Register Now for Summer Music Lessons and Kindermusik Classes
If you are looking for music lessons in Marion, Cedar Rapids, or the surrounding areas, you have come to the right place. The Marion Music Academy, Cedar Rapids Music Academy, and Westside Music and Dance Academy located in southwest Cedar Rapids have taught over 1,000 students since being established in 2005. For music, we offer piano lessons, guitar lessons, voice lessons, violin lessons, viola lessons, and several other instruments. Kindermusik classes are available for children who are infants through 5 years old at the Marion and Westside locations. We offer dance classes at the Westside location in ballet, jazz, lyrical, modern, and creative movement. We have music lessons and dance classes at a variety of times so that you can book classes for different children at the same time to save you hours of driving and waiting time. To view a studio comparison checklist, click here.
Our qualified teachers all have university degrees in the instrument they teach and are very experienced in catering to the needs of new students and advancing students. Parents are welcome to sit in on the lessons or observe the lessons through our glass doors.
As a parent, we realize you have a choice between several different music studios. All studios are not the same. We constantly renovate and improve our facilities and provide ongoing training to our staff to ensure we are always providing our students and parents with the best experience possible. Our positive environment aids in the development of musical abilities and we offer regular, low pressure recitals that students can perform in if they wish. Call us today or drop by one of our 3 locations and you will see why more families in Marion, Cedar Rapids, and the surrounding areas trust us for dance and music instruction each year more than any other music school or dance studio.
What parents are saying:
Marion Music Academy has been a wonderful experience for our family. All five of my children take music lessons during the same half hour and they are taught by highly qualified teachers.
-- Melissa H.
The Marion Music Academy has been a wonderful place for my daughter to learn piano. She has been attending lessons at the Marion Music Academy for the past 4 years; since she was almost 5. Her instructor has always been able to teach the music for my daughter’s level of understanding and abilities. My daughter enjoys her lessons and really enjoys the incentive program Marion Music Academy has to encourage practicing. As a parent, the level of communication between the school and parents has been outstanding. The teachers want to talk to parents weekly to go over the student’s progress. Any schedule changes, while irregular, are communicated through phone calls. I have also enjoyed the flexibility of the summer program! When my son decided to try drums, I had a hard time waiting for the Academy to expand its program to drum lessons. After my experience with the Academy, I knew any lessons my son took there would be of high quality! -- Aimee Williams
Thank you for being such a wonderful piano teacher for Peter. You have inspired him to learn and to love playing piano. I wish I had a teacher like you when I was learning to play the piano. Kitty Burroughs
You have made piano so much fun for Ellen! You have made a lasting memory!
Thanks, Susan Moser
We greatly appreciate your patience with Katherine through all these years. Your inspiration has paid off! Jie Wu and Yu Zhou
Thank you for the time you’ve spent with Michael. I see how he’s improved, and how he enjoys practicing now. The VanLeuven Family
Marion Music Academy Location - 940 8th Avenue,
Marion, IA 52302,
319-377-3343 Westside Music and Dance Academy - 3315 Williams Blvd SW, Cedar Rapids
319-364- 4341 Cedar Rapids Music Academy Location - 3913 Center Point Rd NE
Cedar Rapids, IA
319-294-3010
Our qualified teachers all have university degrees in the instrument they teach and are very experienced in catering to the needs of new students and advancing students. Parents are welcome to sit in on the lessons or observe the lessons through our glass doors.
Marion Music Academy has been a wonderful experience for our family. All five of my children take music lessons during the same half hour and they are taught by highly qualified teachers. 
The Marion Music Academy has been a wonderful place for my daughter to learn piano. She has been attending lessons at the Marion Music Academy for the past 4 years; since she was almost 5. Her instructor has always been able to teach the music for my daughter’s level of understanding and abilities. My daughter enjoys her lessons and really enjoys the incentive program Marion Music Academy has to encourage practicing. As a parent, the level of communication between the school and parents has been outstanding. The teachers want to talk to parents weekly to go over the student’s progress. Any schedule changes, while irregular, are communicated through phone calls. I have also enjoyed the flexibility of the summer program! When my son decided to try drums, I had a hard time waiting for the Academy to expand its program to drum lessons. After my experience with the Academy, I knew any lessons my son took there would be of high quality! -- Aimee Williams
