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Legato Music School offers private and group music lessons, including piano, guitar, violin, Jazz Piano, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Voice, Flute, Recorder, Clarinet, Oboe, Saxophone, Ukulele, Classical Guitar, Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Electric Bass, Drum set, Orchestral/Band Percussion, Trumpet, Trombone, Baritone Horn, English Horn, and French Horn. Students can also take Songwriting with Guitar and Piano and Electronic Music Production, and they can participate in orchestra, band, choir, and a musical theater group. The program includes monthly recitals at Legato’s facility, annual recitals at larger halls, ensemble and choir performances at senior centers and for nonprofit organizations, and a 30-minute trial lesson.
• Ages: 3–18 years old
• Schedule: Group Lesson Session 3 with Legato Master Instructors runs the weeks of January 5st–March 30th, 2025, for 60 minutes across 12 sessions
• Price: $499 including material fee for Group Lesson Session 3 (60min. x 12 sessions); 30-minute trial lesson for $50
Legato Music School was founded by educator Haruna Shiokawa-Mo in May 2009 and has been conducting music lessons in the San Jose and Willow Glen community for 12 years and counting. All music instructors have over 10 years of teaching experience and have earned at least bachelor music degrees, and many have experience coaching ensembles or are music directors; many instructors have previously taught at public, charter, and private schools, and a number of faculty have been teaching for decades. Legato states that it is committed to providing high quality performing arts education to students and to engaging with, encouraging, and nurturing all students to achieve their goals. Since 2009, Legato students have been selected as honor students in MTAC, MTNA, ABRSM, RCOM, and Guild Certifications, and have been winners in Youth Focus, MTAC VOCE, CAPMT, MTNA, AFAF and international Prodigy Competitions; students have also been placed in The California All-State Band, California All-State Choir, United States Open Music Competition, The American Fine Arts Festival International, and The Carnegie Hall Honors Performance. The school offers weekly private lessons, group lessons with Legato Master Instructors, a Legato Community with recitals and events, personalized curriculum and lessons, monthly recitals, annual recitals at larger halls, a faculty and student concert where students and instructors perform together, and student and faculty recitals held each May, with performances that cover classical, jazz, rock, and pop. Students form an orchestra, band, choir, or musical theater group to perform with their instructors, and ensemble and choir students perform at senior centers and for nonprofit organizations annually. The program also includes annual meetings between teachers, parents, and the Principal with personalized reports, equipment and piano room rentals for practice, books available for purchase directly from the school, a Student/Instructor Spotlight Interview Series, a Legato Japan Volunteer Trip, and 2026 Legato Group Lessons.
Last updated March 18, 2026.
• Ages: 3–18 years old
• Schedule: Group Lesson Session 3 with Legato Master Instructors runs the weeks of January 5st–March 30th, 2025, for 60 minutes across 12 sessions
• Price: $499 including material fee for Group Lesson Session 3 (60min. x 12 sessions); 30-minute trial lesson for $50
Legato Music School was founded by educator Haruna Shiokawa-Mo in May 2009 and has been conducting music lessons in the San Jose and Willow Glen community for 12 years and counting. All music instructors have over 10 years of teaching experience and have earned at least bachelor music degrees, and many have experience coaching ensembles or are music directors; many instructors have previously taught at public, charter, and private schools, and a number of faculty have been teaching for decades. Legato states that it is committed to providing high quality performing arts education to students and to engaging with, encouraging, and nurturing all students to achieve their goals. Since 2009, Legato students have been selected as honor students in MTAC, MTNA, ABRSM, RCOM, and Guild Certifications, and have been winners in Youth Focus, MTAC VOCE, CAPMT, MTNA, AFAF and international Prodigy Competitions; students have also been placed in The California All-State Band, California All-State Choir, United States Open Music Competition, The American Fine Arts Festival International, and The Carnegie Hall Honors Performance. The school offers weekly private lessons, group lessons with Legato Master Instructors, a Legato Community with recitals and events, personalized curriculum and lessons, monthly recitals, annual recitals at larger halls, a faculty and student concert where students and instructors perform together, and student and faculty recitals held each May, with performances that cover classical, jazz, rock, and pop. Students form an orchestra, band, choir, or musical theater group to perform with their instructors, and ensemble and choir students perform at senior centers and for nonprofit organizations annually. The program also includes annual meetings between teachers, parents, and the Principal with personalized reports, equipment and piano room rentals for practice, books available for purchase directly from the school, a Student/Instructor Spotlight Interview Series, a Legato Japan Volunteer Trip, and 2026 Legato Group Lessons.
Last updated March 18, 2026.
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