“Miss Lilith always tells us that we’re capable of playing music we love if we believe in ourselves,” said Jina, now 12, as she waited for a music lesson at the Renaissance Music Academy in Henderson, NV. “It took me a year of practice and Miss Lilith showing me how to play note by note, but I got it and now I make my father feel better.”

Parents have become true believers in the school, where piano, violin, cello, ukulele, guitar, and voice students take from one to four private one-hour lessons a week, along with a mandatory one-hour weekly group class of music theory. An ensemble class, with students playing together on different instruments, is offered on Saturday. One of the school’s piano teachers, Narine Petrosyan, composes original pieces for the ensembles.

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