"The atmosphere, dedication, creativity and enthusiasm at Canning Vale Forte School of Music. Our weekly lessons are one of the highlights of our week! A big hug and thank you to all the staff that work there."
–Louise Hartley-Marques
Read More"I have taken (my) children aged from 6 months up to 6 years to Forte music classes both here (Forte Canning Vale) and in Brisbane. Classes are fun and children are engaged from start to finish. Children are introduced to music from an early age and learn concepts such as beat, rhythm, pitch etc through fun, play based learning. This knowledge continues to grow as they progress and I have had 5 year olds playing keyboard with both hands, quite impressive! I would recommend this school to anyone wanting to introduce music to their children and to build a solid base of music for their future."
– Sally Curtin
Read More"Hello Suzanne/Jane,
Unfortunately Alice will not be returning for music lessons at Forte in September. She is leaving primary school and has been given a music scholarship at the Cathedral School. This includes music lessons at the school during the day. If it wasn't for this she would be continuing at Forte until she was 50 (her words - apparently that's really old!!). I spoke to Sarah last night and she said she would let you know - but wanted to let you know too.
It is impossible to put into words the impact that music lessons at Forte has had on Alice. Weekly lessons have been an important and happy event since she was 5. She absolutely loves music and it is simply part of her life now.
Needless to say that the scholarship would never have been possible without the fantastic lessons (piano and violin) she has had with some excellent teachers (Miss Claire, Miss Sarah, Miss Sophie G and Miss Kristina). The opportunity to play at the WMC and St Ffagans every year has made her a confident performer which has been so helpful for school performances and exams etc. She seems to take them in her stride which is a reflection of how well prepared she has been thanks to her teachers and the whole supportive Forte environment. A massive thank you to all at Forte.
Fortunately for me Seb is continuing with his piano classes as I can't imagine not making the journey to Danescourt a few times a week! I might even need to sign up for lessons myself!"
– Rowena
Read More"I work at Forte Dee Why and it is a true pleasure seeing the kids learn and develop but most of all have fun doing it! Highly recommend Forte Dee Why."
– Kelsie Rowley
Read More"Happy with how friendly and relaxed your staff are. Keep doing what you are doing."
– Anonymous
Read More"Everything you do has been well beyond expectations. Everyone is a pleasure to speak with. Your teachers are great with kids, and firm enough when needed."
– Annie
"Mr Cameron is awesome! Your friendly and welcoming and professional nature makes the place a pleasure. The rooms are always clean and tidy."
– Parent
"The service and tuition at Forte Joondalup is extremely welcoming and meets all my childs needs very helpful staff and just a really fun place to learn."
– Abbey
"You listen to parents, relate to kids, are easy to approach by everybody."
– Mark, Learning Guitar
“The sense of pitch awareness and the development of perfect pitch is outstanding in Forte pupils. It amazes me that I have taught the pupils this myself as my listening skills were very poor as a learner - aural tests were my weakness at every level from grade exams to degree level.
It is without a doubt the use of solfege which has achieved this, and their outstanding pitch abilities produce comments from other music educators that come into contact with our pupils through their schooling and/or learning a second instrument.
My own listening skills have improved beyond belief since I have been teaching solfege at Forte. I can pick up tunes easily now that I hear and can perform readily by ear. In college I was the student who struggled to play the pieces which had to be learned from memory.
I have noticed one strange thing that has happened to me of late... on Saturday I played “Oh Holy Night” using the pitch transpose feature on my piano for the singer. I have done this every two years for twelve years. This year though I was completely thrown by it and just felt completely out of sorts following the music... I think I may be developing perfect pitch!!”
“Pik has really helped me develop my piano skills and has opened up a wide variety of music that I have enjoyed playing. Having learned piano as a child, I thought it would be difficult to basically learn from scratch, but Pik has helped me develop the skills to pick it up again. My goals have been to play for pleasure and be able to pick up an play all types of music, I am now achieving this. I had only played classics in the past and it is a great experience to venture into Jazz, Opera and other genres.”
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