Offering private and group lessons on 22 different instruments plus voice, Levine strives to inspire a lifelong love of music. “Students who start learning when they are young often keep music in their lives, even if they take a break to go to college or begin their careers. We frequently see adult students come back to the instrument they remember playing in their youth,” says Aimee Halbruner, Levine’s vice president of music education. In addition to after-school lessons and ensembles, the company runs a summer day camp for children of all musical backgrounds. This winter, its Falls Church location is moving to a new 8,000-square-foot space on the ground floor of The Oak condominiums. –Barbara Ruben
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Bach to Rock, Jane Posner Violin Studio, Piano Studio of René Johnson