Find the music class your child will look forward to.

Trial class registration is open for all ages. Experience Olenka School of Music & the Arts, meet our teachers, and see how our progressive approach makes learning music engaging, social, and fun.

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Serving Howard County families since 1993Group classes, piano pathways, voice, instruments, and private lessons from early childhood through advanced study.
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Select the program that best matches the student’s age and interests below.

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Come make music

Attend your confirmed trial and experience OSM’s teaching, community, and progressive music pathway in person.

Start with the right program for your child.

OSM offers age-appropriate entry points from baby-and-grownup music classes through piano foundations, voice, instruments, and private instruction.

Music Together®

Ages 1 month–4 years

Sing, dance, drum, move, and make music together in a joyful, research-based early childhood class for children and their grownups.

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Rhythm Kids®

Ages 4–7 years

An energetic next step with drumming, movement, singing, musical games, coordination, rhythm, and early musicianship.

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PreK Music ABCs with Keyboarding

Ages 3–4 years

Children learn through singing, movement, conducting, rhythm instruments, early music reading, and first keyboard experiences.

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Piano with Music Foundations

Ages 4.5–14

A complete beginner pathway combining piano, rhythm, reading, theory, ear training, creativity, ensemble work, and performance skills.

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Private Lessons

Ages 4–Adult

One-on-one instruction shaped around the student’s instrument, current level, goals, repertoire, technique, and pace of learning.

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Voice & Additional Instruments

Children & Teens

Explore voice, guitar, ukulele, violin, winds, brass, percussion, and other options based on age, level, teacher availability, and current programs.

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Why choose OSM?

Caring teachers. Unique curricula. A progressive path.

With more than three decades serving Howard County, Ellicott City, and Columbia-area families, Olenka School of Music & the Arts gives students a place to begin, grow, and continue their musical education within one supportive school community.

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Professional, caring teachersExperienced instructors create a positive environment where students can participate, experiment, and build confidence.
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Age-appropriate starting pointsPrograms are designed around how children learn at different developmental stages—from babies and preschoolers to older beginners.
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A pathway that grows with the studentStudents can progress from early childhood classes into keyboarding, Music Foundations, ensembles, private lessons, performance, and advanced study.
A proven track record since 1993

Our philosophy is simple.

Music is not only something students perform. At OSM, students learn to understand it, use it, create with it, and make it part of their lives.

Teaching music as a language

Students build understanding step by step through listening, singing, reading, creating, playing, and performing.

Inspiring families to learn together

For younger students especially, shared participation helps music become a meaningful part of family life.

Building a progressive music pathway

Age-appropriate programs give students the next challenge when they are ready rather than leaving families to start over elsewhere.

Our method is unique.

OSM’s school and curricula are designed to make learning fun, exciting, and appropriately challenging. The goal is to help students develop musical skill while keeping the curiosity and creativity that make them want to continue learning.

More than a single class.

A trial gives your family a chance to experience the teaching style and environment before choosing the longer pathway that best fits the student’s age, goals, schedule, and level.

A glimpse inside the music-making.

Watch students and families experience the movement, interaction, instruments, creativity, and community that make OSM classes different from a standard lesson-only approach.

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Olenka Stasyshyn
The woman behind the music school

Olenka Stasyshyn

OSM owner and director Olenka Stasyshyn emigrated from Ternopil, Ukraine, to the United States in 1990. A graduate of the Lviv Conservatory, she developed the cornerstone of her teaching philosophy: Teaching Music as a Language.

In 1993, Olenka began building the school in Historic Ellicott City. What started with a piano and a vision became a long-standing Howard County music community serving children, adults, and families through group classes, private instruction, performances, and progressive music education.

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Ready to try a class?

Start with one class. See where music can lead.

Choose the program that best matches the student’s age, or contact OSM if you would like help selecting the right trial, level, location, or schedule.

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