Village Life & Home | December 2021 | Forté Music School's Expansion!
Forté Music School's Expansion!
By Village Life & Home - December 2021
Forté Music School in Toledo, the largest private music school in the area, serving the community for over 15 years, is now proud to announce the opening of their second-floor location by adding eight more spacious studios. Forté Music School is now the happy home of over 700 students and families and 43 teachers in a beautiful space of over 6,000 square feet and 22 spacious studios.
Many music schools around the country have been forced to close their doors or suspend classes altogether until further notice, but Forté Music School fights to go in the opposite direction. Over the past two years, Forté Music School director Virgil Lupu has been working tirelessly to expand the school to the second floor and add eight more spacious studios.
“I never thought it would take us this long. It was not easy to find contractors to get the job done during a pandemic! Mostly everything was on backorder, over-priced, delayed, or postponed, but we somehow pulled through.
When everything shut down, we lost over 100 students in 30 days due to several families losing their jobs. It was tragic! Luckily, we had a lot of support from the community who understood that if they do not stick with us during this time, we might not make it out of the pandemic!
Thankfully, most of our wonderful students understood and were there for us! We were able to keep going through online lessons, and slowly we were able to rebuild back to where we were two years ago.
We slowly transitioned back to in-person lessons, but it was not easy. When we reopened, we went far and beyond to ensure the safety of our teachers, students, and parents. We have a lot of safety measures in place. Of course, we instituted the normal temperature checks, hand sanitizer, disinfecting wipes, masks, social distancing limits, and occupancy for the waiting area, etc., but we went a step even further, installing UV lights in our HVAC systems and placing MERV 13 air filters in the HVAC system and extra air purifiers in our waiting areas.”
Virgil Lupu is very thankful to live in an area that is surrounded by art institutions such as the wonderful Art Museum, the Symphony Orchestra, the Opera, several dance companies, art galleries, etc. Art and education in these days are so important, particularly when children are bombarded and constantly surrounded by distractions.
Music education has a particularly major impact on the development of the brain, which cannot be replaced by other activities.
“Despite all our efforts to provide quality service, we could not have survived without the help of our students, and I must say, I am very proud of our community for understanding the value of music education! This expansion is our way to give back and show appreciation for the past 15 years. We want to continue to improve the practicing for their big days. We particularly love working with young performers. We promise to continue to constantly improve and provide the highest level of private instruction.”
Director Virgil Lupu is an accomplished violinist who started his musical journey at age 5 with a similar early music program and started playing the violin at age 7. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Violin Performance from Poland and a Master’s degree in Violin Performance from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where he earned a full talent-based scholarship.
About Forté Music School: For 15 years, Forté Music School has been helping people of all ages discover a love for music through quality and affordable lessons for all levels of musicianship. Lessons are offered for voice, piano, woodwinds, brass, drums, strings, songwriting, and even recording. Lessons are offered seven days a week, and all faculty members are friendly and professional musicians who care and enjoy helping each student pursue their passion for music.
Many music schools around the country have been forced to close their doors or suspend classes altogether until further notice, but Forté Music School fights to go in the opposite direction. Over the past two years, Forté Music School director Virgil Lupu has been working tirelessly to expand the school to the second floor and add eight more spacious studios.
“I never thought it would take us this long. It was not easy to find contractors to get the job done during a pandemic! Mostly everything was on backorder, over-priced, delayed, or postponed, but we somehow pulled through.
When everything shut down, we lost over 100 students in 30 days due to several families losing their jobs. It was tragic! Luckily, we had a lot of support from the community who understood that if they do not stick with us during this time, we might not make it out of the pandemic!
Thankfully, most of our wonderful students understood and were there for us! We were able to keep going through online lessons, and slowly we were able to rebuild back to where we were two years ago.
We slowly transitioned back to in-person lessons, but it was not easy. When we reopened, we went far and beyond to ensure the safety of our teachers, students, and parents. We have a lot of safety measures in place. Of course, we instituted the normal temperature checks, hand sanitizer, disinfecting wipes, masks, social distancing limits, and occupancy for the waiting area, etc., but we went a step even further, installing UV lights in our HVAC systems and placing MERV 13 air filters in the HVAC system and extra air purifiers in our waiting areas.”
Virgil Lupu is very thankful to live in an area that is surrounded by art institutions such as the wonderful Art Museum, the Symphony Orchestra, the Opera, several dance companies, art galleries, etc. Art and education in these days are so important, particularly when children are bombarded and constantly surrounded by distractions.
Music education has a particularly major impact on the development of the brain, which cannot be replaced by other activities.
“Despite all our efforts to provide quality service, we could not have survived without the help of our students, and I must say, I am very proud of our community for understanding the value of music education! This expansion is our way to give back and show appreciation for the past 15 years. We want to continue to improve the practicing for their big days. We particularly love working with young performers. We promise to continue to constantly improve and provide the highest level of private instruction.”
Director Virgil Lupu is an accomplished violinist who started his musical journey at age 5 with a similar early music program and started playing the violin at age 7. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Violin Performance from Poland and a Master’s degree in Violin Performance from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where he earned a full talent-based scholarship.
About Forté Music School: For 15 years, Forté Music School has been helping people of all ages discover a love for music through quality and affordable lessons for all levels of musicianship. Lessons are offered for voice, piano, woodwinds, brass, drums, strings, songwriting, and even recording. Lessons are offered seven days a week, and all faculty members are friendly and professional musicians who care and enjoy helping each student pursue their passion for music.
