Richards School of Music offers professional music lessons and rock band school for kids, teens, and adults. We teach beginners through advanced professionals, contemporary and classical styles, and make it possible for our students to reach their goals and beyond.
We teach Guitar, Piano, Voice, Drums, Violin, Bass, Music Theory, Mandolin & Ukulele Lessons
Visit our testimonials page to see what our students and parents are saying. Every year, aspiring music teachers start their own studio, and a year or two later it’s closed. RSM has a proven track record of offering quality music lessons in guitar, piano, drums, voice, bass, violin, and rock band school in Aston PA year-round. Our full-time mission is teaching music trusted by over a thousand families since 2009.
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We have 11 music teachers, all with either college training or professional performance experience. Our music teachers are dedicated to learning about your personal musical goals and helping you to achieve them. With several music teachers for every instrument, we are confident that we have the right teacher to meet your music lesson needs. In addition to their teaching credentials, our teachers have warm personalities, are extremely friendly and dedicated to teaching you the style of music that you want to learn in your music lesson.
The direction of any tribe on a mission depends on caring and knowledgeable leadership. Nate Richards brings passion for student success, deep love for music, a drive to help our teachers succeed, and a robust education to strengthen this cause.
Learning to play an instrument has many personal joys that come with the experience. In addition, sharing that joy can be very rewarding! We offer opportunities to all students to play music with other students at RRA, as well as perform in our formal recitals on the Swarthmore College campus (piano, classical guitar, violin, voice) as well as our gigging rock bands at various venues and festivals.
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Learning to play an instrument has many personal joys that come with the experience. In addition, sharing that joy can be very rewarding! We offer opportunities to all students to play music with other students at RSM, as well as perform in our formal recitals on the Swarthmore College campus (piano, classical guitar, violin, voice, etc.) as well as our gigging rock bands at various venues and festivals.
We serve and conveniently schedule families with varying interests: Siblings, parents, and students who explore multiple instruments as their musical journey takes them in new and exciting directions – we are ready to meet those needs with our pro teaching staff.
Performance motivates excellence and is an opportunity for students to share their hard work and passion with an audience. Also, many of these students and rock band families build friendships that last a lifetime!
We believe in the power of a great musical performance, the hard work and dedication each student puts in to make it happen, and the sense of accomplishment and pride a student feels knowing that their practice came together in successful a live show. There’s nothing like it! Such positive energy and excitement!
We only hire teachers with college training and professional performance experience. Our music teachers are dedicated to learning about your personal musical goals and helping you achieve them.
Friendly and motivating customer service is our daily bread and butter. We work as a team to find the right fit for you – instrument, level, genre/style, teaching approach, personality, and schedule needs.
Richards School of Music offers professional music lessons and rock band school for kids, teens, and adults. We leverage a powerful learning management system, excellent methods and curriculum, and have the equipment conducive to engaging lessons. We teach beginners through advanced professionals, contemporary and classical styles, and make it possible for our students to reach their goals and beyond.
TAKE A TOURNate Richards has a passion for music, and an enthusiasm for teaching. His greatest enjoyment is watching a student achieve a musical goal that he or she had never thought possible. The joy of a student playing a song for the first time, the light bulb going on and their eyes lighting up (kids AND adults) - that's what it's all about!
Nate is a modern band, piano, and general music teacher at Garnet Valley Middle School. He graduated with honors from West Chester University School of Music with an undergraduate double-major degree in music education and music composition/theory, with a minor in classical guitar performance. Nate also completed a master’s degree from WCU in music performance.
Nate and Maggie lead worship at church serving the Celebrate Recovery ministry. Together, they find joy in using their instrumental (Nate) and vocal (Maggie) talents to help others connect with God in their spiritual walk.
Nate and Maggie Richards
Owners / Operators
Richards School of Music
Every parent wants to know how their child is progressing. That’s why, twice a year, we offer students the opportunity to perform in our instrumental/vocal recitals. For our Richards Rock Academy students, we have frequent gigs throughout the year in Delco, Philadelphia, and beyond.
Since 2009, our students have performed at legendary venues such as The Trocadero, World Cafe Live / The Queen, The Bitter End (NYC), JC Dobbs, and more!
