Peak Music is Open
Peak Music has been in the works for over a year at this point. Since moving to Stowe in 2021, my sister has kept telling me there are no music schools or afterschool music classes in the area. When visiting for holidays she would implore me, “Pete move to Stowe and open a school!” The seed was planted and over the last year I have been searching for the right location and time to move and open Peak Music.
Pete & Brandon are siked to be open!
When I first saw the space on 699 S Main Street I was blown away. I thought “this is the spot.” Located just south of downtown the place is easy to get to and a beautiful setting to start teaching private lessons and group classes. Our space upstairs doubles as recording studio and live room, and is where our group classes take place. Downstairs we have our reception area and a private lesson room (renovations to expand and add another lesson room are in the works.)
699 S Main Street the first day I saw it.
For about 15 years I’ve been educating kids and adults in various settings, and it has always been my dream to open a brick and mortar music school. For the past 6 years I have been running my own private teaching business in Peekskill, NY (a friendly town in the Hudson Valley about an hour north of NYC) and I felt like something was missing in my professional life. I wanted to engage more people and spread the love and power of music to a new community. I wanted to hold group classes and teach kids how to write and record their own songs. Stowe is proving to be the perfect place to do that with creative and open minded people that are craving a creative outlet.
It’s been a process setting up gear, making graphics and getting the place ready to host students, but we are finally open. Our first students made their way in last week, and the early feedback has been beyond positive. We held our Foundations of Music class on Thursday which has students learning the fundamentals of music: beat, rhythm, improvisation, keyboarding and percussion techniques. We’ve also had an influx of private lessons on drums, piano and guitar.
We’re looking forward to seeing more new faces in the coming weeks and plan on announcing our full rollout of fall programming in July. Stay tuned for updates, and give us a call or email if you’d like to book a trial lesson or join our Foundations of Music class.
Pete (6/11/24)
(802)232-2619
info@peak-music.com