Age group

Handicap accessible

Music Studio

Oak Park String Academy (OPSA) was established ten years ago by Meg Lanfear, a violinist, and local mom. Meg envisioned a music school that would provide families in the Oak Park area with conservatory-level music lessons, as well as a supportive community. OPSA students have since earned accolades and awards for their dedication and hard work. Our program encourages a lifelong relationship with music, and provides parents with resources to foster cooperation and joy between them and their children. We offer an enriching experience for our students, teaching them the technical and musical skills required of them, while building their discipline, critical thinking, and character.

Music

Playing Instrument

Affordable

We are currently sharing our space with Pat Larson who runs a successful Kindermusik program in Oak Park. 

If you are interested in starting a music education for your child and they are under the age of 4yo, we strongly encourage you to check out early childhood music classes. Ideally, all soon to be private students have had early childhood music classes.

Kindermusik

We offer daytime classes to homeschool families and will often create a daytime class just for families wishing to attend classes during the day. In addition to our regular Suzuki instrument curriculum, we offer “general music” classes during the day for families who want children to receive an excellent, non-instrument specific music education. General music classes are taught in a “Dalcroze style“, which includes lots of movement, joy, and discovery of musical topics such as form, phrase, theory, score reading and much more.

To offer homeschool families a fun way to provide their children with music education. The Suzuki Method emphasizes several techniques and philosophies which often align with the goals of homeschooling parents.

Homeschool Families

Coed

Toddlers

Preschool

Kids

Tweens

Oak Park String Academy

We have had such an amazing experience with OPSA! It has been amazing to see the quality of string education mixed with music theory. Meg's instruction is free of irony and full of positive criticism and encouragement. She also uses creativity to help the students understand concepts that she senses they are struggling with. It's been a great experience all around!

Randy G

Being a member of this academy has been a really wonderful and fulfilling experience for our family. Amazing teaching abilities and strict standards are balanced with Ms. Lanfear's lovely supportive and motivating approach to the kids. My children and I love OPSA very much.

Vivian G

Beautiful playing, great training, wonderful smiles!
