Newton Music Academy of Needham

Newton Music Academy of Needham is a music school in Needham, MA, serving students of all ages from the surrounding communities. The school offers private lessons in piano, violin, voice, guitar (electric and acoustic), viola, and flute, along with group music classes for ages four and up and dance classes in hip-hop, ballet, jazz, Little Dancers, and Tiny Tots for children as young as two. Students can take lessons in person at the Needham location or online through Zoom. The school holds a rating of 4.90.

Newton Music Academy was founded in 2004 by Svetlana Ostrovskaya, a pianist and educator who continues to serve as Director. She is a member of the piano faculty at the New England Conservatory and holds a Bachelor of Music and Master of Music in Piano Performance and Music Pedagogy from Gorky Conservatory in Russia, with more than twenty-five years of teaching and performing experience. Her vision for the school centers on building solid musical and technical skills within a joyful, creative atmosphere, with clear goals and progress measured to each student's individual needs. The school welcomes over 300 students weekly from communities including Newton, Needham, Framingham, Natick, Brookline, Wellesley, Westwood, Weston, Wayland, Boston, West Roxbury, and Dover. Students have gone on to earn recognition in competitions, including a first prize at the Carnegie Hall Little Mozart's Piano Competition.

The school is located at 69 Wexford Street, on the Needham-Newton border off Route 128. It sits near Highland Avenue and within a short distance of the Yankee Division Highway, the Upper Falls Riverwalk Conservation Area, the Saco-Lowell Shops Housing Historic District, and the Newton Upper Falls Post Office.

Long-serving director Svetlana Ostrovskaya continues to lead a school that draws more than 300 students each week from across the greater Boston area to its Wexford Street location.