Opolis Music School
Opolis Music School offers private music lessons, studio recording, and workshops right next to the Opolis venue in the heart of downtown Norman. Since 2022, Opolis has been operated by a worker cooperative of local musicians with many years of shared industry experience. The music school provides students with hands-on experience in a live music venue from local music staples Sarah Reid, Eli Wimmer, and Laine Bergeron. Our goal is to help bring your musical ambitions to life. Whether you want to learn an instrument, song writing, music production, or you want to come in and record your song, Opolis Music Studio is ready to meet you where you are at on your musical journey. Come in for a free consultation!
Meet Your Teachers
Sarah is a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. She holds a Bachelors in Music in Violin Performance from the University of Oklahoma. Sarah has played in numerous local bands, including Mariachi Orgullo De America, Kierston White Trio, Moriah Bailey, Magnificent Bird, and writes and performs as a solo artist and noise/experimental musician. She has several years of live sound engineer experience, and has run sound for hundreds of bands in the local scene. Sarah is offering beginner lessons in violin, guitar, bass, and music theory. She also offers studio recording as an engineer for singer-songwriters and string session work.
Eli is the frontman of the psychadelic rock band Helen Kelter Skelter and works with the Norman Music Institute providing lessons to students throughout the week. You can apply to take music lessons from Eli at the Opolis at the link below.
A born and raised Normanite, Laine has been in several experiemental bands and projects over the years. He is a sound engineer and song writer with a special talent for bringing out the best in the people that record with him. Click the link below to request a session with Laine at the Opolis recording studio located in downtown Norman.