percussion · Gunnar Ericson · Voice and drum room
Wednesday
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Private piano lesson
Keys · Freda Cornwell · Piano room
3:30 pm – 4:15 pm
Group recorder class
Winds · Wilbur Atwell · Winds room
4:00 pm – 4:45 pm
Private harp lesson
Strings · Freda Cornwell · Piano room
4:30 pm – 5:15 pm
Private saxophone lesson
Winds · Wilbur Atwell · Winds room
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Private ukulele lesson
Strings · Siyu Xue · Strings room
Thursday
3:30 pm – 4:15 pm
Private drum lesson
Percussion · Gunnar Ericson · Voice and drum room
4:30 pm – 5:15 pm
Private piano lesson
Keys · Shota Hirose · Piano room
5:00 pm – 5:45 pm
Group ukulele class
Strings · Siyu Xue · Strings room
6:00 pm – 6:45 pm
Private guitar lesson
Strings · Siyu Xue · Strings room
Ages 10 and upContinuingFull6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Private voice lesson
Gunnar Ericson · Voice and drum room
Friday
3:00 pm – 3:45 pm
Private piano lesson
Keys · Freda Cornwell · Piano room
3:30 pm – 4:15 pm
Private cello lesson
Strings · Marisol Martinez · Strings room
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Private clarinet lesson
Winds · Wilbur Atwell · Winds room
Ages 9 and upBeginnerFull4:30 pm – 5:15 pm
Private flute lesson
Winds · Wilbur Atwell · Winds room
Saturday
9:00 am – 10:00 am
Private piano lesson
Keys · Shota Hirose · Piano room
Teens and adultsAll levelsFull9:30 am – 10:00 am
Private violin lesson
Strings · Siyu Xue · Strings room
10:00 am – 10:45 am
Group music theory class
Keys · Shota Hirose · Piano room
10:00 am – 10:45 am
Group hand percussion class
Gunnar Ericson · Voice and drum room
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Shared guitar lesson
Strings · Siyu Xue · Strings room
11:00 am – 11:30 am
Private voice lesson
Gunnar Ericson · Voice and drum room
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Private violin lesson
Strings · Marisol Martinez · Strings room
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Sample classes.
Times change by term. Each teacher's days are on the Teachers page, and we find a time that suits your week at the placement visit.
Teachers
Six teachers, five families of instruments
Every student has one regular teacher. Here is who teaches what.
Shota Hirose
Director; piano and music theory
Shota started Treble and teaches piano and music theory to beginners, to adults returning to the keyboard and to students who want to read music with more ease. He meets every new student at the placement visit.
Freda Cornwell
Piano and harp
Freda teaches beginning piano and the harp at an unhurried pace, to children and adults alike. She plays harp at weddings and church services around the county and brings that repertoire into the lesson room.
Siyu Xue
Violin, guitar and ukulele
Siyu teaches violin to young beginners and guitar and ukulele to older students and to families who want to play together. She sets up each student's instrument herself and shows parents how to help at home.
Marisol Martinez
Violin, viola and cello
Marisol teaches the bowed strings, from a first open string to playing with others. She teaches in English and in Spanish, and she is glad to meet families who are new to town and want a lesson close to home.
Wilbur Atwell
Clarinet, flute, saxophone and recorder
Wilbur teaches the wind instruments and helps school band students with their parts. He starts every wind student with how to hold the instrument and how to breathe, and he will tell you honestly when a student is not yet big enough for one.
Gunnar Ericson
Voice, drums and hand percussion
Gunnar teaches singers of every age and drummers from their first rhythms. A practice pad is in every drum lesson, and he helps families choose a quiet one for home.
The building
Up one flight, above the hardware store
Use the green door beside the hardware store on Main Street and climb the stairs. At the top there is a bench and a front desk, and six lesson rooms with a window in each door. Parents wait on the bench, and parking is behind the building.
Questions
What families ask first
How old does a student need to be?
Most students start at five or six with piano, violin or ukulele. Wind instruments and the cello usually wait until a student is a little bigger, and your teacher will tell you honestly what fits. Adults are welcome on every instrument.
Do we need our own instrument?
Not at first. Ask your teacher before you buy or rent anything. The school rents violins, violas, cellos, flutes and clarinets by the term, and a keyboard or a practice pad is enough to start piano or drums at home. Our tuition page explains rental.
How are students matched with a teacher?
At the placement visit a teacher listens, talks with you about what you hope to play and then we suggest the teacher and the weekly time that fit your week. If a teacher's week is full, we offer another teacher while you wait.
What is a placement visit?
A short visit with a teacher, with no preparation needed. The teacher hears you play or sing, or hears what you hope to play, and you talk about times. A parent can stay for the whole visit.
How does tuition work, and how do we leave?
Tuition depends on the format and the length of the lesson, and our figures are on the enrollment page. To leave, tell the front desk a month before your last lesson. The tuition page has the details.
Come and hear the building
Book a placement visit, or call the front desk during lesson hours and we will find a time.
