Piano lessons six minutes from Lytton Park
We’ve enrolled students from Lytton Park for most of the years since we opened in 2003. That’s not a marketing figure — it’s the kind of thing you notice when a family’s second child shows up for their first lesson and you remember teaching the older one. A few of our current adult students grew up a block from Glenview Park and have been playing with us since they were seven.
Gergely Szabo, who holds a master’s in music from U of T and teaches both piano and classical guitar at our studio, is the teacher most Lytton Park families meet first. He tends to work through a student’s existing musical taste — if a teenager comes in wanting to play film scores, that’s where Gergely starts, filling in theory and technique as the pieces require it. It’s a different sequence than a traditional method book, and it keeps students in the room long enough to actually get good.
The studio is at 2180 Bayview Ave, roughly six minutes south from the Avenue & Lawrence corridor. Families near Lytton Park or Lawrence Station can drive Bayview the whole way — it’s a single street, no turns. Lytton Park itself is about a 12-minute walk east.
Lessons run 30 minutes — see current rates. Regular private lessons are $55.38 (30 min) or $64.81 (45 min); a trial lesson is $20. We don’t require a semester commitment upfront — most families settle into a weekly schedule on their own once lessons are underway. Kennedy Dance shares our building; if you have a dancer and a pianist, both programs can run the same afternoon.
Piano gives students the clearest picture of how music is structured. What takes months to hear on other instruments is visible from the first lesson.
Frequently asked questions about piano lessons near Lytton Park
- My teenager wants to learn piano but says they’re “not musical.” How do you handle that?
- We hear that a lot, and it almost always traces back to a previous teacher or class that moved too fast or felt too rigid. Gergely Szabo typically starts with repertoire the student actually wants to play — even a single song they care about — and builds from there. Most “unmusical” teenagers turn out to be quite capable once the material connects.
- Can students near Lytton Park walk or take transit to lessons?
- Yes. Lawrence Station is about a 10-minute walk from the studio at 2180 Bayview, and the 11 Don Mills bus connects from the Lytton Park area. Most families in the neighbourhood drive, but it’s a straightforward transit trip for older students who come on their own.
- How long before a beginner can play a recognizable piece?
- Usually four to eight weeks for very short pieces, depending on how much practice happens at home. With 15 minutes of practice most days, a seven-year-old beginner can typically play a simple melody with both hands within the first two months.
- Do you teach music theory alongside piano, or is it separate?
- Theory is woven into lessons rather than taught as a separate subject. By the time a student is a year in, they understand staff notation, basic rhythms, and major key signatures — learned through the pieces they’ve been playing, not from a separate workbook.