Belle Arti Center for the Arts, L.L.C is the first and only music school of European heritage in Forest Hills. Our school provides high quality music instruction to students of all ages, levelsand backgrounds, and helps them realize their fullest potential, regardless of initial abilitiesand goals. It also offers the most advanced and competitive curriculum ready to suit all studentneeds. Belle Arti offers private lessons for piano, violin, cello, guitar, voice, and music theory; semi-private classes on piano, violin, cello and guitar; Musical Aurora®, our unique class for children ages 2-5. Chorus and Rock Band. Coming this Fall 2011, Baby Musical Aurora®, for children ages 1-2. The Musical Aurora® classes enhance children’s natural creative impulses, helping them to develop the skills they need in order to communicate, concentrate, coordinate, cooperate and express themselves fully. Through songs, movements and playing musical games, the goal is to awaken the full creative and intellectual potential in each child. Parents or caregivers are required to sit in the classroom during class. Please visit our website for more details.

We are located at 108-10 72^nd ave., Forest Hills, and our phone number is 718-261-2237.

We are open Tuesday-Saturday

What are some of the benefits of studying music?

♪ Develop motor skills, memory, coordination.
♪ Gain knowledge of fine arts and culture.
♪ Nurture talent, creativity, imagination, self-expression.
♪ Accelerate children into gifted and talented programs.
♪ Prepare students for auditions and college applications.
♪ Learn good presentation and poise.
♪ Conquer anxiety, stage fright, diffidence.
♪ Build confidence, maturity, emotional intelligence .

What are the benefits of studying music in a school?

♪ A structured learning environment reinforces a disciplined and productive education.
♪ Promotes a healthy competition between students to excel and succeed.
♪ Foster work ethic, discipline, and team work.

Why you should choose Belle Arti!

♪ The finest music education in the area.
♪ Distinguished music professionals who love kids and have extensive experience
♪ Five-star service and convenient scheduling.
♪ Innovative curriculum designed to fit the needs of your individual child.
♪ Exceptional, comprehensive music instruction.
♪ Recitals and performance opportunities in beautiful venues.
♪ Association with the Queens Symphony Orchestra.

Belle Arti Center for the Arts is under the direction of two internationally renowned concert
pianists, husband and wife Massimiliano Facchini and Claudette Munné. The faculty at
Belle Arti Center for the Arts consists of the most qualified teachers, all graduates from such
leading music schools as Manhattan School of Music, Mannes College of Music, The Juilliard
School and European music conservatories. Through their teaching, students have been accepted
at specialized arts high schools and major conservatories in New York i.e., the Pre-College
Division at Manhattan School of Music and The Juilliard School, LaGuardia Arts High School
and Brooklyn College.

Musical classes for my 1 year old seemed a little premature to me but I trusted Ms. Munné’s
experience so much that I decided to give it a try. My daughter is now 20 months old. She started
when she was around 1. She can’t wait for her music class every week. She knows her scales
and can identify the sounds of instruments when she hears them in other music. She can name
most instruments when she sees them and she can identify a waltz and opera. For me it has been
an eye opener. She is also able to identify letters because Ms. Munné has a technique where
she teaches the kids the notes at the same time that she shows them the letters. I think that my
daughter is not only having loads of fun but she has gained a great love for music that has
enabled her to learn without knowing she is being taught. I think that Ms. Munné has a great
way with kids. She doesn’t push them when they are having a scattered day and she doesn’t
overwhelm them if they are having a very good class. It is over all a lot of fun. My daughter asks
for Ms. Munné all the time and is willing to take the class alone with her without looking back at
me, which I find amazing.

-Rebecca Gomez, Parent

My two children have been taking music lessons with Massimiliano Facchini for many years
now, 6 years for my 11 year old son and 2 years for my 8 year old daughter. Max has not only
taught them music at the most superior level, he has made it fun for my children to learn. As a
parent, we all know how important that is for any child’s learning process and motivation.

Massimiliano Facchini and Claudette Munné have developed a nurturing environment
for the children to feel proud of their many accomplishments no matter how great or how
small. They personalize each lesson according to the child’s ability without ever compromising
on the music.

The most important criteria for me as a parent when looking for a teacher for my children is to
find someone who not only has high standards for his/her own work, but someone who also truly
cares for the children. I have found this in Max and Claudette.

-Angie Lee, parent
(Mother of Tyler and Morgan Lee, 11 and 8 years old)

Our son, John age 13, started piano lessons with Massimiliano Facchini at the age of 7 after
being taught by several other instructors. While learning the mechanics of playing the piano,
he also was taught by Max the love and respect of music. Max connects with John through
experiences outside of playing and practicing the piano. We know John will remember these
lessons as invaluable and realize he has gained a friend as well as a teacher. My husband and I
think of Max as a mentor and not “just a piano teacher”.

-Camille and John Mavroudes, parents

When Maestro Facchini teaches, the student gets more than a piano lesson given by a highly
accomplished pianist: Max “reads” his student very well, and with great care. His coaching skills
as a teacher take into account the student’s individuality. Max connects with the student at his/
her level of approach, but he also knows especially well how to encourage the student to reach
higher, to try what truly challenges. He is a catalyst for the student’s musical and intellectual
formation.

Max gives his utmost, in both his concert performances and in his teaching. His virtuosity
as a pianist is reflected in his pedagogical approach. Teaching can be as much an art as
is music and Max devotes himself to both. He is able to draw out the best in his students by
communicating a sense of the adventure—and reward—involved when the student accepts a
musical challenge and succeeds by mastering the piece.

Especially important is Max’s genuine respect for the individuality of each student,
and his ability to accommodate that student’s uniqueness, while leading them forward
and upward. His students develop a sense of confidence which is based on their true
accomplishments, because Maestro Facchini simultaneously guides, encourages, and leads his
students to success.

L. Esposito, parent
(Mother of Richard and Peter Esposito, 17 and 15 years old)