"Our daughters have been taking online piano lessons from Melissa Lucas for over 5 years and we are thrilled with their progress! Melissa sees their potential and challenges them to exceed their own expectations. She goes out of the way to keep lessons new and exciting with music games, group lessons, education about music composers and instruments, and recitals. Melissa is passionate and very knowledgeable about music and cares deeply for her students."
-Andrea Lodwick
-Andrea Lodwick
"Our 4 year old is learning so much at the Lucas Music Academy! The instruction is excellent with one-on-one lessons supplemented by group lessons. Anastasia is always excited to attend her piano lessons. Being in education, I appreciate the fact that Mrs. Melissa has a degree in Music Education so I know my daughter is receiving quality instruction."
-Olivia Penrod
-Olivia Penrod
"The Lucas Music Academy is exceptional! Mrs. Lucas is extremely devoted to her students and has a desire to see all of them succeed in their music goals. The time, care, and professionalism that goes into each lesson is worth much more than the monthly rate. A top-notch teacher!"
-Amiee Marie Brubaker
-Amiee Marie Brubaker
"I had the privilege of being taught piano by Melissa Lucas for 4 years. She does an excellent job of making sure you understand the theory, techniques, and composers of each piece. I also had the opportunity to teach under her and learned so much about teaching piano! She is great with teaching very small children piano and keeping them attentive and engaged! For her older students she always sees their greatest potential and pushes them to do their very best. Her extensive knowledge in music and piano is shown in each lesson. I not only learned how to play the piano, but also learned so much about music, notes, and theory."
-Bridgette Young
-Bridgette Young
"My daughter, who's in the 7th grade, just started with Melissa and she is so excited to have lessons again! My hopes and dreams for my child is for her to be successful and happy playing the piano for many years to come, and with Melissa's help, I know she can do it.
Melissa's studio is very professional and easy to get to from post, and she's very sweet and friendly, and has a lovely family. She's so calm and encouraging with her students. Also, great parking. Being a one-income household, things can get pretty tight, but her rates per lesson are completely reasonable, in fact, it's so affordable that we're so happy we can actually afford lessons. We're happy to join your studio! Thank you for having us!"
-Mae Ziemba
Melissa's studio is very professional and easy to get to from post, and she's very sweet and friendly, and has a lovely family. She's so calm and encouraging with her students. Also, great parking. Being a one-income household, things can get pretty tight, but her rates per lesson are completely reasonable, in fact, it's so affordable that we're so happy we can actually afford lessons. We're happy to join your studio! Thank you for having us!"
-Mae Ziemba
We were hesitant on lessons at first because our children are very high energy and poor experiences at other places, but Melissa was willing to work with us and is doing a phenomenal job of teaching our kids at a very rapid pace. Our 6yr old son is so eager to play that he is practicing on his own 2-3 times daily and can not wait for his lessons each week.
I was hesitant on the accelerated music lab at first, because I thought it was a group lesson, but it is not at all. Our 10yr old daughter is working in the accelerated piano lessons and within a month of lessons she was playing with both hands and quickly working through her book with a greater motivation and love for music (which is the opposite of what happened with our last lesson experience).
The fall recital was very wonderfully put on, and overall I am very impressed and thankful for the humble professionalism shown by the entire Lucas family.
Thank you!
-Anna Drotzur
I was hesitant on the accelerated music lab at first, because I thought it was a group lesson, but it is not at all. Our 10yr old daughter is working in the accelerated piano lessons and within a month of lessons she was playing with both hands and quickly working through her book with a greater motivation and love for music (which is the opposite of what happened with our last lesson experience).
The fall recital was very wonderfully put on, and overall I am very impressed and thankful for the humble professionalism shown by the entire Lucas family.
Thank you!
-Anna Drotzur
We absolutely love Melissa who has so much patience with our daughter.
-Erin Calvert
-Erin Calvert
"Wonderful instructor! She is knowledgeable, patient, and kind. My son has learned so much already. We could not be more pleased with Lucas Music Academy! Highly recommended."
-Steffanie Stamos
-Steffanie Stamos
"I’ve found Melissa to be knowledgeable, well organized, patient and passionate about the arts. Providing a soft spoken structured classroom, she creates the perfect learning environment for students to grow. I highly recommend Lucas Music Academy for anyone, child or adult, that’s interested in taking music classes."
-Jennifer Olive
-Jennifer Olive
"Lucas Music is awesome! They allow students to learn at their own pace and monitor practice. After all, practice doesn't make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect. My daughter had piano lessons before but something about the techniques used at Lucas Music has re-ignited her love for music. Not to mention, I am one of the most forgetful people alive. I get regular emails reminding me about lessons, bring books, making payments ... all greatly appreciated!! and if her some reason I still forget about a lesson they are always more than willing to reschedule my lesson because they are so understanding. I can't imagine a better place to foster a love of music. They are also very reasonably priced."
-Roxanne Snider
-Roxanne Snider
"Melissa Lucas is a dedicated and well experienced pianist. She is a kind and compassionate individual. She strives to set a comfortable environment where each of her students can learn their music with true accuracy before advancing forward....But piano is not just for a child. Piano is for anyone who has a desire to learn. As an adult she has taught me and though I feel that learning as an adult has its own set of difficulties she remains consistent. Check out, Lucas Music Academy as it continues to grow and thrive. First appointment is free."
-Kristina Howe
-Kristina Howe
"We love coming to piano lessons! She is so patient and makes such an effort to make the lessons fun and engaging. Highly recommend!!"
-Andrea Kincheloe
-Andrea Kincheloe
"Melissa is really great with children, especially young children. We started with my three year old a year ago and she has already had two piano recitals and on in her third book reading music."
-Sarah Saulibio
-Sarah Saulibio
"They were so easy to work with, my daughter loved her lessons there! She learned a lot in a short amount of time and I felt so at ease leaving her there for lessons. I wish we could find such awesome music teachers every time we move!"
-Brandi Church
-Brandi Church
"Lucas Music Academy has helped our kids confidence, has helped them grow and not give up even when they make a mistakes. They are now also interested in learning other instruments and singing."
-Corie Grussing
-Corie Grussing
"The Lucas Music Academy is highly recommended if you are looking to learn a new musical skill. We are so grateful to Melissa and the entire Lucas family for helping our daughter learn to play piano. She is really enjoying practice and we see continuous improvement in her playing each week. We look forward to the recitals as well as they capture a lasting memory to cherish for life!"
- Mary Lucas (no relation!)😊
- Mary Lucas (no relation!)😊
We are located at 71 Wheeler Road NE in Hinesville, GA. If you type in "Lucas Music Academy" in Google Maps, it will bring you right to us!