Yes, yes and yes! Great options, quality and service…read more We purchased a piano and it was delivered on time with care. I got here a few book a couple of times for my son. Staff is very knowledgeable and helpful. I always recommend this place.

My family and I love this music store! The staff is always super helpful and they took the time…read moreto help me to make an informative decision when I rented our piano, that we ended up buying. My son takes piano lessons from here and has excelled quickly and is excited about practicing! I highly recommend trusting this local company for pianos or lessons.

Cute store, friendly staff, lots of gadgets to choose from for that great souvenir, gift or…read morepersonal purchase. Centrally located on Congress Ave, can't miss it while on your way to some of the local landmarks happening around town. Need a guitar? They got you!

This is a MUST SEE in Austin. Shopped here upon our arrival to Austin. Brought our group back…read moreanother time, to visit Louis the resident kitty and to shop some more!!

OMG I can't even begin to tell you how Fantastic is Austin Guitar School. I came in there super shy…read more& super green. Ted Hall & AGS have taken me to SOARING! Through their help I have Launched my music career. Ted pushed me out of my massive stage fright & into the spotlight! I am thrilled! I never knew how much fun music can be, it was always so terrifying before I discovered Ted Hall & Austin Guitar School! Ted gives students the opportunity to practice their skills in public at the regular student showcases & also at his weekly blues jams where a musician can practice their new skills while behing backed by a house band. Talk about a confidence builder!! I am truly blessed by what AGS & Ted Hall have done for me!!!! If you want to get better and become everything you have ever dreamed of as a musician, this is the place to get the skills plus hands-on experience to build your music career (or even just for fun).

Thank you for working with my daughter! You guys were a blessing!! Professional and caring. THANK…read moreYOU ALL!

I can give an unqualified exceptional reference for Chris as an amazing guitar teacher. We…read morestarted 2 years ago with Chris for lessons for my 13 year old son. But as my son had been playing for 6 years, he could already read tabs and learn intermediate difficulty songs on his own. So Chris asked if he wanted to learn music theory and did a great job over a year starting with a simple scale and now my son can improvise any song, in any key, in most modes. We never would have gotten this exceptional teaching from a local music store. We started with 30 minute lessons but because my son was advancing quickly, we moved up to an hour. It was money well spent. Chris also keeps it fun, switching the lessons to learning interesting guitar songs and solos. Last week, my son played Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb and it's intricate solos at Chris's guitar recital/concert. He really stepped up his game here and for a small fee per student, hired a professional sound engineer and a videographer. He played the backing track music without the guitar, so my son did not have to play over the existing guitar player on the song. It sounded awesome! As if my son was really in the band. Sound engineer did a great job and the video turned out great! I have personally been playing guitar on and off for 32 years. I sit in on each lesson and am always impressed with the quality of Chris's teaching, including learning new things myself along the way. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced musician, Chris will make you a much better player.

"It'd be so fun to learn guitar someday."…read more "Someday." I'd told myself that for several years. I even got an inexpensive acoustic guitar one Christmas, and on more than one occasion I picked it up and looked for YouTube videos. Surely I could teach myself, right? I fantasized about how fun it would be to be able to strum through my favorite 80's power ballads around a campfire with friends. But inevitably, my efforts at self-teaching ended in frustration. I finally concluded that unless I got serious and took lessons, "someday" learning guitar would end up becoming "never." I searched Yelp for guitar teachers and came across Chris Primeau. I've been taking lessons with Chris for roughly one hour a week over the past year, and I'm staggered at my own progress. I can play dozens of songs with confidence. A year ago I couldn't play jack. It's one thing to be tremendously talented at something (which Chris is), but it's another skill set to be able to transfer that information clearly to a student. Chris strikes a really great balance--tons of patience as you work through tasks, but also continually pushing you to grow. I look forward to every lesson. If you're on the fence, just pull the trigger and book a lesson. Don't be surprised if his schedule fills up, but trust me when I say it's 100% worth the effort to get started with him. You'll be glad you did.

My granddaughter has been with new school of music taking voice lessons for over 4 years. In…read moreaddition New School of Music has provided after school instruction for our school for at least that long. The instructors are amazing. Berklee graduates, several are Grammy award winners, all instructors are professional working musicians. When asked why they are working with our youth that all say this is the way they started and wanted to give back. Caring talented instructors. New School of Music is the best!

My nine year old son has been taking violin and guitar from Mike for three years. It is…read moreunbelievable all he has learned! We could not be happier with the experience! Mike is very knowledgeable, patient and experienced with working with children.

Since taking lessons with Dr. Donald at Studio A, my daughter sees herself as a musician not just a…read morekid taking lessons. She has fun at her lessons, and Dr. Donald motivates her to practice on her own. In addition to weekly lessons, students perform and discuss their pieces during monthly group classes. My daughter says the group classes are her favorite because they help her gain confidence for her "real" performances. Dr. Donald is a creative and fun teacher.

From the owner: Studio A offers private piano instruction to all ages and all levels of ability. We also offer…read moremusic consulting for those looking for classical music performers for any event.

I was looking at purchasing a very nice piano at an estate sale. Nick was referred to me by Strait…read moreMusic to inspect it. It was money well spent. He was professional, extremely knowlegeable and you could sense his interest in exploring the instrument. He also provided a value range for me to work with. I would recommend him without any reservations. We plan on using him for routine maintenance.

Five fiery stars! Nick Litterski really took care of our piano, and he really took care of us. He's…read morethe guy you want for your tuning and piano maintenance! I inherited a baby grand piano that had been in my grandmother's house since at least the early 1960s but probably quite a bit earlier, mostly unplayed. A refinish from decades ago job wiped out any trace of the manufacturer on the front, so it's a mystery who made it or how old it is. I also had no paper trail on how much care it had received over the years, meaning it could have been anything from an easy job to a huge challenge to tune it and get it into really good playable shape. Nick was amazing. He showed up on time, and immediately put me at ease. From a quick glance at the piano he could already give me clues as to what kind of shape it was in (turns out, not too bad all things considered), and as he got to work he took the utmost care in not just doing a simple tuning and cleaning of the piano, but also trying to get a feel for it as an instrument and where we could take it beyond this. He was very careful to get a sense of how my family and I use the piano and where my interests and skill levels were at, to get a sense of how much work we need to think about doing in the coming years to make it work for us without going overboard. I really appreciated his thoughtfulness on this, and on not trying to oversell us or just make it a quick in and out job. His care with the piano itself was superb, and over the course of 3 hours he transformed it from something that sounded like the piano from the cantina scene in The Three Amigos to something that fills our living room with beautiful harmonies. Throughout the process he kept communicating on everything he was doing, explaining in simple terms what he was finding and what he thought was needed, which gave me a new appreciation as well for the complexities of pianos. Nick is also just an easy going, fun guy. As he opened up the piano we kept finding little clues inscribed here and there as to its age and history, and he got as excited about solving the mystery of its origins as I did! Plus Nick is himself a fabulous piano player --- as he tested the tuning I was in awe of his jazz playing --- and before he left he even gave me a few pointers on how to get myself back into piano playing after 25 years of having barely played at all, but also new ways to think about approaching the piano to break the cycle of strict sight reading years of classical piano lessons left me with. In sum, I highly recommend Nick Litterski! He will work with you and your piano to help you get exactly what you need!

Awesome mom & pop shop that really cares for their customers; especially their youth clients. Old…read moreschool customer service and will take care of you on the spot,

The best! Todd is so knowledgeable and engaging with the kids he rents out to. We've had a few…read moreyears of wonderful experiences with Westbank.

My daughter absolutely loves her group classes at Songbird Rising Suzuki School! The teachers are…read moreall so wonderful and highly skilled. One thing she really likes is that the teachers offer a lot of guidance on style and the way the piece of music should be played. I, as a parent, really appreciate how responsive the owners and teachers are to any questions we have and also how welcoming they are. The sense of community that Songbird Rising Suzuki School offers is so important to our family and we are thankful to be part of it!

High quality violin instruction!…read more We take lessons with Ms. Laura. She's an excellent teacher and knows when to push and when to use games or movement to keep students engaged. The school has great communication with parents, very organized scheduling, and easy payment options. They have regular informal performances in Hyde Park for students to get experience playing in public. If you're looking for child-friendly suzuki violin lessons, this is one of the best schools in town!