Excellent teachers! We are so happy to have found this music school. My son is learning electric…read moreguitar and already sounding great.

Great for guitar and drums- Mediocre for piano. Our daughter took piano here for three years…read more The focus is on rock performances with very little keyboard driven numbers in order to showcase guitar and drums.

House Call Music is a fantastic organization. Tutors come directly to your home and are very…read moreflexible and professional. Our son's piano teacher is responsive to his interests, even arranging versions of pop songs and video game themes for fun alongside more traditional stuff. Since COVID-19 hit, they have transitioned seamlessly to virtual lessons.

Have had six lessons for my kids. Very professional. Manager is very responsive. Will recommend to…read moreothers for lessons of all instruments they instruct.

I really like this place because in a short time my daughter is learning very quickly to play the…read moreguitar since Mr. Nico is very dedicated to his work and also his teaching method is very effective.

I loved the recital my son performed in! I feel very comfortable leaving my children at this music…read moreclinic! The atmosphere feels like they are at home.

I sent my 8 year old to a Glee Camp at Bach to Rock with friends on a day off from school last…read morespring. All the kids came out smiling from ear to ear saying they wanted to take singing lessons. But my own spirited daughter said forget singing...she saw a drum set at Bach to Rock and thought that looked way more fun. She's asking for a new activity every few weeks so I tend to ignore her requests until she asks at least a dozen times...and she kept asking. Finally I agreed to drum lessons if she went to Glencoe Academy of Music since it's so close to my house. I'm all about the least amount of driving possible being a busy working mom of 3 kids. She agreed and I sent an email to Glencoe Music Academy asking for info...and very quickly heard back from Brandon who got us scheduled with Mark. Glencoe Music Academy may be convenient, but the lessons would be well worth it even if we had to drive there. Mark is patient, fun and my daughter comes out with a huge smile every week. To be honest I thought drumming was just making a lot of banging noise, but I've been really surprised (and pleased) with how much coordination is involved w/ playing the drums...and it's been fun to see her make progress. She also has a bunch of friends who take guitar lessons with Carlos and are very pleased as well. The lessons themselves are pretty expensive, but I think that's to be expected when it comes to private music lessons. I haven't agreed to an expensive (and loud!) drum set quite yet, but Mark has offered a few times that he can come with us to the store to help us pick one out when/if the time comes. In the meantime, I'm happy with her playing on her little amazon pad to keep the noise down a bit in my house.

If you are interested in picking up a new hobby or just getting back to playing something you used…read moreto years ago, Glencoe School of Music is the place to be. It brings downtown and area musicians to the North Shore. Carlos and his staff are amazing, talented and fun people who know how to motivate the young and the old! Situated in the middle of downtown Glencoe, next to Foodstuffs, the studio is easy to get to and has plenty of parking with a public lot right behind the building. If you are thinking of taking up an instrument or want to work on your karaoke skills (seriously Kay Rutherford is an amazing vocal instructor), GAM is the place to go. All the instructors are performers in their own right and have the skills, patience and knowledge to make you a better performer!

I love that they are grouped w/ other kids to form a band & on stage quickly!read more

The School of Rock is excellent. the instructors are patient, understanding and provide a…read morecustomized learning approach. And the staff is awesome with explaining the various lesson options and with scheduling. As an "older" student, I still feel right at home learning for Ryan and the team!

I highly recommend Mr. Atheer for piano lessons! He travels to our home to give lessons to my…read moredaughter. Her ability to play and read notes has substantially increased since she has began taking lessons with Mr. Atheer. His passion and respect for music is apparent, and you can just see that he loves what he does. He is patient, polite, and I like how he teaches music theory while teaching to play, as well. Additionally, he asks repeatedly if you understand the music and what he is saying, and if you would like him to repeat, or replay a piece of music. He also asks parents to record him playing the homework piece for the following week so that kids have something to refer back to. Furthermore, he reminds the kids that they can have their parents contact him if there are any questions. I like that he does not "time" his sessions.. so he isn't in and out in exactly 30 minutes. He provides the lesson until he is satisfied with what was accomplished for that lesson. With our crazy lives, we've had to change lesson days/times quite a bit, and Mr. Atheer has always been accommodating. He is always attentive to any questions that we have, always responds to texts/emails. Also, he is technology savvy, we just quikpay him so no need to write checks!

While there are almost too many choices of classes and fun activities for toddlers and big kids,…read morethere's not much going on for babies in the North Shore. I think it's because most people move to the burbs when they have their 2nd baby (like I did). Who has time to do classes with baby #2? Not I, but once my toddler was in school for a few hours I figured maybe it was time to start stimulating the baby. When we lived in the city I was a big fan of Bubbles Academy,* which may have been even more fun for the adults than the kids. There is a Bubbles in Lake Forest, but a bit far from where I live in the city....and driving more than 15 minutes for a kids class isn't worth it in my opinion. While I never tried Old Town School of Folk Music in the city, I had heard rave reviews of their Wiggleworms classes. I was psyched when I heard they had a Glencoe branch and signed my baby up as soon as he was old enough (6 months). After a few years attending classes at the oh so cute Bubbles Academy it took some getting used to Wiggleworms. Bubbles had an entire facility of props to choose from, but Wiggleworms just takes place in a classroom like setting. For 45 minutes the instructor sings some songs, gives the kids some instruments to drool on, does a bit of parachute time and the grand finale involves some banging on a drum. Wiggleworms first took place in a room located above Olly Olly. Carrying my extremely heavy baby (+ the car seat) up a long flight of stairs was not the highlight of my week. But when Olly Olly closed their doors they moved the class to a lovely classroom at the Takiff Center, which is much more enjoyable. As time went on I've learned to love Wiggleworms almost as much as I loved Bubbles. My son (now 14 months old) loves it so much that my nanny now takes him twice a week. He absolutely loves the instructor Miss Linda, who has been teaching his class for 8 months. He's also made lots of "friends" in class, as have I & my nanny. We've also taken John Francisco's classes when taking make-ups on the weekends and he's pretty fantastic. He taught a great sibling class during the weekend, which wasn't a convenient time for us, but I'd love to see more of those during the week. Now that my "baby" has pretty much entered the toddler stage there's more activities for him in the North Shore, but Wiggleworms remains his favorite. * http://www.yelp.com/biz/bubbles-academy-chicago

I really wanted to like Wiggleworms as my child loves music but I just cant give this program a…read morehigh rating. We have taken other music classes in the area (Bubbles and Musikgarten) that we loved but were urged by a friend to check out Wiggleworms as she had heard good things so we signed up. Total waste of money. The classes are 45 minutes long and basically the kids just sit in a circle signing the exact same songs every single week for 45 long minutes. I understand some repetition for the kids to learn the songs but seriously- same exact songs in the same order every single week?! My child and I were both losing our minds in there lol. There is very little movement/dancing (unusual compared to other classes we have taken) and my child (and most of the others) couldn't sit still that long. Which just leads to kids being antsy and bored. Maybe if you have really young babies this might hold their attention but any child over probably a year or so is not going to enjoy this. And even so you might go crazy yourself listening to the same songs over and over and over again. Seriously, it was nuts. I've never taken a music class for kids where there was no theme each week or different songs.

Gerry Field is a violinist with decades of experience. He is knowledgeable about violin repair, and…read moreis excellent at what he does.

The Field Violin Workshop is a gem! We stumbled upon them 10 years ago and it is the only place we…read morebuy or repair our violins. As our two boys moved up from their 1/4 to 1/2 to 3/4 to full size we would always look at several sellers but we invariably end up buying from Field. Gerry has great expertise and great integrity. Highly recommended!