Our Story

EchoKids started as a final class project at Berklee College of Music, driven by founder Shizuno's vision to create a modern music education company for kids. While teaching piano, Shizuno noticed a growing demand from families who wanted their children to learn music—not to become professional musicians, but to experience the joy and benefits of music. Shizuno shared this belief: music education should be about learning, growth, and fun, not just a career path.

Many fellow Berklee students also wanted to teach but didn’t know where to start. Seeing this gap between families seeking fun lessons and fun aspiring teachers, Shizuno began connecting them, leading to the creation of EchoKids. Did you know more than 80% of families want their kids to know how to play an instrument?

Today, EchoKids continues to grow with more students and mentors, embracing technology and offering lessons across a wide range of instruments and genres. We believe music is for everyone, and our goal is to provide the most exciting lessons for instrument, any genre, any background because it's not one size fits all - but music is for all!

What we value

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At EchoKids, we value Communication, Confidence, and Creativity, drawing inspiration from the Montessori, Kodaly, and Suzuki methods. Our mentors, who are passionate college students, understand the transformative power of music in a child’s life.

We believe that when kids want to play music, they’ll naturally want to learn—so we create an environment where lessons are fun, engaging, and packed with learning opportunities, even if the kids don’t realize how much they’re absorbing until they have those incredible "a-ha!" moments.

We see music as a universal language, and it’s vital for children to start learning early so they can become fluent in it. Music helps kids connect with others and, just as importantly, with themselves as they grow. That’s why we make sure our lessons spark joy and curiosity, because when kids enjoy playing music, the desire to learn comes naturally; to learn!

We are more than a music learning platform

Redefine music education

We redefine music education by combining traditional teaching methods in theory and performance skills and innovative methods in encouraging kids' interests to building confidence.

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Every feedback matters

We really listen to each student and parent to know what they want from the lessons. What style of music do you like? Do you want to take lessons to be a performer or to have a great skill?

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Keep growing team

We mentor our students and each other! We are constantly learning something new. The newest trends, dances, songs, platforms - we're all always learning at EchoKids, not just our students.

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