Once upon a time, I spent week after week taking my son to swim lessons, he hated them, I hated them, it was a necessary evil for anyone who lives in the area if they don't want their child to be a statistic. What kept the momentum up was the promise that once he graduated swim class, he was allowed to pick any other extracurricular activity, and he chose piano. Now I'm not sad about it, but I somewhat expected him to pick something else, like sword fighting or sharpshooting. Alas... Piano.
After months of researching, calling around, not getting calls back from this school, getting quoted absurdly large sums of dollars from a private tutor who guaranteed exceptional performance as long as I ate, slept and drank piano lessons, connecting with a school but their only available at 1pm in the middle of the school day?!?, I finally found and hired Blooming Cactus Music.
Initially, I wanted a studio style experience for learning, which really is what put me off of Blooming Cactus at first. Miss after miss on connecting with schools and tutors, I decided to call Blooming Cactus. They had availability on my ONE day per week that the stars aligned where I have my son, he's not in another extra curricular activity already, was late enough in the day that I could pick up from school and early enough that it's not putting him past his bed time. I conceded and decided to give them a try.
Within a couple of days, they had me on the schedule and sent out David for a trial lesson. I picked up a beginner piano, set it on the table and away we went. We connected well with David, my son enjoyed his lesson and said he wants to keep going.
I really don't like being wrong, but the convenience of someone showing up to my home instead of me shuffling about town for an activity is wonderful. I don't know why I was so set on finding a studio outside of the house. I love the convenience of in home lessons; one less place to drive each week, and they're probably one of the most affordable music instructors you will find in town. We are now on the second month of lessons and can't wait for the next! read more