Allegro Music Center

Since 2005, Allegro Music Center has been helping young musicians and vocalists hone their craft, whether it involves mastering piano, a six-string or hitting the high notes.

Allegro, located at 800 W. Devon Ave., offers private lessons in guitar, piano/keyboard, drums and other percussion, violin, flute, saxophone, clarinet, voice and even the ukulele.

The shop is also stocked with guitars, amps, instructional books, sheet music, tambourines and a variety of accessories, including guitar straps, picks and strings. During the Christmas season, shoppers could buy ornaments made to look like guitars and violins.

Since the store opened, the number of students has been growing steadily, Skiba said, and there are currently 288 private lessons offered.

Students range in age from three to 82.


To give students the experience of performing in groups and before an audience, Allegro offers a one-week summer program called Rock Star University.

“It’s great to have the kids in the lesson rooms, but the whole point of playing an instrument is to share it,” he said. “We’ve always offered recitals seasonally throughout the year and those are really fun, too, but a lot of times it’s students performing solo or duets with a teacher. I’m hoping to have more groups together.”