Let’s get ready for Year End Holidays 2022! Join violin, viola, guitar, and piano students at CYM who are primed to contribute their individual best, team up with music friends, and uplift community members. Making a decision to share is…

If you signed up to participate in CYM’s October Practice Challenge (and even if you did not), you may already be experiencing some dissatisfaction as you reach to match the length of your daily home practice session with that of…

Why a Suzuki Marathon Concert? Five reasons: To play the amazingly beautiful literature of the Suzuki Method Books with other kids who share the common repertoire – on cello, guitar, viola and violin. To have fun at the Children’s Museum,…

You play for family members once in a while and they love it! Why not take it to another level? The more people you share music with, the more good you can do for listeners seeking inspiration. The more often…

Sara participated in the 7th Pittsburgh Chinese Culture Festival on Saturday, September 24 in Mellon Park. She accompanied her fellow students from the Pittsburgh Academy of Chinese Culture and Language on stage, and performed a song called “Serenade to Dandelions…

At CYM, three months of the year are designated as 30 Day Practice Challenge months: October, February, and May. During these months, we challenge you to practice at home every day, and match work session durations with the length of…

What are you really looking for when you Google “music lessons in my area”? Ratings? Convenience? Affordability? Fun? As those aspects mean a variety of things to different people, you might wonder what you can count on from CYM. To…

At each day’s end, it’s the people that give our lives buoyancy who we think of with warmth and respect. In her statement, “I love to play pieces that she (my grandmother) enjoys…” Claudia shares the best of what one…

If you are thinking about music study you might just go straight for individual instruction. Depending on the student’s maturity and teacher’s expertise, that choice could set your child up for a lonely start. For some, there is very little…

You take lessons and prepare for a recital, audition, or competition. You perform – it’s fun! You make your mark, transferring skills from the practice room to the stage – demonstrating about 90% retention. Great Job! But wait – don’t…

CYM Piano Faculty Maria Constantine presents Music History: Learning About Music and the World – Saturday, August 20th! Explore the societal happenings of each musical period and discover how people expressed and healed themselves and their communities, as they listened…

Following in her brother’s footsteps, when Julianna put down roots at CYM, she used music to maximize her strengths: she learned how to strike a healthy balance between responsibilities and goals for school, work, practice, community service, friends and family…