WHY CHOOSE Post Falls Music Academy?

Located in the heart of Post Falls, Idaho, we offer Suzuki and traditional style music lessons for ages 4 and up for guitar, violin, piano, voice, bass, cello, drums, ukulele, flute, harp, and clarinet. These classes are taught by patient and experienced teachers who not only have completed college and university level music degrees, but who also perform professionally.

We are an Official Family Safety Plan Music School!

In order to keep our students, staff, and teachers safe, we have implemented the Family Safety Plan in our schools! This includes glass windows on lesson rooms to foster transparency between teachers and parents, full-time office staff so that students and teachers are never left unsupervised, requiring extensive background checks of all of our teachers and staff, security cameras in all rooms, and an open-door policy for parents, which means that they’re always invited to sit in on their child’s lessons. Learn more at FamilySafetyPlan.org.

INSTRUMENTS:

We teach PIANO, VIOLIN, VIOLA and CELLO, VOICE LESSONS, DRUM, GUITAR AND UKULELE LESSONS

Guitar Lessons

Piano Lessons

Voice Lessons

Violin Lessons

Drum Lessons

Online Lessons

Art Classes

Toddler Lessons

11 BENEFITS OF BECOMING A Post Falls Music Academy STUDENT

1 – Acoustic and Electric Guitar, Piano, Violin, Voice, Bass, Ukulele, Drums, Cello, Clarinet, Trumpet, Flute, and Harp in ONE location!

We are the only music school in the Post Falls and Coeur d’Alene Idaho area that offers all of theses most popular instruments: Acoustic and Electric Guitar, Piano, Violin, Cello, Ukulele, Drums, Clarinet, Flute, and Harp in one location. We welcome all beginners and all levels--no matter what your age!

2 – The most qualified teaching faculty in Post Falls

We have highly qualified music teachers, all with either college training or professional performance experience. Our music teachers are dedicated to learning about your personal musical goals and helping you to achieve them. We also carefully vet and background check each teacher for quality and integrity. We are confident that we have the right teacher to meet your music lesson needs. In addition to their teaching credentials, our teachers have warm personalities, are extremely friendly and dedicated to teaching you the style of music that you want to learn in your music lesson.

3 - Fully stocked music lesson rooms.

Our rooms are stocked with everything you need for music lessons, keyboards, pianos, stands, drum kits, amps, and more. All you need to bring is your instrument. We have spent a lot of money on our studio to offer quality rooms that are both comfortable and functional.

4 – A proven track record of excellence.

Post Falls Music Academy has a proven track record of offering quality music lessons in Post Falls, Idaho the whole year round. Our full time mission is teaching music lessons. We have been offering music lessons since 2011!

5 – Trophies, certificates and award wristbands to celebrate achievement.

We are the only music school in the North Idaho area that gives their students the opportunity to earn special color wristband bracelets (kids and teens love them!), trophies and certificates for passing musical tests. Do other schools offer trophies and certificates? A few. But none of them inspire their students with smiling faces by giving them full color, really cool “Musical Ladder” wristbands that they can show off to their friends. More importantly, when our students have a test coming up, they practice more, their parents are proud, their teachers are proud, and everybody wins. We also specialize in music lessons for adults. We don't think learning music should be boring--it should be fun!

6 – Free music recitals at professional recital halls!

Every parent just wants to know how their child is doing and if they are really progressing. The best way for a parent to understand if their investment in lessons is really worth it, is to have their child participate in a recital.
In June and December many of our students perform in our biannual recitals. We hold these at various professional recital halls around our community for the best acoustics and experience.
For our students these recitals are free and unlike many schools in North Idaho we do not charge for recital participation or admission fees. This can only be found at Post Falls Music Academy.

7 –Located on Polston Ave. in Post Falls close to Super 1.

Due to its central location, our school is convenient to all areas of Post Falls. Close to our school, you will find great shopping and dining. Our location is convenient and we have many students from Coeur d'Alene, Hayden, Rathdrum, and Liberty Lake, Washington.

8 –A comfortable waiting area.

Instead of waiting in a music retail store showroom, our clients relax in a spacious, professional waiting room equipped with comfortable chairs, games, Wi-Fi, magazines, and water service. Or, if you prefer, you're welcome to sit in on the student's lesson at any time.

9 – Picture Day.

We are the only music school in Post Falls that offers a picture day for their music students.
Every year we host a free picture day with a local professional photographer. This is a service that our student's parents love as they all want quality photos of their children . Adults are welcome too! Students can bring their instruments to the photo shoot and wear whatever they like.

10– Month to Month lessons.

Post Falls Music Academy does not require semester minimums for lessons. Every student here is on a month-to-month basis for a flat monthly fee.

11– We have a comfortable waiting area for parents and family members.

Instead of having to wait in a music retail store showroom, our clients enjoy a spacious, professional waiting room with comfortable chairs and couches, kids toys, Wi-Fi, magazines and bottled water service. We also provide large observation windows for every lesson room so that you can watch your child's lesson while you wait. Or if you prefer you can sit in on their lesson anytime you want

We the Right Music School for You

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Our teachers understand that every student is an individual, with personal musical needs and goals. We make it a priority to tailor how we teach and what we teach to your individual needs.If you enroll here for lessons, your teacher will ask you about your favorite type of music, and set goals to help accomplish whatever musical aspirations you have for yourself or your child. Together, you will develop a plan to achieve your goals! We love beginners, so even if you don't know where to begin, we can help!

Meet the Director

Our director, Dawn Elmer, started the Post Falls Music Academy in 2011 with a mission to bring quality music instruction and performance opportunities for the North Idaho community.
Her passion is to share the joy of learning to play music with a goal to gain a life long love of music.Dawn is originally from Texas and received much of her music instruction in the Lone Star State. She received her Bachelors of Music from Texas Tech University in 1994 and went on to earn her Masters of Music from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University in Houston.
In 1995 she was awarded a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship to attend the Brussels Conservatory of Music. In that year she was able to complete her Premier Prix “First Prize” award in Clarinet Performance, Chamber Music Performance, and Solfegge. Her studies there were also entirely in French.

Dawn Elmer
Founder and Director

‍She was a two time finalist winner of the International Clarinet Association Young Artist Competition and has performed with numerous orchestras around the world including the Houston Symphony, Shreveport Symphony, the Belgian National Orchestra, Lubbock Symphony, and the Dos Hermanos Symphony in Seville, Spain.She is a registered teacher and center director of Music Together®, the nationally recognized early childhood music education curriculum. She was fortunate to have received hands-on training by the actual co-founder of the program, Lili M. Levinowitz.Dawn is also a student of the Suzuki method and has been mentored by several master Suzuki instructors. She incorporates this into her teaching as well as using traditional teaching methods.Her passion for music and performance can be seen with the Academy’s focus on performing and providing the students lots of opportunities to shine on their instrument.She can be seen performing in professional groups such as the Coeur d'Alene Symphony, Spokane Civic Theater, Coeur d'Alene Summer Theater, and the Sandpoint Music Festival.She also regularly performs with her harp/flute duo, Turquoise & Co. with co-member Jennifer Hille.When not teaching or performing, she enjoys hanging out with her grown up kiddos, traveling with her hubby, and taking care of her chickens and dogs.

Calendar

Labor Day Closure

We're closed Monday, September 2, 2024

Monday, September 2, 2024

Thanksgiving Break

Tuesday, November 26, 2024 - All Day to Sunday, December 1, 2024 - All Day

Tuesday, November 26, 2024 to Sunday, December 1, 2024

Christmas Recitals!

Friday, December 13, 2024 - 6:00 PM PDT to Sunday, December 15, 2024 - 8:00 PM PDT

December 13, 2024 - to , December 15, 2024

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Why Recitals Are Amazing

We cannot say enough good things about Dawn at Post Falls Music Academy. She has been such a great teacher for my kids the last three years. She is so encouraging, sweet, and very knowledgeable about music and instruments. Our kids have made wonderful progress during their lessons with her.

W. Knudtson

My children started Suzuki violin lessons with Dawn and while my daughter thrived and progressed, my son seemed frustrated by it. She recognized this and together we came up with a new plan that included him switching to ukulele and the newest guitar instructor. He has really thrived and is so happy with this decision. Throughout this process, Dawn was beyond patient and understanding with a 4 year old stubborn boy. She, and Post Falls Music Academy are wonderful and we couldn't be happier to give our kids the gift of music here!

A. Edminster

I'm an adult student who has always wanted to play music as a child and never had the opportunity. As an adult life became busy with work and children. Now my children are almost all grown and it was time to start my dream of playing piano. I am so thrilled that I can now play as well as read music and I have a much greater appreciation for all types of music. I love my lessons at Post Falls Music Academy and my teacher, who is always patient and understanding yet is able to help me overcome the difficulties when they occur. I am so glad I made the choice to take my music at Post Falls Music Academy.

S. Stout

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WHY CHOOSE Post Falls Music Academy?

We are an Official Family Safety Plan Music School!

INSTRUMENTS:

1 – Acoustic and Electric Guitar, Piano, Violin, Voice, Bass, Ukulele, Drums, Cello, Clarinet, Trumpet, Flute, and Harp in ONE location!

2 – The most qualified teaching faculty in Post Falls

3 - Fully stocked music lesson rooms.

4 – A proven track record of excellence.

5 – Trophies, certificates and award wristbands to celebrate achievement.

6 – Free music recitals at professional recital halls!

7 –Located on Polston Ave. in Post Falls close to Super 1.

8 –A comfortable waiting area.

9 – Picture Day.

10– Month to Month lessons.

11– We have a comfortable waiting area for parents and family members.

We the Right Music School for You

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