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Offered for all ages and levels in the Sarasota & Lakewood Ranch, FL area. Multiple locations to begin learning how to play the piano.
Piano lessons can be one of the most enriching activities you can give yourself or others to enhance their music skills. See FAQ’s below. Begin the journey today.
Offered for all ages and levels in the Sarasota & Lakewood Ranch, FL area. Multiple locations to begin learning how to play the piano.
Piano lessons can be one of the most enriching activities you can give yourself or others to enhance their music skills. See FAQ’s below. Begin the journey today.

Program Lists: WINTER Showcase 2019
TICKET PURCHASING: Get Tickets Buy Online (link above) Select your showtime, there will be a service charge at checkout Cash or Check at studio (exact change please) SHOWTIMES: Find the performer name in the show lists below. (This is participant list ONLY, not program order) String players should [...]
LWR Farmers Market Performance 10/16/22: Information Central
It's out first time at the Lakewood Ranch Waterside Farmers Market and we couldn't be more excited! To make it easy, this page will cover everything you need to know for your performance day. If for any reason you have another question not answered here, please email info@elizabethfarrellmusic.com or [...]
Festival Information: 2017
Here you’ll find all the information you’ll need for the 2017 Festival! The link below will give you all the basic information, due dates, fees etc.: Festival Information: 2017 Take a look at the scoring sheets to understand how you’ll be rated! Scoring Festival rating chart: This [...]
Music Lessons for 3 – 4 year olds?
Parents want the best for the children, and that means exposing them to all different kinds of activities. Many are interested in music lessons at a young age because they know how beneficial music can be for a developing mind – let alone the joy it can bring to [...]
Music can Help you Heal Post – op!
Mozart, Madonna or Eminem: Whatever your taste, music may help you recover from a surgery, according to a new review of data on the subject. “More than 51 million operations are performed every year in the U.S.,” lead author Dr. Catherine Meads, of Brunel University in the United Kingdom, [...]
Music Education Improves Students’ Academic Performance, But Active Participation Is Required
Teachers have long observed the effect that music education can have on students, but recent research is showing just how integral learning a musical instrument is to a child’s development. Using the most advanced brain analysis technology, Dr. Nina Kraus from Northwestern University has been able to show precisely [...]
10 Easy Ways to Optimize Your Music Practice
Here are a few things to think about when you are trying to get the most out of your practice time. Find somewhere quiet. This seems too obvious for words, but not only will you be far less likely to succumb to all sorts of distractions, but entering a [...]
Music and Emotion Through Time
Join award-winning American conductor Michael Tilson Thomas in his brilliant presentation on music and emotion.
Ode to Joy: The Science of Happiness through Singing
I used to think choir singing was only was for nerds and church people. Since I was neither, I never considered singing in a group—even though I loved singing by myself. Then, in my 20s, I found myself facing a big, black hole of depression. I remembered how much [...]
Treating ADHD with Music!
As a former teacher of underprivileged kids in an urban area, I’ve had many encounters with various behavioral, developmental and learning obstacles. It goes without saying I’ve seen my fair share of kids with attention issues. Whether ADHD or otherwise, there were always kids with problems focusing. When children [...]