Forte Dee Why

Our Music is Fun classes are already up to Lesson 12 🎶

This week we’re exploring the note Mi… which means we get to visit our cheeky friend Mick the Monkey 🐒

We use Solfège (Do, Re, Mi…) to help children understand music in a really natural, hands-on way.

Instead of just memorising notes, they learn how sounds relate to each other... building strong listening skills, confidence, and a deeper musical understanding from the very beginning.

Plus… it makes learning fun, playful, and full of imagination ✨

Say hello to Isaac 👋🎸

We’re excited to welcome back Isaac to our teaching team on Saturdays.

Isaac teaches Acoustic Guitar and Electric Guitar, and brings a strong musical background including Grade 5 Music Theory, Grade 5 Piano (ABRSM), Grade 6 Guitar (Rockschool), and he is currently working towards his Grade 8 Guitar (Rockschool).

He draws inspiration from artists like Tommy Emmanuel, Tim Henson, and John Mayer, and has a real passion for helping students grow in confidence while learning the songs they love.

Isaac believes music is best shared, one of his proudest moments has been performing alongside his own guitar students in front of a live audience.

You’ll now find Isaac in the studio on Saturdays (all day), ready to support students at every stage of their guitar journey.

We’re looking forward to having him back as part of the Forte community 🎶

Award-winning teachers 🤍✨

We are so honoured to have received the AGMS National Teacher Award for Outstanding Performance.

This recognition means so much to us—not just for our team, but for every child who walks through our doors each week with curiosity, courage, and a love of music.

At Forte, we truly believe music is for everyone. Seeing our students grow in confidence, independence, and joy is what inspires us every day.

Thank you to our beautiful Forte families for trusting us to be part of your child’s journey 🤍

This is something we’re so proud to share with you.

We’re very excited to welcome Josephine Roumanoff to our teaching team, joining us on Saturday afternoons as our new violin teacher 🎻

Josephine is a talented and passionate musician currently beginning her Bachelor of Music at the Conservatorium University. She completed a double major in voice and violin during high school at Conservatorium High School and has extensive ensemble and performance experience across orchestras, chamber groups, and school productions.

She holds AMEB qualifications including Honours in Grade 8 Violin, Grade 5 Horn, and Grade 4 Music Theory. Josephine brings a thoughtful and encouraging teaching style, with a real love for helping students grow in confidence and musical expression.

We’re thrilled to have her on board and know our violin students will really enjoy learning with her!

So special to see our students shining beyond the studio 💛

What an honor to be invited to watch one of our own take on a lead role in Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. Well done, Toby! 🎭✨

It’s such a beautiful reminder of what can grow from learning music from a young age. Not just a talented singer and performer, but also a confident leader as school captain!!

We’re so proud of you, Toby. Keep shining 🌟

Just a quick reminder that we’re open as normal on Saturday 25th April, and then closed on Monday 27th April for the public holiday 😊

We hope you all enjoy the long weekend, and we’ll see you back in lessons on Tuesday the 28th!

We’re so excited to welcome all our students back for Term 2 at Forte School of Music 🎹✨

There’s something special about the start of a new term — new goals, familiar faces, and the sound of music filling the rooms again 💛

We can’t wait to see our students:
- Grow in confidence
- Build new skills
- Reconnect with friends
- And most importantly… have fun learning music 🎶

A quick note for this weekend: We will still be open this Saturday (even with Anzac Day), however there will be no lessons on Monday the 27th for the public holiday.

If you’re joining us this term, we can’t wait to see you in class!

And if you’ve been thinking about starting, there’s never been a better time to begin your musical journey 🎹

What a Wonderful Term 1! -

What a Wonderful Term 1! We’ve welcomed new teachers, a whole group of new students, and it’s been so special to see our music community continue to grow.

Watching our students grow in confidence is the best part of what we do 💛

Our Junior Keys 1 students have just started their very first Concert performance chart! 🎶— a special milestone that celebrates all the hard work they’ve been putting in each week from the start of Term !!

Our Creative Keys level 1 class has also been absolutely thriving lately… and it’s nearly full! ✨ The energy, creativity, and confidence in this class has been so beautiful to watch.

There’s still time to jump into Junior Keys if your child has been wanting to start their music journey 🎹

Send us a message if you’d love to join in, we’d love to have you 💛