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Goodbye Laurel!
We expanded to 4148 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland Laurel in May 2023 and will miss it dearly, but we're in a new space now!
Our Studio Instruments
Featured Group Classes
Detailed information can be found on our services page
Perfect for curious toddlers and pre-schoolers wanting to play pitched instruments!
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Does your little one already know their Left from their Right Hand and count to 5? They can start learning the piano!
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Has your child or teen been wanting to learn how to play the piano? Join our group beginner classes!
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Glimpses of Our Original Garage Studio
About PALAKA Music & Arts Studio
PALAKA Music and Arts Studio offers group music classes for toddlers and preschoolers, group piano classes for preschoolers, and piano classes and lessons for youth, teens, and adults in Oakland and the East Bay Areas
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We envision healing, restoring, and transforming the world
through music & arts, one child at a time
via public health prevention models
with youth and families in the East Bay Area and beyond
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We strive to engage in, develop, and deliver programs
with a decolonial, anti-racist lens, to revolutionize music and arts education for our communities, this generation and beyond.
PALAKA Founder, Owner, and Educator Heidi Kelly-Tuason birthed the idea of the studio during the COVID-19 pandemic, integrating 15+ years of community health experiences with 20+ years of musical theater and church musician experiences, combining her education and training: BA Ethnic Studies + BS Biology (UCSD), MPH Maternal & Child Health (UC Berkeley), DrPH-PhD Community Health (UCLA), Postpartum Mental Health Peer Support Specialist Certificate (PSI), Pastoral Music & Liturgy Certificates (LMU), Early Childhood Education & Music (Santa Monica), Piano Teaching (Las Positas), and MA Music Education (San Jose State).
Contact Us
General Information: info@palakamusic.com
Group Classes: groups@palakamusic.com
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