Our mission is to serve. We serve our customers’ needs for musical supplies and education. We serve our vendors’ need for a reliable business partner. And we serve our employees’ needs for gainful, meaningful, and responsive employment.
We Believe...
- in treating every person with dignity and respect
- in respecting your time and your finances
- in helping beginner musicians find their music – because we were all beginners once!
- in providing a comfortable, welcoming environment
- in selling the best products to help you be musically successful
We believe that every person is a person of value; a unique individual with unique needs and unique ways of learning. We will treat you with respect and dignity no matter who you are, how you look, or what you believe.
We understand that your finances are valuable to you. You have worked hard to earn the money you spend, and that you wouldn’t want to see your money wasted. Because of this, we strive to be a place where our products and services are affordable and your money is well-spent.
We also believe that your time is valuable to you. Therefore we do not force you to conform to us and our schedule, but rather we offer you opportunities to learn and grow within your capabilities and your resources. By this, we believe this sets us apart from other musical learning opportunities that you may encounter.
We believe that each person can offer your own unique music to the people around you. Our goal is to help you find your own individual music that means the most to you. We are all enriched by giving you opportunity to share your unique music.
We believe that the environment in which you learn is important. So we design Music151 so that you can be comfortable – physically and emotionally – in the surroundings where your learning takes place.
We realize that you have a lot of choices for items to buy that will help you be musically successful. In light of this, at Music151 we work hard to provide to you a curated choice of items best suited to your unique musical needs.
Did You Know...
The largest population-level study to date (112,916 students, Journal of Educational Psychology, 2019) found students highly engaged (over 2 years of training) in instrumental music averaged more than one academic year ahead in math, English, and science. A randomized controlled trial (Psychological Science, 2004) found six-year-olds given music lessons gained more IQ points than controls, and neuroscience studies from Northwestern, USC, and the University of Vermont link sustained music training to measurable changes in brain regions governing language, memory, and attention. Researchers note that sustained, multi-year training shows the clearest effects.
Click this link for more: A Population-Level Analysis of Associations Between School Music Participation and Academic Achievement
In a study of 4,739 elementary and middle schoolers, students in high-quality school music programs scored higher on English and math standardized tests than peers without that instruction.
Click this link for more: Examination of Relationships between Participation in School Music Programs of Differing Quality and Standardized Test Results
In a randomized controlled trial of 144 six-year-olds, 36 weeks of weekly keyboard or voice lessons produced an average gain of 7.0 IQ points, versus 4.3 points in control groups.
Click this link for more: Music Lessons Enhance IQ
Only 55% of public schools report adequate funding, facilities, and materials for arts instruction — even though 81% report sufficient student interest.
Click this link for more: Arts Education in U.S. Public Schools: Insights from the November 2024 School Pulse Panel Survey
Children with two years of music training showed significantly greater activation of the brain’s cognitive-control network during attention tasks than sports or no-activity peers.
Click this link for more: Increased engagement of the cognitive control network associated with music training in children during an fMRI Stroop task
Analysis of a nationally representative German panel found learning an instrument improved adolescents’ cognitive and non-cognitive skills more than twice as much as sports, theater, or dance.
Click this link for more: How Learning a Musical Instrument Affects the Development of Skills
Click this link for more: Younger Americans are increasingly exposed to playing music and a wider range of instruments
Two years of music lessons — but not one — measurably improved at-risk children’s neural encoding of speech sounds, the brain process underlying language and reading.
Click this link for more: Music Enrichment Programs Improve the Neural Encoding of Speech in At-Risk Children
Low-income students with high arts involvement enrolled in selective four-year colleges at 41% versus 26% for low-arts peers, and were three times more likely to earn a bachelor’s degree.
Click this link for more: The Arts and Achievement in At-Risk Youth: Findings from Four Longitudinal Studies
As little as two years of music instruction strengthened white matter in the corpus callosum and altered sound-processing gray matter in children who began instruments at age 6 or 7.
Click this link for more: Music training can change children’s brain structure and boost the decision-making network
Musically trained children outperformed untrained peers on executive-function measures of processing speed, verbal fluency, and cognitive flexibility.
Click this link for more: Behavioral and Neural Correlates of Executive Functioning in Musicians and Non-Musicians
MRI scans of 232 children ages 6–18 found the amount of musical training predicted cortical thickness in brain regions governing working memory, attentional control, planning, and emotion processing.
Click this link for more: Cortical Thickness Maturation and Duration of Music Training: Health-Promoting Activities Shape Brain Development
Fender’s CEO has reported that 90% of first-time guitar players abandon the instrument within their first year, while the 10% who persist tend to play for life. Practice habits are a big part of the story — 53% of beginners practice two hours or less per week. Structured lessons with a teacher, clear goals, and playing music you enjoy are the classic antidotes.
Click this link for more: Andy Mooney, CEO of Fender: 90% of first-time players abandon the instrument in the first year
A note on reading this evidence honestly: several widely quoted claims in this space — like the oft-cited 90.2% vs. 72.9% graduation-rate gap between schools with and without music programs (Source: NAfME Music Research: Teens — are correlational: schools with music programs also tend to have more resources overall. The academic literature continues to debate how much of music training’s benefit “transfers” to other skills, which is why the studies above are named individually, with their designs and sample sizes, rather than rolled into a blanket “music makes kids smarter” claim. What is not debated: music study reliably builds discipline, focus, memory, and a durable creative outlet — and the musical skill itself is the point.
A private piano lesson in the U.S. typically costs $50–$60 per lesson (Thumbtack cost data, 2026 – fp Music Academy is much less than that). Parents with children in extracurricular activities spend an average of $731 per child per year across activities (LendingTree, 2023), while youth-sports families spend about $1,016 per year on a single primary sport (Aspen Institute, 2025).
Consider also the long-term cost of a child (later as an adult) who may have benefited from the skills and enhanced abilities that music lessons offer.