Music for Everyone
Offering music lessons for all ages and skill levels since 2014
Help Move Mode Music Studios
We are in need of your support, now more than ever. After almost 10 years in our building on Delridge Way, the impermanence of our location is becoming a reality. Sound Transit’s West Seattle Light Rail Extension has started the process of acquiring the buildings that house Mode Music Studios and Mode Music and Performing Arts (MMPA), as well as our dear friends and neighbors The Skylark, Ounces, and so many other cherished business sites in the West Seattle area.
Find a Teacher
Find a teacher for 1 on 1 private lessons, offered both in-person and online.
All of our teachers are working professional musicians in the Seattle area.
Drums
Voice
Trumpet
Viola
Saxophone
Banjo
Harmonica
Melodica
Piano
Guitar
Trombone
Cello
Music Production
Music Theory
Mandolin
Dulcimer
Ukulele
Violin
Songwriting
Bass
Flute
Clarinet
Euphonium
Oud
Virtual or In-Person Learning
Classes for all instruments are now offered in person at our studios in West Seattle and on Vashon Island.
Additionally, families and students can sign up for online lessons, which are conducted over Zoom.
Our Covid-19 Policy
Students are required to stay home if they’ve experienced a known Covid exposure or are experiencing ANY Covid symptoms.
Masks in classes are optional.
Find a Group Class
MMPA Group Classes
We offer group classes in music and the performing arts at our nonprofit branch, Mode Music and Performing Arts (just two doors down from Mode Music West Studios West Seattle). All MMPA classes are offered at sliding-scale prices, as MMPA believes finances should never be a barrier to Arts Education.
Tiny Modes
Our music studio also offers group classes for kiddos ages 0-4 years with our Tiny Modes classes. We use both original tunes and the music of Caspar Babypants. This program encourages our littlest rockstars in movement, song, dance, play and story time all in one 45 min class. Tiny Modes offers both music and dance/movement-based classes multiple days per week.
Rock Band Classes
Mode also offers rock band group classes, where students who are interested in joining a band can be matched with each other and mentored by a member of a local band. If you’re interested, make a note in your application for lessons that you’d like to join a rock band, and our team will do their best to reach out to like-minded students to make your rockstar dreams come true!
Rock Band Summer Camps
Each summer, Mode offers week-long rock band camps for students ages 6-12 and 13+*. 2024 Camps will from June 24th to August 31st.
Students will rehearse 9:00am to 12:00pm for ages 6-12 and 12:30-2:30 for ages 13 and up* Monday through Friday. They’ll work on existing material and/or write original songs with one of our Mode multi-instrumentalist teachers guiding them. The performance takes place that Saturday for an audience of their family and friends at The Skylark Cafe!
Make it a full day by signing up for our afternoon camps at MMPA below!
*Additional afternoon options for students aged 13-18 available upon request. If you’re interested in adding a week of Rock Band Camps for Ages 13 and up, reach out to welcome@modemusicstudios.com
$425 / 9-12:00 2024 camp (10% off multiple camp sign-ups)
$350 / 12:30-2:30 2024 camp (10% off multiple camp sign-ups)
MMPA Summer Camps
Registration is now open for Summer 2024 Camps! MMPA offer classes all summer, Monday through Friday, for kids aged K-5th grade.
Each week-long camp includes a morning and afternoon session. 2024 summer camps will run from June 24th through August 23rd. There are morning and afternoon camps available.
Curriculum includes everything from Fairytale Play Creation, to Broadway Dance, to Improv Workshop, and more!
Rock Band campers can sign up for the MMPA camp available during the afternoon of their Rock Band Camp week. Learn more at the MMPA site, linked below!
Creating opportunity for young musicians
Mode Music Studios began life as Erin Rubin Piano studios. After four years, and with an ever-growing clientele and continuing community interest, we decided to move into a new bigger space, creating more opportunity for young musicians to find their voice through private music instruction.
“The teachers at Mode are truly the best! They are musicians who know how to teach kids in a way that engages them and makes them want to learn & play. We are so grateful we have found Mode for our girls and recommend them to all of our friends.”
— Rachel L, Mode Parent
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