Max Vitullo is an excellent violin/string teacher. As an adult learner, I had specific goals for…read moremy lessons. Max was very effective at setting me on a course to meet my goals, providing correction and direction for each step. He is patient, observant, analytical, encouraging and provides exactly what is needed to help his students play their violins with joy and confidence. He makes it fun to learn! I strongly recommend Max as a violin teacher.

My boys(9, 12) have been studying piano under Kellis in the Dryers Music Studio for the past 4…read moreyears. We had studied with 3 other teachers in the Cary area and we could not be happier finding Kellis. I totally see my kids studying under her until moving away to college! Kellis is a classically trained pianist. Her piano curriculum includes not only the piano playing techniques but also the musical theory and history about the pieces and the composers. She has a perfect balance of being nice and stern. She is extremely patient, however, she also sets clear expectations on practice. She encourages and prepares her students to compete in various piano competitions and festivals as ways to push and challenge them. She also participates in the National Guild program where students work towards a set of goals every year to continue to improve themselves. Annually she holds two formal recitals, as well as informal duet parties and other charitable performances. Whether you are a beginner looking for causal learning as a hobby, or a serious player looking to advance your skills, I would highly recommend Kellis from the Dryer Music Studio.

I have been working with Dr. Steve Fiess of High Range Piano for the last 10 months as an adult…read morepiano student, and I have been extremely satisfied with his instruction. I have been making great progress, and I've been improving faster than I have in the past with other teachers. Overall, Steve is a quiet, calm, all-around kind person. He is always encouraging, even when offering constructive criticism of my playing. I always look forward to my next lesson. After each lesson, I leave feeling good about my playing, and also like I received good feedback, so I know where I need to improve. Steve has been great at helping me select songs to play. As we move on to new pieces, the next one is always just the right difficulty--challenging enough to help me progress but always within reach with a little bit of work. He's also always open to me bringing in pieces that I want to work on. I usually bring a few in, and he helps me decide which piece will be the best fit for my current skills. Steve's depth and breadth of piano knowledge is also impressive. I often ask him questions about why a particular piece is written a particular way or some other detail about a piece. He always has a thorough answer that covers the relevant areas of music history, theory, and practice. I've never met another piano teacher who is so knowledgeable about the piano and piano music. It really helps to give some context to the music I'm playing and helps me understand it better. Overall, I've been very pleased, and I would not hesitate to recommend High Range Piano to anyone looking for a piano teacher.

My husband and I have been in the adult group for many years (7 for me and 10 for my husband)…read more Steve and Neal are extremely gifted musicians and as teachers they are patient and kind. They instill in all of their students a love for music. If there is a piece I want to play because it speaks to my heart, they will find the music and help me learn it. When my left hand was injured and unable to play for over a year, Neal played the left hand of my pieces and later when I had the use of that hand back, we continued to incorporate duets and a trio (with my sister on the violin) into our music lessons. They knit all of the adult students together in adult studio class, an informal pot luck at which we played for each other. It has been wonderful. We are continuing with on line lessons and adult studio class by Skype.

I called to have them open a door to my home for a move and take some things down for the movers…read more The day before the move she text and cancelled and said they couldn't help me. Terrible customer service would not recommend them. Rude and ignorant people .

Used for laundry and errand services. Very responsive and prompt! We have an at-risk member of our…read morehousehold and unable to go to stores. Thanks again

I take drum lessons here by Zach and it is really fun, the time goes by very quickly and.read more

I first started coming to MLC three years ago for violin lessons for my daughter. Karen Fohr, her…read morecurrent teacher has challenged her to improve while driving her interest at the same time. I can't be more enthusiastic about her method, passion or credentials. She is truly amazing. In addition, Musicians Learning Center has gone way out of their way to be understanding about the business end of things. It's always pleasant to deal with them, and Melissa never tires of my questions when I don't understand something. She's also happy to work around vacation schedules and other general nuttiness in our lives. If I had one criticism, it would be to complain that I wish their office was closer to Holly Springs., which is where we moved to. I recommend them without reservation and encourage you to seek them out for your music learning needs.

Took lessons for a few short months but had to stop due to time constraints. An amazing,…read moreversatile, dynamic musician and teacher with a fabulous taste for old and new world music. You'll have to live in a big city or Europe to find a musician with his palate.

Alex is in a class by himself both in terms of the quality of his teaching and his inspiration as a…read moreteacher. The three years of classical guitar lessons he gave to our son, Christian were a gift that has changed his life. His made huge improvements over the entire period. It all had to do with Alex's skill as a teacher and mentor and his passion for the guitar. The amazing thing was that the lessons were not that expensive and often lasted longer than the allotted time. Christian practiced longer and harder for Alex than for any teacher in his previous seven years of piano and guitar lessons. We did not know until about a year into the lessons that Alex studied at one of the premier music schools in the world, Gliere College in Kiev. We recommended him to two of our friends who also took lessons with him. They feel the same way about Alex as us. We give him our highest recommendation.

Such an amazing experience at this boutique. The owner is absolutely wonderful! Her clothes are…read morebeautiful and there are tons of great gifts for friends/family. Definitely stop in if you're in the area it's a gem!

Koket is in a less-traveled corner of Lafayette Village. If you don't walk around and explore, you…read moremight miss it! I met the friendly owner, Alexandra, today. Koket has a mix of women's clothing, jewelry, accessories, and gifts. The jewelry is handmade and many of the pieces come from Central America and Mexico. A lot of unique items.

One of the few music stores in Raleigh that actually has a sound stage that's set up for recording…read morein a back room. Visit them on Tuesday nights to enjoy the open mic musicians and one Friday night a month for an open mic for praise and worship musicians. Steve, the owner, is very helpful (so is his wife). His son, David is running a little coffee shop on the opposite side of the store so be sure to order an espresso or cappucino while you're browsing over the instruments and equipment. This store specializes in guitars, guitar equipment and providing lessons. The instructors are top notch and if you've ever heard any of them play you'd wonder why in the world they settled for giving lessons. Why aren't they playing in some big name famous band somewhere with all the talent they have in them? I think these guys have more talent in their little pinkies than I have in my entire being but that's beside the point. When this shop gets guitars in, it's tough for them to keep most of those instruments in stock. My latest (big) purchase here was a mandolin - not that I'm any good at playing it, but I want to learn. Steve found me a decent quality Ovation acoustic electric mandolin at a very reasonable price that will far outlast some of the much more inexpensive beginner mandolins he typically has in stock. My last comments revolve around the techs who work on the guitars here. Not every broken down guitar is a success story and some just cannot be fixed. One of Steve's techs did wonders with one of my basses. I had an old Kramer Striker I'd gotten at a pawn shop years ago that was now virtually unplayable. This tech not only made it playable, but made it such that I was willing to part with my Fender P-bass shortly thereafter. Since then, the same tech has done set up work for me on almost all of my guitars, getting them all back into top playing shape.

This is a very cool music store, adjacent to the music store is a coffee house, in fact they are…read moretogether. The coffee house has a stage with gear and it looks like they are ready to go. A musician just has to plug in and play. Open mic on Tuesdays. They have an array of used guitars and consignment instruments. I played a few guitars and talked with Steve. As I was playing a number of people came in and signed up for lessons. I had a coffee with a shot of espresso for $3.17. Free Wifi here also.