MyTown Music

Specialties

Our student services are designed with the aim to integrate both private and community learning, fostering artistry on both the individual and group level. Learning is designed to begin at the Private Lesson level, with the intention to accomplish students’ personal goals and prepare a student for artistic collaboration in Group Sessions.

private in-​home lessons

History

Established in 2009.

The MyTown Music vision was inspired by founder, Corey Ferrugia, in 2009 as a response to the impact of budget cuts on arts education. MtM seeks to create a scalable and sustainable solution that caters to artistic growth and education in our communities. In a 2011 Study released by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Arizona ranks second to last in school spending. In fact, school spending per student in Arizona has decreased with inflation by 24% since the beginning of the recession in 2008. As we consider the current conditions of our education system, It has been argued that all government funded music education opportunities will be completely removed from public schools in America by the year 2015. Financial cuts to education directly affect the quality of education children and young adults are receiving, and our aim at MyTown is to provide an affordable, interactive experience to enable and encourage ongoing arts education.

Meet the Manager

Kaia C.

Manager

Kaia Chesney is a singer-​songwriter based out of Tucson, AZ. Currently a Lead Artist Specialist, Kaia, along with co-​Specialist Bryan Castillo oversees MyTown music in the Tucson region. In 2011 she was nominated for Female Vocalist of the Year for the Tucson Area Music Awards, and has been featured on Tucson local station KXCI, and NPR affiliate radio station, Arizona Public Media. In 2012 she was one of five nominees for the Buffalo Exchange Arts Award, which honors emerging artists with a $ 10,000 grant. Kaia specializes in early childhood development, vocals, guitar, and piano. Her favorite part in working for MyTown is «seeing what a child comes up with when all the traditional learning barriers have fallen and children are expressing themselves in the songwriting process. It’s awesome!»