The Music Vault

Behind The Music Vault is one teacher with a long track record: Mark Santa Maria, a guitarist of more than 22 years who holds a Diploma in Jazz Performance from LaSalle and has worked as a Senior Teacher and Trainer at Aureus Academy. His playing spans rock, metal, jazz, blues, pop, R&B and soul, and his teaching is built around each student's own strengths, confidence and musical voice rather than a fixed syllabus. Younger learners follow Vault Pathways, a structured but personalised route for children and teens that builds foundations, encourages creativity, gives gentle performance exposure and prepares for exams only when the student is ready. Adults take Vault Studios, a flexible programme shaped around personal goals, preferred styles and creative expression. Lessons run in a quiet home-based studio in MacPherson, a short walk from MacPherson MRT, with the exact address given on booking; the directory also lists Block 95C Circuit Road. Published packages are $300 for four 45-minute lessons and $400 for four one-hour lessons, the shorter format aimed at children, teens and focused learners and the longer one at adults and exam preparation. Enquiries go through the listing's trial-lesson request, answered within 24 hours.