For parents
Music lessons for young musicians in Hastings-on-Hudson, Dobbs Ferry, and nearby Rivertowns: patient first steps, songs kids love, rhythm games, piano basics, creative confidence, and clear communication.
Young children's lessons
Hastings-on-Hudson & Dobbs Ferry
Your neighborhood music teacher for real confidence.
Piano • Guitar • Bass • Drums • Ukulele • Student Bands • Composition • Sound Design
In-home lessons in Hastings-on-Hudson and Dobbs Ferry. Serving families throughout the Rivertowns.
Tommy helps young musicians get excited, confident, and curious through playful, personal, multi-instrument lessons that feel local, steady, and easy to begin.
Same Local Lessons
Hastings Music Lessons has grown into Music With Tommy.
It is the same local, personal approach to helping young musicians learn, create, perform, and build confidence, now under a name that reflects the full scope of the work.
Music With Tommy offers piano, guitar, bass, drums, ukulele, Student Bands, composition, sound design, and creative music support in Hastings-on-Hudson, Dobbs Ferry, and nearby Rivertowns.
Two Ways In
Lessons for families. A deeper archive for curious humans.
For students
Piano, guitar, bass, drums, ukulele, Student Bands, composition, and sound design for kids, teens, and adult beginners.
Explore lessonsFor curious humans
Explore Tommy's music, portfolio, teaching history, performances, recording work, community projects, and recovered website archive.
View portfolioYoung Children
A specialty in early musical confidence.
Tommy's sweet spot is helping young children feel brave around music: rhythm, listening, playful piano foundations, movement, call-and-response, simple songs, humor, patience, and gradual reading when the student is ready.
Early rhythmEar trainingPiano basicsSongs kids loveCreative play
Lessons
Choose a starting point.
Piano Lessons
Keys, rhythm, songs, chords, reading, and confidence at the instrument.
View piano lessonsGuitar Lessons
Chords, riffs, songs, technique, improvising, and playing with other musicians.
View guitar lessonsBass Lessons
Groove, time, technique, ear training, and understanding the role of the bass.
View bass lessonsDrum Lessons
Time, coordination, beats, fills, dynamics, and listening like a bandmate.
View drum lessonsUkulele Lessons
A friendly, accessible instrument for first songs, strumming, and musical wins.
View ukulele lessonsSound Design
Synths, textures, effects, recording basics, and project-based sonic exploration.
View sound designComposition
Melody, harmony, rhythm, songwriting, arranging, and student originals.
View compositionStudent Bands
Ensemble coaching, stage skills, confidence, rehearsal habits, and performance goals.
View Student BandsFlagship Offering
Student Bands turn lessons into real musical momentum.
Students learn how to listen, count in, recover from mistakes, share space, build stage confidence, and feel the joy of playing with other humans.
Playing with others
Students learn musical and social skills that only happen in an ensemble.
Stage skills
Rehearsal habits, cues, gear awareness, listening, and performance confidence.
Summer 2026 Bands
A six-Saturday band coaching program with recording, performance prep, and small-group placement.
See the summer programPortfolio And Archive
The full Music With Tommy story has room to grow.
Version 2.5 opens a public-safe path for teaching work, performances, recording and engineering, composition, community music, approved media, videos, and a chronology of the musical life around the lessons.
Community Music Work
A public current-chapter milestone.
A Fresh Air Fund feature highlighted Tom's work helping campers build confidence through guitar as part of the ASCAP Foundation Fresh Air Fund Summer Guitar Project.
The article describes a patient, inclusive teaching approach centered on comfort, exploration, and helping young musicians feel accomplished.
Teaching young musicians
Comfort, exploration, and steady musical wins are part of the same teaching thread behind Music With Tommy.
Community music
The current chapter connects lessons, archive work, and public music education into one careful story.
Student confidence
The public source supports confidence-building language without naming campers or private students.
Start Here
Schedule a free consultation.
Tell Tommy who the student is, where you are, and what kind of music they want to make. A short first conversation is usually enough to find the right starting point in Hastings-on-Hudson, Dobbs Ferry, or nearby Rivertowns.
Phone: 914-434-2177
Email: music.simmons@gmail.com