Parlando School of Musical Arts is Boulder's largest nonprofit music school, offering private lessons, group classes and camps for all instruments, ages and abilities, in person on Walnut Street or online. Alongside lessons it runs musical theatre productions, chamber music, a recording studio and a commissioned composers project, and students perform year-round from recitals to full-length musicals. The school is on track to award $1 million in tuition assistance by 2027 and runs outreach through school partnerships, care facilities and neurodiverse programming. Camp-specific ages and daily hours are not published.
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★★★★★Susan ChurchillIncredible teachers,inclusive environment! Parlando has a great group of teachers that work hard to make music lessons meaningful and the highlight of a child’s week. I’ve had two children take lessons through Parlando and both of them have loved it. Lessons include some theory, some composition , low key, fun performance opportunities, and an optional chamber group lesson for any instrument. There are also camps, group lessons, sing alongside, street performing, musical theater, etc😊
★★★★★Sylvia TooleyIn recent years two of my grandchildren took violin and piano lessons from Parlando teachers. I found in both cases that their teachers were extremely highly qualified in music both in performance and theory. Moreover, they were passionate about their music and conveyed that same passion to their students. Parlando has the bonus of scheduling small recitals, which helps the students build confidence in a very supportive atmosphere.
★★★★★Meridi WilliamsI have two kids that have been a part of Parlando for the last couple of years. My daughter now in high school takes voice lessons and my son in elementary school takes piano lessons. All of their instructors have been excellent and my kids love them! It has been awesome to see such growth in their musical skills as well as their overall character and for that I give great thanks to their instructors. Marnie Ward teaches voice and has gone above and beyond to help my daughter with her musical theater interest from helping her prepare for auditions, music and scene selections, stage presence, voice development and even attending some of my daughters performances. We have also been a part of the musical theater productions which have been a fantastic experience! Directors Kristen Brown and Marnie Ward were outstanding with the casting and production of Little Women.
★★★★★Elia BrandaoParlando School has a great faculty. My daughter starts there when she was 2 1/2 years old in a Summer Camp. It was so good because it open her curiosity for violin and since then ( now she is 8 years old),she has been doing private lessons of violin. Not only that, but also she had done voice lessons, group piano lessons and now she is completing her 3 year on piano private lesson. Every class we had participated , just reassure our highest opinion about this school. We 💯 % recommend it.
★★★★★Amy HowardBoth of my children have been taking lessons with Parlando for a few years now. The teachers I've worked with have always been friendly and patient with my children, as well as willing to work with our schedule, even when my son switched instruments and had to have a new instructor. My daughter also tried out a voice class and now wants to take lessons in both voice and violin! If the schedule would allow, I'm considering adding some lessons for myself too.