At its core, popMATICS is a music curriculum with a set of 40 concepts. Each concept represents a fundamental building block for developing your understanding of sound ✨

We round out this curriculum with ongoing, live Creating and Listening experiences designed for adults and older teens. These help you connect your understanding of theory to music you love and to your own imagination. Toss in a supportive community of music-loving peers, and that’s popMATICS!

popMATICS is for anyone who wants to play the piano with confidence and freedom. All experience levels are welcome. Most of our students are adults and older teens. We also welcome family members participating together.

No. Many of our members have been playing piano for decades. Some are teachers with college degrees in music. They all say the same thing: “Why didn’t anyone ever teach us this?”

Tony developed popMATICS through 20+ years of creative play and exploration with students.

Today there are two of us running things at popMATICS, Tony & Angela. Read more about us here.

No! Freedom is the heartbeat of our program. You can change plans or discontinue your membership at any time. However we reward longer-term commitments with discounted rates because we want you to stick with it. Our best value is the 1-year pass.

Yes! Private lessons are available by request. You can book a lesson here.

Members of popMATICS will receive a preferred members discount when booking private lessons.

Although most of our students are adults, students ages 12-18 thrive in our program if they come to class consistently and are motivated learners. Younger students are welcome to participate with parents. (Our basic membership rate gives access to the whole family.)

Discord is the platform we use for our online community. We have a few open channels, along with several members-only spaces. We also create private “lockers” on Discord for everyone in our program as a place to store your practice recordings and notes.

If you aren’t on Discord yet, join us today and come say hi #around-the-campfire-☕.

Yes! Learn more about how popMATICS can work for teachers here.