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Washington Conservatory of Music – Classes, Camps, and Lessons offers private lessons, group classes, summer camps, ensembles, juried recitals, and free community concerts. Specific options include Conservatory Kids music classes, Irish traditional music classes such as Intermediate/Advanced Irish Fiddle, Singing Traditional Irish Folk Songs, Advanced Beginners – Irish Flute and Tin Whistle, and Intermediate/Advanced Irish Flute and Tin Whistle, as well as Suzuki Academy Strings and Suzuki Academy Flute. The program also presents events such as Suzuki Day, the Washington Conservatory Piano Festival, the Washington Conservatory Petite Piano Festival, masterclasses and workshops, and concerts including the Accord Symphony Orchestra: Black History Month Concert, Pressenda Chamber Players Concert, Chamber Music Weekend concerts, and the Capital Horns Singalong.
• Ages: 1–18 years old
• Schedule: Conservatory Kids Level 1 Music Class meets for 16 sessions from September 13 to January 3 on Saturdays from 10:00–10:45 am, and the Conservatory Kids Levels 1 & 2 Combined Music Class meets for 16 sessions from September 13 to January 3 on Saturdays from 11:00–11:45 am; Irish Fiddle and Irish Flute/Tin Whistle classes run in multi-week evening sessions, and one full semester is 18 weeks.
• Price: Individual lesson tuition per 18-week semester is $1,170 for 30-minute lessons, $1,710 for 45-minute lessons, $2,160 for 60-minute lessons, and $3,330 for 90-minute lessons; Suzuki Academy Strings ranges from $1,385 for Beginner to $2,600 for Advanced; Suzuki Academy Flute is $35 per drop-in class or $225 for a full 9-class asynchronous package; there is a $35 registration fee per person per semester and additional listed service charges and fees.
Washington Conservatory of Music is a nonprofit, accredited community music school serving children, teens, and adults in the D.C. metro area. It states a mission to transform lives through exceptional musical learning and listening experiences, to foster a lifelong love of music, and to help students achieve their goals, offering music for everyone, for a lifetime. The school notes that it is celebrating 40 years of music and describes this as four decades of exceptional music.
Leadership and instruction include Artistic Advisor Daniel Heifetz and named instructors such as early childhood music educator Ernesto Lima Parets for Conservatory Kids Level 1 Music Class, Mitch Fanning for Intermediate/Advanced Irish Fiddle, Eileen Estes for Singing Traditional Irish Folk Songs, and Tina Eck for Advanced Beginners and Intermediate/Advanced Irish Flute and Tin Whistle. Pianist and pedagogue Mayron Tsong leads a piano masterclass, and Hal Grossman leads the “No Pain All Gain” workshop, chamber music and violin masterclasses, and Chamber Music Weekend concerts.
Washington Conservatory of Music offers free community concerts and outreach programs and has received a $25,000 grant from the Genesis Inspiration Foundation to expand music education programs. The Tapestry Music Project is described by the school as weaving the fibers of community and belonging.
Last updated January 24, 2026.
• Ages: 1–18 years old
• Schedule: Conservatory Kids Level 1 Music Class meets for 16 sessions from September 13 to January 3 on Saturdays from 10:00–10:45 am, and the Conservatory Kids Levels 1 & 2 Combined Music Class meets for 16 sessions from September 13 to January 3 on Saturdays from 11:00–11:45 am; Irish Fiddle and Irish Flute/Tin Whistle classes run in multi-week evening sessions, and one full semester is 18 weeks.
• Price: Individual lesson tuition per 18-week semester is $1,170 for 30-minute lessons, $1,710 for 45-minute lessons, $2,160 for 60-minute lessons, and $3,330 for 90-minute lessons; Suzuki Academy Strings ranges from $1,385 for Beginner to $2,600 for Advanced; Suzuki Academy Flute is $35 per drop-in class or $225 for a full 9-class asynchronous package; there is a $35 registration fee per person per semester and additional listed service charges and fees.
Washington Conservatory of Music is a nonprofit, accredited community music school serving children, teens, and adults in the D.C. metro area. It states a mission to transform lives through exceptional musical learning and listening experiences, to foster a lifelong love of music, and to help students achieve their goals, offering music for everyone, for a lifetime. The school notes that it is celebrating 40 years of music and describes this as four decades of exceptional music.
Leadership and instruction include Artistic Advisor Daniel Heifetz and named instructors such as early childhood music educator Ernesto Lima Parets for Conservatory Kids Level 1 Music Class, Mitch Fanning for Intermediate/Advanced Irish Fiddle, Eileen Estes for Singing Traditional Irish Folk Songs, and Tina Eck for Advanced Beginners and Intermediate/Advanced Irish Flute and Tin Whistle. Pianist and pedagogue Mayron Tsong leads a piano masterclass, and Hal Grossman leads the “No Pain All Gain” workshop, chamber music and violin masterclasses, and Chamber Music Weekend concerts.
Washington Conservatory of Music offers free community concerts and outreach programs and has received a $25,000 grant from the Genesis Inspiration Foundation to expand music education programs. The Tapestry Music Project is described by the school as weaving the fibers of community and belonging.
Last updated January 24, 2026.
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