I decided to take piano lessons this past July, and as an adult, I was honestly terrified to even…read moretake the first step. I finally worked up the courage to call, and Sako -- the owner and instructor -- offered me a free introductory session. That first lesson completely eased my nerves, and I signed up for weekly classes right after. I've been going ever since. Sako is incredibly patient, encouraging, and understanding. As an adult with work and so many responsibilities, it's not always easy to practice as much as I'd like -- but he meets you where you are and truly wants you to grow at your own pace. I'm genuinely happy with the progress I've made so far. They're also very accommodating with scheduling. As long as you give at least a day's notice, they're happy to adjust your lesson time. If you're an adult thinking about finally learning piano but feeling hesitant -- this is your sign. It's never too late.

Mr.Sako is an exceptional music teacher. He is always on top of everything and ensures that…read morestudents are making progress by asking them to record their practice sessions daily and send them over. He checks their homework diligently and provides feedback via text message, so they can clearly understand their mistakes right away. It's clear that he genuinely cares about the kids and their musical development. We are very grateful for his dedication and support. Thanks Brn Sako for everything that you have done for us

A year ago, I overcame my fear of learning how to play the piano. Now, one year later, I…read moreparticipated in my first piano recital. Christiane, I found the courage to sign up and play Lean on Me because of your passion, teaching skillsets, patience, and confidence-building efforts in your students. The dedication and perseverance you instill in us are admirable. The recital on Sunday, May 18th, was outstanding. The parents were phenomenal cheerleaders for each of us performers. Your students were so focused and in the moment. Your encouragement gave me the strength to perform despite my nervousness. Young Colin, seated next to me, was excited I made it through my piece. He so innocently and honestly pointed out my mistake and yet still gave me the best compliment that I still played awesome!! I'm signing up for the fall recital because of you, Colin, and Professor Christiane!!! Thank you for a wonderful experience. I'm so blessed I took the chance to play. We are never too old to learn something new.

I have been taking piano lessons from Miss Christiane for 4 years. We also did CM with her every…read moreyear. She is kind, respectful and a great teacher. She points out what to review, change, or improve on and she helped me become a better pianist. Furthermore, my mom says she was very organized and her studio policies were laid out very well. We recently moved and no longer can take lessons from her but I appreciate all the time she was my teacher. Thank you Miss Christiane!

I cannot emphasize how precious of a class this is. Such a wonderful instructor who can dive into…read morethe material with so much enthusiasm and still have a moment of awe when a student understands the concept/lesson. A lot of patience shown when it is taught and encouragement to dig down deep and develop ourselves as artist with our uniqueness being brought to the table. A lot of self exploration can be experiences in class. As am adult learning way beyond the "prime years" I can say that I was greatly motived by the teacher in every micro-accomplishment.

I took piano lessons with open lid pions Srudio and really enjoyed it. Cesar was amazing! He was…read morevery knowledgeable and very passionate when it came down to teaching. Highly recommend his classes.

I had been playing guitar for a few years before I started with Travis…read more.. Practicing every day, following online courses, and watching countless hours of lessons on YouTube. I was making steady progress, could learn at least SOME version of just about any song, and was playing solos out of the basic pentatonic shapes. Then one day I decided to give Travis a try... Within the first 10 minutes he had already corrected 2 bad habits (both my vibrato and bending were a bit out of tune). Easy enough to correct, but it made a world of difference... and more importantly, it would have taken me months, maybe even years to notice on my own. I realized right then and there that I still had a LOT to learn... and I was hooked. At the end of the day, learning the guitar can be hard... but it's night and day easier with the help of a great instructor. Someone who's done it himself, taught it to others, and put in the hard work to become a truly amazing musician. Travis is all of that and more. Part instructor, part coach, and always enthusiastic, I've learned more in 4 months with Travis than I did in all of those years playing alone... all the while having more fun than ever. I'm now playing over chord changes, seeing shapes all over the neck, and making music that ACTUALLY sounds like music. It seems like Travis can play any style... he's taught me some funk, some country, and some jazz... and he's got a great answer to any question you throw at him - no matter how crazy. One more thing I love about working with Travis - he'll help you design a practice plan so you can get the most "bang for your buck," and then get back to the real reason we do this... playing, making, and sharing great music. Bottom line: whether you want to learn your first song or become a professional musician, you'll get there faster with a great instructor... and I can not recommend Travis enough.

Holy crap! This cookbook guitar course is laid out so well, seriously beautiful work man. This…read morecaged system is blowing my little pea brain right now. The whole going right or left from the root... I just connected the dots between all kinds of stuff that I've been playing for years but didn't have the connections as to how they flow together. I play guitar professionally and did one private lesson with Travis followed by digging into this cookbook and I am already a better player than I was a couple months ago. Highly recommend!

He's done a great job teaching me. Coming from a marching-drum background with no drum-set…read moreexperience, I was worried the lessons would either be too easy for my hands or too hard for my feet. Instead, he came up with creative, brain-twisting exercises that challenged me in all the right ways. It's been a genuinely fun journey learning with him. One of the things I appreciate most is that he has two drum kits set up side by side. Being able to jam right next to him--and watch exactly what he's doing--makes the learning process so much clearer and more engaging.

I've been taking drum lessons with Robbie for the past four months, and I can't recommend him…read moreenough. His lessons are not only super fun, but also incredibly effective. Robbie has a great way of breaking things down so they're easy to understand, and he's helped me improve my drumming a lot in a short amount of time.

We have had Jeremy as our 10-year old son's teacher for about 5 months now, and the experience has…read morebeen amazing even with online learning. At first, we were worried that Jeremy had only worked with our son for a couple of sessions offline before COVID. Frankly we were amazed that the rapport and enthusiasm continued even through live online learning. Most importantly, our son appears to be building a love of learning music. Riko has a strong in-house curriculum that combines technical exercises and fun pieces. Our teacher knows just when to push our son, and when to back off. This personalized coaching (and our restraint from getting involved) has helped develop an intrinsic love of music in him. Huge fans of the Riko Method and Jeremy as a teacher!

I am glad we found Riko school of Music for our granddaughter. Mai, her teacher, is…read moreknowledgable,patient, encouraging and always kind during lessons. For a 1st grade child this is important and keeps our granddaughter enthusiastic about playing piano. All aspects of the lessons are presented as fun, allowing this 7 year old to want to play the songs, learn music theory and develop life skills that will certainly last a lifetime. It was a joy to watch our granddaughter perform at the Riko Spring Concert. While she was a little nervous, it was her first single performance, all the students were encouraged and celebrated for their performances no matter their skill level. Thank you for making this a positive experience in a child's life.

Our son has been attending Crescenta Academy for almost two years and we have been thoroughly…read morepleased and impressed with our experience! At 5 years old, he was a sport and went along with our idea to get some musical exposure, but he wasn't thrilled with the idea. We knew we'd have to find a piano teacher that could help inspire him. After stopping by a few local studios, we decided to give Jacklyn a try with 15 minute lessons to start. It was an instant hit! She has a demeanor about herself that works so well with children. Our son took so well to her style and right away I knew this would work for us. Every week, I look forward to taking my son to his lesson and I enjoy so much sitting in the studio to observe the interaction between Jacklyn and my son. She has a playful style of instruction that he feeds off of and its really fun to experience. She is just the right amount of rigid on her lessons and I've been very pleased with his progression. Like anything else, learning piano takes practice outside of the studio and he has been motivated to do so and absolutely loves his piano teacher. To celebrate the hard work, Crescenta Academy hosts BEAUTIFUL recitals to showcase the students. We have been part of two so far (Spring and Winter) and we are so looking forward to the upcoming Christmas holiday recital! 5 STARS+ for Jacklyn and Crescenta Academy.

I think my son just did about 2 months of piano lesson here. It's usually my wife that drops him…read moreoff but, that day, I happened to be the one dropping him off, and I've decided to sit down a bit further away from the lesson, and decided to just watch with no other intention. From the moment I came in, I felt that the piano instructor there is not friendly and does not usually look back and say hi to my boy nor to me. I am ok with this kind of thing as long as the lesson's got the quality so I was thinking to my self no big deal on this one. That day, not to make the matters worse, we forgot to bring our book (yes, I blame myself and my wife for not telling me to bring the book) but the instructor there had a face where she did not want to teach my child, I felt like, and another face with " You should leave here now, and what are you doing here not bringing the book" attitude. I was a bit puzzled because I've never experienced such face from someone who teaches kids (My son is 6). When I made a face of "Then, what am I supposed to do, and don't you have a spare book you can teach or something? What music school doe not have extra books for those who forget. I mean, Isn't that a normal thing for the little kids? " Only because of that, I assumed that she had no other choice but kill some time. Then, she was going over 'Typical' making the fist like egg shell (I've learned how to play the piano myself when I was young so I know how fast that chapter can last) but yet, because we forgot to bring the book, she was doing that for the next 15minutes( Yes, you may think that this is some ridiculous time here that they claim they are the music school and probably efficient to teach kids with 15min lesson. It wasn't even full 15mintues as it was already about 2minutes passed. At one point, she made a comment that my son does not have a piano, and it made it sound like, the lesson that she was giving is pointless because of that. (She did not have that specific comments but that's how i felt like). At that point, I had already heard from my wife that all she does is making egg shell with my son's fist, and that goes on about for 15 minutes for every lessons. I can see that my son's demeanor was very weak and uncomfortable and, not welcome here. So just to summarize, this piano instructor is somewhat cold, probably not welcoming all the kids she teaches depending on what the circumstances are, and making some comments about not having the instrument ( a few days to this, Me and my wife were discussing which piano we should buy, and eventually we would have bought him a piano, but the reason why we started sending him here is to have him be familiar with the piano first. He is only 6). After that day, I was furious about the school and the instructor, and asked my wife to stop sending him to this instructor. Anyways, if you want a decent care and somewhat of decent time for any piano lessons here, probably not the one.

My 7 year old is currently taking piano lessons with Dave Goldstein. My husband and I are impressed…read moreabout how quickly he learned to play. Not only did he learn to play but he is completely obsessed with piano. Because he showed interest in Beethoven, Mozart, and Grieg Dave will be customizing his lessons to include all the piano greats on top of the basic lessons. At 7 years old he's already playing Fur Elise, and In The Hall Of The Mountain King among others. I highly recommend you take piano lessons with Dave. I should mention that Dave he's very laid-back and soft-spoken but he is very effective at teaching and covers quite a bit each lesson.

Why go to school and take a class with a bunch of students who have different skill levels or take…read morelessons with someone classically trained who will hammer boring textbook content with you when you can take private lessons with a working musician who caters to your skills and goals? I've always loved playing guitar but never had the chance to take lessons so i spent most of my playing with a self taught mentality. As dandy and sufficient as that kept me, I got older and realized I wanted to go deeper with understanding and to appreciate the instrument that is the guitar more. Scrolling through the funnies (what i call most things on the internet), I happened upon a guitar lesson ad by a teacher name Bob Boulding. I listened to his music and was sold, I mean if you're going to learn something, it better be with someone that is in sync with what you want to do right? From lesson one, I was impressed by his compassion, patience, and excellent communication. Bob is not a teacher who tells you how things are; he shows you and explains things in great detail while always being considerate by asking if you have any questions (which I always do!). Each lesson is choke-full of warm ups, theory, and songs (catering to my mad woman obsession of riffs, hits, and alot of 90s :)). I leave every lesson feeling zen and elated that I've learned a plethora of new things about myself and music. If you want to have fun playing music and invest in gaining not just knowledge but also insight into the world of music, then look no further then Bob of Superpowers Music Academy!