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Diaspora students.
Lagos, London, Dubai, Toronto — wherever you are, learn from the same Kikuyu-based faculty as students at our studio. East Africa Time is built around your working day.
70% of online roster
Online music lessons
Learn from anywhere.
Live one-on-one with our Kikuyu faculty — over a private classroom, on your schedule.
Diaspora students, busy Nairobi parents, adult learners — same ABRSM-aligned curriculum and same trainers as our studio. The only difference is you join from your living room.
- Live one-on-one
- ABRSM-aligned curriculum
- International students welcome
- Same faculty as our Kikuyu studio
Who it's for
Built for three audiences.
Most of our online roster falls into one of these three. If you're here, you probably do too.
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Nairobi families avoiding traffic.
Skip the drive. Lessons happen in your living room, on your schedule. Studio recital invites still extend to online students.
Karen · Kileleshwa · Westlands
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Adult learners.
6:30 a.m. before work, 9 p.m. after the kids are down — flexibility that doesn't exist in any studio. No commute, no parking, no excuse not to practise.
All adult ages welcome
What we teach online
Every instrument we teach in person.
The only family we don't teach online is acoustic drums (the latency makes call-and-response impractical). Everything else translates cleanly.
How it works
Three steps, then play.
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Pick a slot.
Book a free discovery session. We confirm your trainer + classroom link by email within the hour.
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Test your setup.
Five-minute call ahead of your first lesson — we check audio, video and your instrument is in tune. No surprises on lesson day.
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Open the link, play.
Same link every week. No installs, no plugin downloads. Works on phone, tablet, laptop. Recording optional if you want to review later.
Setup at home
What you need before the first lesson.
We run a free five-minute setup call ahead of the first session — audio, video, instrument tuning. Surprises on lesson day are the one thing we won't allow.
Your instrument.
A piano, keyboard, guitar — whatever you're learning. For beginners we recommend hiring before buying; we can advise.
A device with camera.
Smartphone, tablet or laptop. The trainer needs to see your hands and posture — angle the camera so both are in frame.
Stable internet.
4 Mbps down / 2 Mbps up is the floor. Most Kenyan home fibre meets this comfortably. We test on a free 5-minute setup call.
Headphones (optional).
Earbuds work fine. Wired beats Bluetooth — Bluetooth adds 100–300ms of audio lag which makes call-and-response exercises impossible.
The faculty
Trainers who teach online.
Same vetted faculty as our Kikuyu studio. Each member of the team teaches across all three formats — studio, in-home, online — so the curriculum and the quality stay consistent.
Online vs studio
Honest about the trade-offs.
The two formats are 80% identical. Where they diverge, you should know.
FeatureOnlineStudio
Same faculty, same curriculum✓✓
Acoustic instruments in the room—✓
Group / ensemble play—✓
Flexible scheduling (early/late slots)✓—
Studio recitals + community✓✓
No commute, no traffic✓—
International time zones✓—
Lesson recording on request✓—
A pattern we recommend: studio during school terms when the family routine supports the drive, online during exam season and holidays. Read the full format-choice guide.
Start where you are.
Free discovery session. Same Kikuyu faculty as our studio. Diaspora and East Africa both welcome.