Earn £20 for each student that usesThe Muse
Earn £20 for each student that usesThe Muse
Made by music tutors for music tutors
'Hi, I am Petru Cotarcea, the founder of MuseCool. I was born in Bucharest, Romania, where I was able to learn to play the violin for free at the local music school, for which I will forever be grateful!
I moved to the UK to study at the Chet's in Manchester, followed by the Royal Academy of Music in London - where I started MuseCool in the final year of my studies in 2017, hoping to itch a living on the side.
After almost a decade, and teaching over 100k lessons through our tutors, I've seen first hand how a majority of students give up pretty early on; and through some further digging, I've traced this to one core variable - the fact that most students don't practice well (or more likely, ever!) at home — and this in turn leads to a lack of progress, and general disengagement with the learning process, often followed by giving it up.
I thought - if we manage to somehow make practice more fun and relevant, yet based on what tutors actually want their students to work on, a lot would be better with the music world.
And this is what The Muse was built to address, in the hope that it will greatly improve the lives of piano tutors and the students they work with.'
MuseCool began as a music school in 2017 in London. Since then, we’ve grown to become the largest private music school for kids in the UK.
Our tutors were delivering incredible lessons.
But between lessons, too many students were forgetting (what) to practise.
Parents wanted to help, but weren’t always sure how.
And progress was slower than it could have been.
We knew there had to be a better way to connect lessons and practice at home.
Our Philosophy
Music learning is an inherently human endeavour.
But much of that learning happens beyond the lesson itself.
Technology can help carry the teacher's guidance into those moments.
Therefore, technology should follow the teacher - never take their place.
We believe the future of music education should empower great teachers - not make them obsolete. In a world increasingly shaped by AI, we want to help protect and strengthen the role of tutors by making them more effective, more connected to their students, and more impactful beyond the lesson itself.
The Muse was not built to automate teaching, but to support the parts of learning that tutors have traditionally struggled to reach: home practice, consistency, motivation, parent understanding, and between-lesson engagement. The teacher remains at the centre of the learning experience.
The Muse should simply help their teaching carry further.
Before building The Muse, we spent years teaching children directly - in homes, schools, studios, and even on a converted double-decker bus built to bring free music education to children who might not otherwise access it. That work, later captured in the short film The Most Beautiful Noise, shaped how we think about technology in education: music lessons are not just about learning notes; they are about confidence, trust, patience and being encouraged by someone who knows when to push and when to reassure. That is why The Muse is designed to protect and extend the human act of teaching - not replace it.
