Helen Perris Music Studio

Helen Perris Music Studio Blacktown’s most awarded music school! Voice, Piano, Composition & Songwriting lessons. 3 to adult. Creative Kids Vouchers accepted.

Build resilience and creativity with experienced and qualified teachers in a nurturing environment that helps you SHINE! Helen Perris Music Studio is a boutique music school in the Blacktown/Hills District of Western Sydney. We create bespoke lessons to cater to the exact needs of our students and clients because we understand that circumstances, learning styles, and brain wiring differs from stud

ent to student. Whether you are an adult who always wanted to learn piano, a teenager looking to get into local theatre productions or a child who needs a creative outlet, you are welcome at HPMS. We provide optional examinations and performance opportunities and have a wide range of lesson packages. Our teachers have been handpicked and trained by Principal and Founder, Helen Perris to foster creativity, develop skills and cultivate personal growth in a safe, nurturing and welcoming environment. Our teachers:

Bella Riitano - Piano specialist
Bella enjoys watching children and adults discover their love of music at the piano. Her strengths lie in Romantic and 20th Century repertoire, but she also enjoys teaching other styles of music. Bella has a particular interest in how piano technique affects tone. She has a gentle personality, which endears her to our students. Bella was a finalist in the Outstanding Youth category in both the 2020 and 2021 Blacktown Local Business Awards. Helen Perris - Principal, Voice, Composition & Songwriting Specialist
Helen is a performer, songwriter, composer, director, choreographer and teacher with over 25 years of experience. She has presented at conferences and webinars in teaching songwriting and the art of self-accompanying and has been published by both The Piano Teacher magazine and the Yamaha Australia website on the topic of teaching songwriting. Helen has a keen interest in neuroscience and neurodiversity.

08/09/2026

We know that as parents, you want to make sure that your children are in a safe environment when they are at piano or singing lessons. Because of this, we are completely transparent about what happens in lessons: so transparent that you can literally see into each studio!

Parents are welcome to sit in on lessons or sit in the waiting room. When your children are enrolled at HPMS, you can be certain that your children are in safe and capable hands.

**40 PIECES**Congratulations to these piano students who have reached the 40 pieces milestone in our 40 Pieces Challenge...
07/09/2026

**40 PIECES**

Congratulations to these piano students who have reached the 40 pieces milestone in our 40 Pieces Challenge for this year. A repertoire rich approach gives them the opportunity to develop so many skills and experience a wide variety of repertoire.

Mr A
Ms A
Mr L
Ms L
Mr R
Ms A

Well done, kids! We are proud of your commitment to learning.

04/09/2026

Usually for before and after footage, we would show you something polished, but this was too much fun to not share. Here is a comparison of Marni singing the same song, “Roxie” from Chicago, 9 years apart. The first video was a polished performance from our 2017 studio concert, where we had workshopped and rehearsed the song intensively. The second is a completely unpolished, unrehearsed sing through in lesson this year.

While it’s a raw run of the song, what is interesting is that you can see and hear how everything we worked on in the interim is evident in the second video. Her voice is so much more controlled, stronger, clearer, fuller in tone, and more secure with pitch. Her acting choices are now more varied and interesting and she uses her whole body to portray the character. She is willing to experiment and interpret rather than doing something exactly as planned.

This is what happens when a student works hard consistently across a long period of time with a teacher they trust, who understands them. They absolutely blossom with their confidence and skills. We are so proud of the growth Marni demonstrated during her time with us and miss having her in our studio every week.

Marni Collier

Congratulations to our Mr G who competed in a very strong field of Speech entrants this year at the Hawkesbury City Eist...
02/09/2026

Congratulations to our Mr G who competed in a very strong field of Speech entrants this year at the Hawkesbury City Eisteddfod.

🥈2nd place Junior Speech Championship
🥈2nd place Prepared Mime 14 years and under
🥉3rd place Prepared Reading 14 years and under
🏅HC Impromptu Reading 14 years and under
🏅HC Open Verse 13 years

One of the things we love doing at HPMS is supporting our students at their school performances. Last night, Helen went ...
29/08/2026

One of the things we love doing at HPMS is supporting our students at their school performances.

Last night, Helen went to see Ms I, one of our piano students, sing, dance, act, and rollerskate (!!) her way through an original musical. What fun!

It's so great to see our students using the skills they develop in our lessons in other settings.

27/08/2026

Oops, Helen forgot she was filming an exercise and accidentally filmed a whole ten minute chunk of a piano lesson! We thought you might be interested to see what an actual lesson at HPMS looks like, but who has time to sit through ten minutes of footage? So we’ve sped it up for you and added some text to explain what’s happening. You can see that even for older children, we use movement in the lessons to help students to regulate, and to force their brains to do the work to remember.

At HPMS, we teach awesome, quirky and neurodivergent kids to be resilient, confident, and the best version of themselves through piano and voice lessons in Western Sydney. Let us know if you’d like more content of actual lessons at HPMS and maybe we’ll try to remember to film lessons more often!

25/08/2026

After all the shenanigans we had in Adelaide at APPC with our studio ducks (see our story highlights called Duck Adventures on our profile if you missed it), Helen couldn't help but get a new addition to the studio family.

Now we need your help! What is this one's name going to be? Give us your suggestions and we will get our students to vote on it!

We are an award winning music school in Western Sydney, teaching piano and voice lessons to quirky kids. Yes, we are serious about music and teaching but it doesn't mean we can't have a lot of fun while doing it! In fact the best learning happens while you are having fun.

Congratulations to our students who competed in the Junior Vocal sections last Sunday at the Hawkesbury City Eisteddfod ...
23/08/2026

Congratulations to our students who competed in the Junior Vocal sections last Sunday at the Hawkesbury City Eisteddfod . Three students (two pictured here) impressed the adjudicator with their enthusiasm and commitment!

Mr W
🥇1st place 6 years and under Own Choice

Mr R
🥇1st place 8 years and under Restricted
🥇1st place 8 years and under Open
🥈2nd place 8 years and under Pop/Rock/Jazz/Blues/Country Amplified

Mr G
🥇1st place 14 years and under Character in Costume
🥇1st place 14 years and under Open
🥈2nd place Junior Vocal Championship
🥉3rd place 14 years and under Pop/Rock/Country Amplified

Congratulations to our vocal students who smashed it in the 16 and under, 17 and under, and 18 and over sections at the ...
21/08/2026

Congratulations to our vocal students who smashed it in the 16 and under, 17 and under, and 18 and over sections at the Hawkesbury City Eisteddfod on the weekend.

Swipe to the end for some blooper shots from the end of the night!

Jacki and Emma
🥇1st place 18 years and over Vocal Duo or Trio

Ms K
🥈2nd place 16/17 years and under Australian Composition
🥉3rd place 17 years and under Jazz/Blues/Spiritual Amplified
🥉3rd place 17 years and under Character in Costume
🏅HC 17 years and under Restricted
🏅HC 17 years and under Pop/Rock/Country Amplified

Ms A
🥇1st place 16 years and under Open
🥈2nd place 16 years and under Character in Costume
🏅HC 16 years and under Classical
🏅HC Senior Vocal Championship

Emma
🥇1st place 18 years and over Pop/Rock/Country Amplified
🥈2nd place 18 years and over Restricted
🏅4th place 18 years and over Musical Theatre

Tahlia
🥉3rd place 18 years and over Musical Theatre
🥉3rd place 18 years and over Australian Composition
🏅HC 18 years and over Restricted

Jacki
🏆 1st place Senior Vocal Championship
🥇1st place 18 years and over Gilbert and Sullivan
🥇1st place 18 years and over Musical Theatre
🥈2nd place 18 years and over Australian Composition

Congratulations to our HPMS students who competed in the Piano sections at Hawkesbury City Eisteddfod this weekend!Ms S🥇...
18/08/2026

Congratulations to our HPMS students who competed in the Piano sections at Hawkesbury City Eisteddfod this weekend!

Ms S
🥇1st place 15 years and under Assisted Duet (with her mum!)
🥇1st place 13 years and under Popular Music
🏅Highly Commended Grade 4 Contemporary

Ms I & Mr G
🥇1st place 15 years and under Duet

Ms I
🥈2nd place Grade 6

Mr G
🥇1st place 13 years and under Self accompanied Vocal
🏅Merit Grade 7

Address

Blacktown, NSW

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 7pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 7:30pm
Wednesday 3:30pm - 7:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 8pm
Friday 3pm - 6pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

0288404058

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