All of our teachers are fully vaccinated for COVID-19.
California Music Academy is the leading music school for children in the Conejo Valley. Our music education program focuses on the most popular musical instruments: Piano, Singing, and Guitar.
For almost 20 years, we ran the largest and oldest “brick and mortar” music school in the Conejo Valley. However, to ensure the safety of our students in the Covid-19 era, we have transitioned to private In-Home lessons and Live Virtual lessons. We continue to focus on serving the Conejo Valley community, including Calabasas, Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks, Agoura Hills, Oak Park, and Newbury Park.
California Music Academy offers 30-minute private trial lessons to all new students. This is your opportunity to meet our outstanding music teachers, who specialize in providing top-notch music lessons to children and teenagers. All of our instructors are university trained performers, with substantial teaching and stage experience.
Furthermore, they are trained to customize their teaching methods to the student’s learning ability, talents, skills, personality, and goals.
To schedule your child’s trial lesson, please click here or CALL 818-991-7010
We offer piano lessons for students of all ages and abilities from beginners to very advanced students. We offer every style of piano lessons from classical, jazz and pop. We have students who want to play just for fun and students who wish to become professional musicians. As we have so many piano teachers on staff we can match students with a teacher that works best with their particular age, ability, and interest. We start piano lessons at any age from age 3 onward. Our private piano lessons are one-on-one instruction and lesson lengths are 30 minutes, 45 minutes or 1 hour. For our advanced piano students, we have concert level teachers with who can prepare them for university entrance, competitions, and auditions.
We have many students who take singing lessons either by itself or simultaneously with instrumental music lessons. Students sing all kinds of music from their favorite artists to classical arias. Our voice teachers have university training in music specializing in voice and sing everything from pop and jazz to opera. Our teachers all have performance backgrounds as well. Just a sample of what a student will learn in singing lessons includes how to breathe properly, how to increase their range, proper pitch, how to project and stage presence. We provide a professional accompanist who rehearses with the students and plays for them at the recitals. Our private, one-on-one voice lesson lengths are 30 minutes, 45 minutes or 1 hour.
Our guitar lessons include acoustic, electric and bass guitar. We have an excellent guitar teaching staff and teach guitar lessons in many styles including rock to jazz, classical, pop, Spanish and chording. All of our teachers perform in bands, work in recording studios or are active composers. Our guitar teachers have university music degrees so they know how to teach the proper theory and technique no matter if a student is interested in metal or in classical. Typically a student would be 6 years old before starting guitar lessons, due to their hand size, but some younger students start with a junior-sized guitar. Our private guitar lessons are one-on-one instruction and lesson lengths are 30 minutes, 45 minutes or 1 hour.
Many of our students take piano & Singing Mixed lessons. Such lessons are very effective in keeping students engaged and motivated. We start Piano and Singing mixed lessons at age 5 onward. Beginners usually take 30-minute lessons while intermediate and advanced students take 45-minutes or 1-hour lessons.
some of our students take guitar & Singing Mixed lessons. Such lessons are not for everyone, because they tend to be challenging especially for beginners and younger students. We start Guitar and Singing mixed lessons at age 8 onward. Beginners usually take 30-minute lessons while intermediate and advanced students take 45-minutes or 1-hour lessons.
Whether you’re a complete beginner or a seasoned artist looking for guidance, we can help unlock your musical voice through songwriting and composition.
You will learn:
Our Songwriting/Composition lessons are 30, 45, or 60 minutes
Lena Gold, Music Director
Piano & Voice Teacher
Lena Gold founded California Music Academy 17 years ago, following many years of a successful career as a performing musician around the world.
Teaching music to children started as a hobby and turned into a visionary service that enriched the lives of thousands of children and their families.
Lena is happily married for 30 years and has five children. Surprisingly, all five of them agreed to follow their mom’s advice and ended up playing multiple instruments, just for the fun of it…
Lena is proud of the fact that although none of them became a professional musician, they all benefited tremendously from the intellectual and personal confidence that is associated with learning music for years. Her children ended up attending top colleges such as the University of Chicago, Vanderbilt University, UC Berkeley and NYU Law, and are now enjoying playing music on their free time.
At the Music Academy, Lena has developed an amazing team of talented music teachers, who are devoted to spreading their knowledge and love of music to the next generation. Lena is teaching at the Music Academy in Westlake Village and is personally involved in developing the studio’s curriculum along with her team members.
In-Home and Live Virtual Music Lessons for Children and Teens
Phone: 818-991-7010 CaliforniaMusicAcademy@gmail.com
