At Promethean Studios, you'll take live lessons with one of the nation's top private music educators and musicians, who's taught well over 2500 students. Your lessons will be customized to your goals, your music, your abilities, and your personality. You're going to love your lessons and save years of wasted effort. Promethean Studios offers beginning, intermediate, advanced, and professional level lessons, and bands, for all styles and ages. We recommend music for people of all ages from kids, to teens, to adults.
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Promethean Studios offers beginning, intermediate, advanced, and professional level lessons, bands, and camps for all ages (kids, teens, and adults). We offer many different genres and styles of learning ranging from Blues, Pop & Classic Rock to Jazz, R&B and Country & Western. We offer private and group instruction from an experienced and friendly instructor.
Promethean Studios was founded in 1991 by Mark Black with one goal: to turn our students into musicians, singers, and players using practical methods that maximize their enjoyment without sacrificing the quality of their education. We believe that a personable instructor that gives equal time to music theory and technique create an atmosphere of excellence, accomplishment, and enjoyment. Our teaching methods allow new musicians to learn effectively, so they become quick and thorough students of music.
Obviously we think Promethean Studios is the best possible place to take lessons, camps, or bands, but why would you choose us? Seven primary ideas animate our teaching: personalization, enjoyment, progress, relevance, excellence, value, and personal success. The Studio - Promethean Studios, with two locations in Plano and Richardson, was founded in 1991 by Mark Black and offers beginner through professional level lessons, in all styles of music, on guitar, piano, drums and percussion, voice, keyboard, bass, sax, flute, oboe, music composition, song writing, music theory, praise and worship, and other areas.
Group lesson students prepay for three months of lessons to ensure that the group will not have to cancel if less than 4 students continue. One of the group lessons will be a concert or a recital! Band members commit for 4 months at a time, so they prepay for 4 months of sessions to ensure that the band continues if a member stops participating.
Reviews (11)
Noah Morton
Jun 14, 2022
Dileep V.
Oct 20, 2020
Mark is an excellent teacher. He tailors his teaching to your learning style, interests and schedule, no matter your age and proficiency (I am an adult beginner). He is very patient and has a great sense of humor. He builds your skill on a foundation of music theory even as he encourages you in learning to perform the music you like.
Mark Criss
Apr 05, 2020
I am going into my 3rd year of Mr. Black's class and it has been and still is an awesome experience. I haven't experienced this much excitement about learning anything in a long time. I've dreamed of playing Jazz Guitar for ages and I've just played "Autumn Leaves", a jazz standard, at one of Mark's recitals. That feeling of accomplishment in that moment was magical.
I couldn't have dreamed of a better instructor as Mark Black. Please don't miss out on the opportunity of a life time by not taking Mark up on his offer. It will be well worth your time and money as an investment learning how to play and creat sonic art. Mark is the best music instructor I've met.
I couldn't have dreamed of a better instructor as Mark Black. Please don't miss out on the opportunity of a life time by not taking Mark up on his offer. It will be well worth your time and money as an investment learning how to play and creat sonic art. Mark is the best music instructor I've met.
Jean Baumann
Feb 21, 2020
Christy Terry
Feb 07, 2020
I have been taking guitar lessons with Promethean Studios for the better part of two years now and I can honestly say it has been one of the best decisions I've made. After having taken piano lessons since childhood from poor instructors, I was a bit skeptical of starting up again with a new instrument, however Mark is always patient, insightful, and tolerable of my millions of questions during lessons. lol. I highly recommend him if you're looking to learn music in the DFW area.
Shawn Moir
Feb 07, 2020
Stephen Campbell
Jan 07, 2020
Mark is an amazing piano instructor. He first learns about your personality, learning style, and any prior musical knowledge one may have. Then tailors a lesson plan based off of the information given. His lessons are laid back, enjoyable, and easy to follow. And he will often stop to make sure that the topic discussed is understood. I wouldn't hesitate for a moment to recommend him for piano lessons. A+++
Edgar Martinez
Jan 21, 2018
Malavika Sreejit
Jan 12, 2018
Mr. Mark Black is an amazing voice and guitar coach/ instructor. My daughter has been learning from him since 2014 and enjoys his style of teaching. His passion for music, performance and teaching so many different instruments and vocal genres makes him stand apart from other studios. I highly recommend Promethean studios to anyone interested in music- beginner or professional. You will learn and grow. Mr. Mark is very professional; his sense of humor is equally appreciated by my daughter.
Melody Gill
Sep 15, 2017
I have taken voice lessons from Mark Black for ten years. During that time I went on and off between learning about other instruments as well, specifically piano and guitar. Mark is one of the most talented people I have ever met. Not only is he a phenomenal musician (it seems like he is talented at every single thing you can be talented in when it comes to music) but he is also an awesome person.
He cares about all of his students well being. He not only wants to make a musical difference in a person's life, but also a personal one. He has challenged me to grow musically and encouraged me not to quit even when I really wanted to. I am now pursuing a career in music and I have no doubt he has had a positive influence in my life. I could go on and on about him for days, but I encourage you to find this out on your own and TAKE LESSONS FROM THIS STUDIO. Mark Black and the rest of his staff are fantastic and you will not be disappointed.
He cares about all of his students well being. He not only wants to make a musical difference in a person's life, but also a personal one. He has challenged me to grow musically and encouraged me not to quit even when I really wanted to. I am now pursuing a career in music and I have no doubt he has had a positive influence in my life. I could go on and on about him for days, but I encourage you to find this out on your own and TAKE LESSONS FROM THIS STUDIO. Mark Black and the rest of his staff are fantastic and you will not be disappointed.
Mickey Robison
Aug 30, 2017
I have been a member of the rock and jazz bands with Promethean Studios for several years. Mark Black is an excellent instructor and mentor for the bands, offering suggestions on what and how to play, encouraging students and band members to participate and to make suggestions for the approach to the song. He makes the sessions enjoyable and fun while guiding the students to be better players and band members. If you are looking to join a band, or simply would like to improve your playing skills or even learn a new instrument, I highly recommend Promethean Studios.