Piano lessons for Rosedale families
ABC Academy of Music offers private piano lessons in Rosedale, Toronto, taught from our Lawrence Park studio at 2180 Bayview Ave (at Lawrence and Bayview), North York M4N 3K7. We’ve offered piano instruction in Toronto since 2003. Regular private lessons are $55.38 (30 min) or $64.81 (45 min); a trial lesson is $20. Our piano teachers hold university music degrees or equivalent conservatory credentials. Trevor Flemings, who completed his Master of Music in collaborative piano at the University of Toronto, teaches at the Lawrence Park studio alongside Shelley Mayer, a qualified classroom teacher with an M.Mus from U of T, and Gergely Szabo, an M.Mus graduate who also teaches classical guitar. All teachers pass a Toronto Police Vulnerable Sector Check before their first lesson. Private lessons are available for children age five and up, teens, and adults at any level, including those working toward RCM examinations. Rating: 4.8★ from 150 students on Google.
Getting here from Rosedale
Rosedale sits just below St. Clair, roughly centred on Yonge Street and the ravines on its eastern edge. The Lawrence Park studio is at Bayview and Lawrence, about five kilometres north along Yonge from the heart of Rosedale. By car, head north on Yonge to Lawrence Avenue, then east on Lawrence to Bayview. That drive runs fifteen to twenty minutes in normal traffic. Bayview is free-flowing through most of the day once you’re north of Eglinton.
By transit, take the Yonge line north from Rosedale Station to Lawrence Station, then the 51 Lawrence East bus east to Bayview, roughly twenty-five minutes total. Families who cycle can follow Bayview Avenue through the Lawrence Park Ravine, one of the quieter corridors in the city. Sunnybrook Park and Bayview Village are both nearby, and the neighbourhood around the studio is noticeably calmer than the Yonge corridor.
Parking at 2180 Bayview Ave: there is a small parking lot behind the building, a paid lot directly across Bayview, and metered street parking on adjacent side streets.
What piano lessons cover
Children as young as five start private piano at ABC Academy. The first six months build posture and hand position, reading treble and bass clef simultaneously, and counting rhythm steadily rather than by feel. Technique is grounded in relaxed arms and curved fingers from lesson one, because early habits are hard to undo. Beginner repertoire comes from the Alfred Basic Piano series, which moves quickly from five-finger patterns toward recognizable pieces.
Teens who start with no prior experience follow the same foundational sequence at a faster pace. Adults often find reading two clefs at once is the real hurdle; Shelley Mayer, who is also a qualified classroom teacher, structures adult lessons to address that directly. Students who want RCM examination preparation can work toward RCM Preliminary or any higher grade; recreational learners get the same teaching rigour without any exam requirement.
Lessons run 30 or 45 minutes. For children under eight, 30 minutes is usually enough. Older students and adults benefit from 45 minutes, which covers scales, a technical exercise, and repertoire in one visit.
