Lessons in Your Home With Experienced and Friendly Teachers

Lessons in your home are ideal for the busy Nashville family, and it’s our mission to make lessons as convenient as possible, so that you can fit music into your life! Our friendly and fun teachers use Suzuki and traditional methods for lessons with beginners, kids or adults. They are all active musicians in Nashville and have degrees from renowned music institutions like Vanderbilt and Belmont University. Teaching is an important part of their work, and they love sharing their talents with students of all ages throughout Tennessee.

When you contact us for lessons in your home, our music education specialists will help you find the perfect teacher for you or your child. We have assembled a fantastic team of teachers working all around Nashville, dedicated to helping you meet you or your child’s musical goals.

Aside from being convenient, the teachers I have met are warm and welcoming.
— S.C., via Yelp

When you sign up for lessons with City Strings & Piano, we find a time that consistently works for you and your teacher. Having a dependable lesson time greatly increases your child's success in their music lessons. We suggest the same for practice time. Our fastest progressing students tend to practice for smaller amounts of time, but nearly every day, and often at about the same time each day.

We pride ourselves on offering the personal touch that all the best music lessons have. You can contact your teacher directly at any time, and we encourage you to do so, especially if there is a questions about practice! Our team is always available to discuss your progress and loves to hear about how all our students are doing.

We look forward to hearing from you about you or your child’s musical goals. Click on the instrument lessons pages to learn more, and contact us using one of the forms to start setting up lessons in your home. Scroll down to read about news from our Nashville studio, meet our amazing team of teachers, and contact us to see how you can sign up!


Contact Us

Interested in music lessons near you in Nashville? Contact us through form, email, or text. We'll learn about your musical goals and connect you with a teacher offering violin, viola, cello, or piano lessons in your home.

Tuition for weekly lessons is $156, $226 or $296 per month for 30, 45 or 60 minute lessons. Additional time for longer lessons or lessons for siblings or parents is discounted 10%, reflected in the tuition amounts above.


Meet Our Teachers

Meet some of our amazing violin, viola, cello and piano teachers, below. Our team is full of experienced, friendly and fun teachers and performers available for great lessons in your home! Many are experienced Suzuki teachers as well, so be sure to ask about that when you contact us if you are interested in Suzuki lessons.

Julia Fisher, violin, resides in Nashville, TN. As a violinist, Julia is motivated to share music with audiences and students to engage the community in a rewarding cultural and educational experience. She is all about inspiring and encouraging others to learn about music and to grow in their understanding and abilities while maintaining a professional standard of excellence.

Julia received a Bachelor of Music degree from Belmont University (Nashville, TN) where she studied with Elisabeth Small, Tammy Rogers King, and Paul Johnian. While at Belmont, she served as concertmaster of the University Symphony Orchestra, and was a member of the Belmont Classical String Quartet. Julia was then awarded a Fellowship Award and Graduate Teaching Associateship to attend The Ohio State University where she earned a Master of Music degree in Violin Performance.  She studied privately with Dr. Kia-Hui Tan, and received chamber music coachings from cellist Mark Rudoff and acclaimed clarinet soloist and recording artist, Caroline Hartig. While in Ohio, Julia performed with the Newark-Granville Symphony Orchestra, the Columbus Dance Theater, Opera Project Columbus, and for many doctoral chamber recitals.

Since returning to Nashville, Julia has taught private violin and viola students in many settings: at Lipscomb Academy and Lipscomb University, the Roots Academy, in various Metro Nashville Public schools, and in her home. She has worked with students from the Tennessee Youth Symphony, the Music City Youth Orchestra, and at the Belmont String Crossings Camp. In addition to teaching, Julia is an active performer. She regularly performs in the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, Paducah Symphony Orchestra, Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra, with the Nashville Composer Collective, and in other chamber music settings. Julia has recorded with Nashville Music Scoring and other solo artists. She also plays music at her church and for weddings and other events. She enjoys performing in any environment that promotes live music performance for the entertainment and edification of the greater Nashville community.


McKenzie Fetters, violin, completed her undergraduate studies at Lawrence University, where she earned a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance and a Bachelor of Arts in English. At the Lawrence University Conservatory, she was elected President of Fiddlers of Lawrence University and to the Pi Kappa Lambda music honors society. Her past violin teachers include Professor Wen-Lei Gu of Lawrence University and Professor Elisabeth Small of Belmont University. For summer festivals, she has attended the Decoda Skidmore Chamber Music Institute at Skidmore College and Credo Chamber Music Camp at Oberlin Conservatory. McKenzie has served as concertmaster of the Lawrence University Symphony Orchestra and the TN Mid-State Honors Orchestra. In 2014, she placed first in the Strings Category of the Thor Johnson Scholarship Competition with the Nashville Symphony. McKenzie enjoys playing fiddle and alternative folk styles in addition to classical violin, and she remains passionate about community outreach and education. When she is not playing her violin, McKenzie can be found playing with her black cat Nightfall, hiking outside, or reading a good book.


Claire Sayers, violinist and fiddler, recently arrived in Nashville, TN to live in an area where musical passion and collaboration is abundant! She graduated with honors from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN with a Bachelor of Arts in Music and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management. During college, she served as the Concertmaster of the St. Thomas Orchestra for 2 years, and won the solo for the nationally televised St. Thomas Christmas Concert on PBS in 2015. She was also selected to travel and perform at multiple exclusive university fundraising events, which she made her own violin duet arrangements for, and served as the worship leader for her campus ministry. 

While Claire enjoys classical violin, her greatest strengths and passions are fiddling and playing with bands. She has won 1st place at 4 Minnesota State Fiddle Championships, and placed both overall and divisionally at multiple national competitions around the country from 2010-2017. Her fiddling accomplishments have led to many contest judging and performance opportunities, as well as invitations to record on 2 Minneapolis Artists’ albums. In 2019-2020, she moved to Indianapolis to play violin for Cru’s (a ministry organization) Performing Artist Team. During her time there, she embarked on a 3-week Christmas tour, primarily in correctional facilities with a rock band, which she composed or arranged her own parts for. She also led worship for multiple large events both in the U.S. and overseas, and served as the music and artistic director for a recording project.

Along with performing, Claire loves teaching and fostering creativity in young people. She began teaching beginning students in 2012 primarily using the Suzuki method, and also coached intermediate and advanced students in fiddling, resulting in them placing in the top 5 or winning their divisions at fiddle competitions. She also incorporates music theory and improvisation into her lessons, as she believes that young violinists should have the freedom to explore all musical styles and find their own voice.


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