The Music with Nick studio sits inside West Town proper — at Erie & Hoyne, just east of Damen. If you live anywhere from Smith Park to Eckhart Park, the studio is a short walk or a 5-minute drive. Adult and teen private piano and voice instruction, in-person or online via Zoom.
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The studio sits at Erie & Hoyne in Ukrainian Village — just east of West Town. Address is 2100 W Erie St for navigation; student entrance is at 650 N Hoyne Ave (back door of the same building).
If you live near Smith Park, the Eckhart Park area, or anywhere along Erie or Chicago Ave west of Damen — you're walking distance.
The 66 Chicago bus runs the length of West Town. Stop at Hoyne and you're 30 seconds from the door.
Division and Damen Blue Line stops are both 10-15 minutes away on foot.
5-minute drive from most of West Town. Free street parking on Hoyne and Erie almost any time.
West Town has more working artists and musicians than almost any other Chicago neighborhood — which means lots of people who could play in theory but haven't sat down to do it in years. That's the most common Music with Nick student profile: an adult who used to play, walked away, and wants to start again without it feeling like school.
Lessons are private — one student, one teacher, 50 minutes per session. Pricing runs from a single lesson ($125) up to the Semester Pack ($1,600 for 16). The most common starting point is the 4-Lesson Pack at $450, which gets you four lessons spread over four to eight weeks to see if the fit's right.
The easiest first step is a free 15-minute intro call. We talk about what you're trying to play, where you are now, and whether the studio's the right fit. No audition, no pressure.
“Real teaching, no method-book filler. I’ve worked through more in a few months with Nick than I had in years of trying to teach myself.”
“Nick met me where I was — somewhere between rusty and self-taught — and built me into someone who can sit down at a piano and actually play.”
“My kid actually looks forward to lessons. That’s never happened with a music teacher before.”