Amherst Ballet now offers violin, viola, and cello lessons!
Ballet is, at its heart, an interdisciplinary art, combining movement, music, and theater. Performance collaborations with area musicians have inspired us to bring these arts together consistently at the studio, providing more opportunities for cross-fertilization and mutual learning.
We are excited to announce our strings faculty: violinists Thea Weinbeck and Ava LaChance, cellist Aidan Klingsberg, and violist Geoffrey Archambeau, who is also our music director.
Thea, Ava, Aidan, and Geoffrey believe in sharing the joy that learning to play violin, viola, and cello has brought to their lives, as they care passionately about their students’ development as musicians and as people. Learn more about them on the Our People page.
Our teachers are familiar with time-honored methods of group and private instruction, including but not limited to those developed by Zoltan Kodaly, Paul Rolland, and Shinichi Suzuki, synthesizing the work of these great pedagogues with their own individual approach which is tailored to each student’s needs.
2026-2027 Season
All lessons are at our studio, 65 Sunderland Road, Amherst
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Amherst Ballet is committed to providing quality music education to all students, regardless of their financial circumstances. We offer a sliding-scale fee structure and trust-based scholarships to students who request them. More information may be found on our Tuition & Scholarships page. Submitting a registration form will initiate a conversation with the director to land on the tuition amount that works best for your family. Questions? Email us: info@amherstballet.org.
| Private Lessons | For ages 10+ Base tuition: $70 per lesson (Tier 1 = $5180; Tier 2 = $3237.50; Tier 3 = $2590; Tier 4 = $1942.50; Tier 5 = $1295) We are currently offering a special rate for the year of $60 per lesson for the first five violin, five viola, and five cello students between the ages of 10-18 to enroll. Private lessons are 60 minutes, as we believe that a full hour gives students the time they need to ensure complete music development. This time includes arrival, set-up, catching up on how practicing went and developing a plan for the upcoming week, as well as the actual music instruction itself. All students enrolled in private lessons may opt for weekly 30-minute supplemental lessons, on a month-by-month basis, at a rate $30 per lesson. Questions and to schedule 1-3 trial lessons: music@amherstballet.org. |
| Group Lessons | Ages 5-10 Base tuition: $25 per student per lesson (Tier 1 = $1850; Tier 2 = $1156.25; Tier 3 = $925; Tier 4 = $693.75; Tier 5 = $462.50) For our younger students, we offer lessons in groups of 3-5 students, also for 1 hour. All students enrolled in group lessons may opt for weekly 30-minute supplemental lessons, on a month-by-month basis, for $30 per lesson. Questions: music@amherstballet.org. |
| Chamber Music | Contact music director Geoffrey Archambeau for information about chamber music opportunities: music@amherstballet.org |
Questions about music programming? Contact our music director: music@amherstballet.org