Grapevine - Colleyville - Southlake | May 2023

BUSINESS FEATURE

BY COLBY FARR

“IF MUSIC WASN’T SHARED, WHERE WOULD BE THE FUN IN THAT?" AMY NOBLES LYDAY, GRAPEVINE PERFORMING ARTS OWNER

Grapevine Performing Arts oers lessons for guitar, piano and ukulele.

GRAPEVINE PERFORMING ARTS’ STUDIO ROOMS Students take lessons in one of the house’s six rooms, each named after a type of bird.

Hummingbird Studio piano, voice Meadowlark Studio piano, voice

Owner Amy Nobles Lyday plays piano in her oce at Grapevine Performing Arts. (Photos by Colby Farr/Community Impact)

Songbird Studio piano Bluebird Studio piano

Grapevine Performing Arts Amy Nobles Lyday oers instrument, voice lessons A my Nobles Lyday has been at work cultivating a community of musicians in a six-room house located just o Main Street in Grapevine.

Blackbird Studio acoustic guitar, classical guitar, electric guitar, ukulele Sparrow Studio acoustic guitar, classical guitar, bass guitar, ukulele

because it’s meant to be enjoyed and shared, Nobles Lyday said. “If music wasn’t shared, where would be the fun in that?” she said. “We have radios because we want to hear music all the time, but it’s even more enjoyable when you can sit down at the piano in your own home and share it with your family.” Students can register for weekly sessions that are 30, 45 or 60 minutes long. The house features six studio rooms each named after a bird species where students learn from their teacher. Between lessons, students go home with a practice routine cre- ated by Nobles Lyday and a method to track their musical progress. She always tells parents, if she can teach

piano to their kid from second grade to high school, they will become a “phenomenal” pianist. “We are structured here to make them phenomenal,” she said. “Of course it’s a partnership. They have to do their part, and we do our part, but we have the structure to do it.” Grapevine Performing Arts teaches a variety of musical genres including classical, pop and coun- try. Nobles Lyday was most recently teaching a student how to play a piano version of Taylor Swift’s “Anti-Hero.” “My hope is that all these students go out, and they make a dierence in their communities, and they bring music to it,” Nobles Lyday said.

“That community is led by great performers who love their craft,” Nobles Lyday said. Grapevine Performing Arts, which opened at 212 E. Franklin St. in 2020, teaches students how to play and perform on a range of instru- ments, including piano, guitar and ukulele. The business also teaches vocal lessons and acting lessons. Nobles Lyday, owner and presi- dent of Grapevine Performing Arts, has been teaching in Grapevine for 12 years. She wants her students to enjoy the music they’re playing,

Grapevine Performing Arts 212 E. Franklin St., Grapevine 817-410-2787 www.grapevineperformingarts.com Hours: Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., closed Sun.

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