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Youth and Adult

Instrument & Voice Lessons

We offer pay-what-you-can-afford lessons and instruments (when needed for lessons) to those under 21, and full-price lessons and rentable instruments for adults.

Sign Up - Youth
Sign Up - Adult
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Garage Band Open Stage

Every Tuesday throughout the summer we set out all of our donated instruments and have a local band host an open stage in our garage.

The band performs a few songs and then starts calling up people who have signed up to play. They can play with the band, play on their own, build a band from those who are there to sign up… the possibilities are endless.

This is an all-ages open stage, but participants
under 21 have priority.

Our music lesson students are encouraged to participate and will also have a recital opportunity at one of these events.

We also encourage spectators to pick up the instruments and get familiar with them, even if they don’t want to play that day or have no experience at all. How are you going to know what you want to invest time and energy in learning if you don’t have access and exposure to all the instruments?

We look forward to year 6 in the Summer of 2027!

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Musical Petting Zoo

We love to bring our instruments to community events and give those in attendance a chance to familiarize themselves with a wide array of instruments while also giving them information about our programs. If you are hosting a community event, reach out on our Contact Us page and we’ll see what we can do!

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Various Classes & Workshops

See the “Events” tab on our Facebook Page for upcoming classes and workshops. Many of them have scholarships & grants available for people under 21.

We can also create classes or workshops for your students. They can take part in them at our building, or we can design something that works for you, and bring it to you one time or on a regular basis.
Example: Your day care or after school program

PARTNERSHIPS

Harmonize Peoria is proud to partner with other local nonprofits to bring music into our community in new and exciting ways. We believe that working together helps us reach more people and create opportunities that wouldn't otherwise be possible.

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PEORIA PARK DISTRICT POWER LUNCH

With the PPD Power Lunch Program, we introduce local youth to the joy of making music through interactive activities and hands-on experiences. Students get opportunities to explore instruments, express their creativity, and discover new interests.

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A woman with glasses and wavy hair sitting in a vintage bus, holding a pink decorated acoustic guitar, with window views of greenery outside, promoting an art event on August 7, 2026, at 5 PM, featuring artist Chloe Mae.

ARTSPARTNERS FIRST FRIDAYS AMPLIFIED

We work with ArtsPartners to bring live music to First Fridays events throughout Peoria. The series connects local musicians with galleries, studios, and other creative spaces, giving artists new opportunities to perform while adding live music to the First Fridays experience.

Poster for live music event featuring River City Reading Room with Bruce Moon & Christian Joseph on July 3rd at 5 PM, with photos of two male musicians playing guitars and singing.
A man and a young girl are sitting in chairs in a room playing guitars. The man is playing an acoustic guitar, and the girl is holding a smaller guitar on her lap. There are additional guitars hanging on the wall behind them. The room has a carpeted floor, a table with water bottles, a backpack, and other items on it.

Interested in teaching a class or workshop?

At Harmonize Peoria, we have limited staff and resources, but when someone really has it in their heart to do something, we know there are ways to make it happen.

So, we encourage anyone who has a class or workshop or event that they’d like to have at the Harmonize Peoria headquarters to reach out via email or our Contact Us form and tell us about your idea. From there we can help you decide how to structure and charge/pay for the project.

Some example options we have depending on the details:

  • It becomes a Harmonize Peoria project that we fund completely.

  • It becomes a project Harmonize Peoria helps create/run.

  • It stays 100% your project, but you rent/utilize our space for it.