George's Music in Springfield, PA offers private, in-person music lessons for all ages — guitar, piano, bass, drums, voice, ukulele, and a full string, brass, and woodwind lineup. That last part is rare for a music store. Marylee Logan Fairfield teaches violin, viola, cello, double bass, and clarinet; Katie Dunn teaches trumpet, French horn, trombone, and euphonium. Between the two of them you can pick up almost any orchestra or concert-band instrument here, the deepest band-and-orchestra bench of any George's store, and it sits on top of a guitar and piano roster a dozen teachers deep. The Springfield store holds 4.9 stars across 760 Google reviews. Families drive in from Media, Swarthmore, Wallingford, Broomall, and Havertown.
Meet the Springfield Teachers
Guitar & Bass
Gary Grisafi
Gary has taught guitar at George's for 35 years, 38 in all, and studied here in Philadelphia under Pat Martino. He teaches rock, blues, jazz, and funk, along with theory and ear training for college-bound players, and he co-wrote two instruction books.
Chris Carmichael
Chris has played professionally for more than 40 years, including a run as a signed recording artist with Nashville's FNA Records. He's strongest teaching soloing and improvisation, chord building, and songwriting, most of it worked out live in the room during the lesson.
Greg Fain
A Berklee graduate, Greg has spent 30-plus years touring and recording in rock, blues,
funk, and reggae, and once shared a stage with Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead. He builds each lesson around your goals, and with more than a hundred songs of his own, he's a real help to students who want to write.
Jesse Christaldi
Jesse holds a jazz performance degree and has taught guitar, bass, and ukulele for 20 years, from first open chords to sweep-tap arpeggios. He keeps lessons relaxed and grounded in solid theory, and he'll teach you to shred if that's where you're headed.
Jason Mannheimer
Jason has been a working musician for more than 20 years across 30-plus bands, with an audio-engineering certification on top. He teaches guitar, bass, and ukulele at any level, starting a beginner from the parts of the instrument and giving advanced players only what's new to them.
Nate Savoth
Nate is a performing guitarist and vocalist who has recorded and toured for a decade and taught in WXPN's Bridge Sessions program at World Cafe Live. He teaches guitar, bass, piano, drums, and voice, and builds lessons around the songs and bands a student actually wants to play.
Steven Ford
Steven has 57 years with the instrument and teaches guitar, bass, and piano across jazz, classical, blues, and R&B, with a focus on note-reading and a strong chord vocabulary.
Piano, Keys & Voice
Aishah Whitaker
Aishah was classically trained at the Nelly Birman School of Music and studies voice with the Philadelphia Jazz Club. She teaches piano from age 5 through adult, classical as the foundation and then R&B, soul, jazz, and pop, so students learn how music works rather than just a single song.
Natalie Kenis
Natalie teaches piano and voice with an old-school focus on theory and technique. It's a strong start for beginners and for anyone drawn to classical playing, and she adapts to jazz and pop when that's what a student wants.
Drums
Erik Kaszynski
Erik studied at Berklee and the Rotterdam Conservatory and has toured and recorded internationally with blues artists including Tinsley Ellis, Duke Robillard, and Tommy Castro. He pairs the songs students love with real fundamentals: rudiments, coordination, and groove, for first-timers and experienced players alike.
Strings, Orchestral & Band
Marylee Logan Fairfield
Marylee teaches violin, viola, cello, double bass, and clarinet, plus piano and voice. Trained in music therapy at Immaculata and teaching privately since 1987, she takes a student-led approach: fundamentals on any instrument first, then improvising and writing your own music.
Katie Dunn
Katie covers the brass and then some, teaching trumpet, French horn, trombone, and euphonium, along with piano, guitar, and ukulele. She holds music-education and music-therapy degrees from Immaculata and enjoys students of every age and ability.
How lessons work
Start with a $25 trial lesson. You'll be matched with a teacher who fits your instrument and your goals, then meet weekly for private, one-on-one lessons, always in person at the Springfield store. Lessons start as young as 6, though the right starting age depends on the instrument and some teachers set their own minimums. Billing is monthly, auto-recurring, with no long-term commitment. Plans change, so there's a 24-hour cancellation policy with makeup lessons available.
Simple monthly pricing
Lessons are private, one-on-one, and billed as a flat monthly rate, starting at $155 per month for a weekly 30-minute lesson and $299 per month for a weekly 60-minute lesson. There's a one-time $29 registration per family. Billing is monthly, auto-recurring, with no long-term commitment, and every new student starts with a $25 trial lesson.
More than lessons
When you're ready to play alongside other people, the Rock Stars Band Program puts students in a real band: you pick the setlist, rehearse across a season, and finish with a live show. It starts at $399. A few times a year, students also perform what they've been working on at in-store showcases, pieces they prepare with their teacher.
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