Promethean Studios was founded in 1994 by Mark Black and offers beginner through professional level lessons, in all styles of music, on guitar, piano, voice, keyboard, bass, sax, flute, oboe, mandolin, music composition, song writing, music theory, praise and worship, and other areas. We currently have two locations in the North Dallas area.  We have taught thousands of students from around the world. By using skilled, personable teachers, emphasizing music theory and instrumental and vocal technique, and allowing students to play and sing music they love, we've created an atmosphere of excellence, accomplishment, and enjoyment. We have a high success ratio with our students because they learn techniques that work, they understand music and how to make it work for them, and they get to play the music they like. We also teach professional musicians and music teachers. The teaching methods developed by Mark Black produce consistent improvement, skill, and quality, while being fun.  And that's a good thing.

You are wasting your money on lessons unless you have a great teacher with a great program. In our studios, you will have a personable player as a teacher, who crafts our program to enable you to play your music, not ours. Our teachers have observed Mark teach over 100 lessons, they have learned and follow the Promethean curriculum for their instruments, and have played an average of 15 years. Promethean teachers are career musicians, they're dedicated players and singers skilled in their art, who understand what it feels like to want to make music.

Mark Black began teaching students in 1978. His teaching methods have made thousands of students successful in music while both student and teacher had a great time. He attended Loyola University in New Orleans as a double major in oboe performance and music composition/theory. He was a member of the Loyola Orchestra, Loyola Jazz Band, Loyola Chorale, and the Loyola Band, as well as several woodwind quintets. He traveled for a year with the contemporary Christian music group Majesty, has led worship for 30 years, and spent 14 years as a music director of churches. He studied privately with Fred Korman, Dr. Pat McCarty, Helen Erb, Dr. William Horne, Michael Carubba, Dr. Thomas West, and others, and has performed in Christian, rock, classical, and jazz ensembles and as a soloist in such cities as Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Memphis, Miami, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York City, St. Louis, and Washington D.C. His musical skills include professional performance in guitar, voice, sax, piano, keyboards, bass, flute, oboe, and other instruments and professional composition, arranging, and orchestration. He has taught in seminars and conferences and led bands throughout the southeast and southwest. He taught applied instruments, voice, theory, conducting, and song writing for 6 years at Christ for the Nations Institute, where he enjoyed teaching students from dozens of countries as diverse as Bhutan, Iceland, Japan, Namibia, Papua New Guinea, and Switzerland. He was also the instrumental director and led the orchestra there.  Also, he's extremely humble.

For more information about why students excel in our programs, read Why Us?