What do we offer?
Individual and group lessons for Guitar, Bass, Drum Kit, Piano, violin and Vocals in Falkirk, Stirling and surrounding areas.
Kids and adults can join a band and put your skills to use. No need to take lessons with us to join a band.
How long are your lessons?
Our lessons are 1/2 an hour for group and individual for 2 reasons:
Concentration Span:
A child can concentrate for an average of 2-3 minutes for each year of their life. Adults generally concentrate well for 20 minutes.
Physical Ability in Beginner Guitarists:
Playing the guitar involves lots of muscles which need developed and your skin does need to adjust to the strings. A prolonged class will not benefit either of these developments. Sore fingers are not nice!!!
Group lessons:
Within our group lessons you are never left to sit and practice. We work our group as a group. We don't offer group lessons which are really individual lessons shared.
Cost:
Our cost for group lessons is £10 per class and from £15 for individual lessons. Half hour lessons cost less. Win win!!!!
Rock and Pop Band Coaching, Ensemble Experience.
At Blackwood Music Academy you have a unique experience. Not only can you learn your instrument from experienced tutors but you can learn how use your skills to play along with other musicians. This can be done through our specialist rock and pop band coaching, ceilidh band or guitar orchestra.
We also play gigs in various venues and festivals, competitions, concerts for various charities, entertain the residents in sheltered housing, parent concerts and the odd charity busking trip.
Headed by Karen Blackwood our academy is second to none at producing talented musicians and bands. Karen qualified with a Bachelor of Arts (endorsement in guitar teaching) from The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and a Post Graduate Certificate in Education from Moray House and has been teaching in a secondary music classroom for 20 years alongside guitar tutoring for over 30 years. She teaches acoustic, classical and electric guitar, bass, piano and drum kit although she studied classical guitar with Professor Philip Thorne MBE at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Being able to play guitar, bass, piano, trumpet and drum kit has enabled Karen to have a diverse knowledge of music teaching and playing.
We have the largest pool of teachers for guitar, bass, violin, drum kit, piano and voice in the Falkirk and Stirling areas and we also provide lessons in person or online from London. All instrument covered in London from Students attending The Royal College of Music.
Blackwood Music Academy uses teaching materials from various sources including Trinity, The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music and Rock School. Our students guide our teaching depending on their needs. And we cater for everybody.
Parents are encourage to attend lessons for children in primary school. We feel this helps with practice at home. You can also learn for free with your child. We have availability daytime for adults who have time free to learn a new instrument.
“Karen's passion for music and wealth of experience is very clear when she is teaching. The group guitar lessons are fun and engaging for each child, no matter which level they are at.
My son loves going to the these lessons and has come on very quickly in such a short time. He is about to start 1:2:1 lessons with Karen, which he is really looking forward to.
The concerts that the kids take part in are fun and a fantastic opportunity for them to perform solos and ensemble pieces to an audience.
Would highly recommend.”
—S Stenton.