Theresa is an amazing teacher. She is patient and very attune to what the student needs…read more My daughter took lessons while in the island and she enjoyed her teaching style with her sunny aloha attitude! Thank you and she has our full recommendation

Theresa is amazing! My son took a few cello lessons from her while staying in Honolulu. She was…read moreable to quickly identify the main issues in my son's playing, and help him methodically tackle the challenges. Just after couple lessons, I have seen a significant improvement in his playing. We will definitely take lessons from her again when we visit Honolulu next time.

My 3 children all started violin lessons with Ms. Nancy at S& W Violin Studio when they were 5. Ms…read more Nancy is an incredible violinist and an amazing teacher. She has a set of methods to help children at all ages to understand music and learn the music. She watches opportunities for children and refer her students to numerous incredible opportunities. I really appreciate Ms. Nancy's effort to include parents especially when kids are young. She made it possible that kids can "speak" music with parent as well at home. This worked for me when my kids are practicing at home. Ms. Nancy connects with her students through kindness and patience when teaching. She teaches students play the music in so many different techniques. We strongly recommend Ms. Nancy's studio, S& W Violin Studio, where you will have your first step of success!

Excellent violin teacher!!! My child has improved sooooo much within the one and a half year we…read morebeen taking lessons with Nancy, Nancy helps you to not only improve on the music you are playing but many many other techniques, and focusing on them one at a time to help and improve you to be a better musician, rather than just learning about what's on the page, amazing teacher

I can't begin to say how wonderful Rachel is as my violin teacher! I was introduced to her through…read morea UH piano professor, so I was obviously excited with such a referral. I'm a pianist and a piano teacher, so I do have high expectations when it comes to private lessons, but Rachel definitely exceeds them all. She is amazingly helpful and so inspiring that I practice violin for a few hours everyday!!! Her teaching style is very fun yet productive. I'm learning SO MUCH every week. As a first violinist for the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra, needless to say, she is an excellent violinist, so just listening to her playing itself is my inspiration! Aside from being a wonderful teacher, she is the sweetest person as well. If you are looking for a great violin teacher in town, you've found her! I feel very fortunate to have her as my teacher.

I just booked a lesson on October 3rd and we showed up for our appointment today, October 16, the…read moreplace is completely empty and the phone number (808) 845-7751 is disconnected. No one is responding to our text messages. No signs are posted, nothing. No notice, no phone call, nothing to let us know they went out of business.

Gary deserves 10 stars!!…read more This review is long overdue. I was recommended by a friend to see Gary and my voice has improved tremendously since. I first came to Sen Music Studios for talent training for the Miss Chinatown pageant. I've never seen a singing coach and Gary was very accommodating and helped me develop my style and brought confidence to my voice when singing. He is a musical wizard and has some of the best equipment I've seen. Long story short, I trained and developed my voice with Gary for approximately 3-4 months and received the title of Miss Hawaii Chinese Princess in 2014. In case you were wondering, I sang Frank Sinatra's "Fly Me to the Moon." I've also seen him for two other competitions afterwards. Prior to seeing Gary, I had extreme stage fright and my vocal chords always froze up in front of an audience. If you are looking for a professional to help you improve your voice, I recommend you give him a call. Thanks for reading my reviews! Let me know what I should try next!!

As a child, I would always giggle when I seen professional pianist play and their entire head would…read moremove up, down and side to side.  After taking lessons from Joyce for nearly a year, I now understand why.  Playing the piano is more than just hitting the correct notes, there's dynamics, pedaling, playing the bass line softer or a phrase softer, and most importantly, producing a clean sound by ensuring your fingers are completely off the key before playing the next key.  She is technical and will teach you or your child techniques that will allow you to progress quickly, assuming you practice everyday.   She also has recitals at her house with two beautiful grand pianos.

Dedicated and reputable piano teacher in the Hawaii Kai area for many years. She accepts new…read morestudents without experience and takes on others wanting to further their studies. My son noticed that in such a short time his pieces have increased in difficulty in the short time he has been taking lessons. This is due to her persistence and patience. He also understands there is work and time in practicing that needs to be invested in order to improve. He is enjoying his pieces now and is excited about playing a duet with another student in preparation for a recital!

Christina has an amazing voice and her enthusiasm really makes the class fun! We have taken this…read moreclass taught by different teachers when we lived on the East Coast. The concept is to expose your little one to music through spending 45 minutes singing, dancing and moving with your child and other families. The teachers lead the class through singing and encouraging parents to do the same. Even the worse singer...hahaha...me sounds good when blending your voice with a great lead. Christina quickly makes the group comfortable through singing the hello song and then switching song to song mixed in with movements with filmy scarves, instruments in bags, and lively dancing. The class is definitely upbeat and songs are very easy to learn. Even if you cannot carry a tune the class is a great way to start the morning and just sing! Not to mention it's very good family time!

My daughter and I have been with Music Together Aloha for over a year! It used to be Ohana Music…read moreTogether, and we'd attend weekly classes in Kaimuki with Ms. Becky, Ms. Shira and Ms. Miwa. It is AMAZING. Whether you have infants or older toddlers, this class is like no other- the teachers are upbeat, engaging and passionate, and put so much thought into each semester, which is called a different instrument (so cute!) Along with a songbook, you also get a CD (my daughter loved this during car rides as well as at home), and honestly the songs are probably the best I've heard for kids (they're similar to the Laurie Berkner Band, where they encourage movement, following direction and acting things out along with the music which is awesome for toddlers!) We are Music Together's biggest fans- we continued with their Zoom classes while quarantined (so thankful that they continued), and even without all the class perks of instruments, scarves, parachutes, fairy lights, etc. my daughter was glued to Zoom the whole session. She still knows songs by heart from previous semesters! She's due to begin preschool soon and I'm very close to having her miss a day just so she can do her music and dance classes, lol. It gives her so much joy- she's a dancing singing little soul by heart and needs classes like Music Together in her life!!!

Akiko Sanai Piano Studio uses a Bosendorfer, Steinway and a Yamaha Grand Piano. Her students get to…read moreuse the world's best Pianos and yet her rates are very affordable. Her investment in the pianos tells me that she has a love for music and for teaching! She has also earned the award for Top Piano Teacher. Money very well spent for your children's piano lessons.

Ms. Lucy has been my 9 year olds daughters oiano instructor for the past 18 months. We switched…read morefrom a previous provider and couldnt be hapoier. My daughter loves working with her and looks forward to sessions unlike her previous teacher. Ms. Lucy is extremely kind, knowledgable and allows for a lot of freedom which my daughter enjoys a lot. Highly recommend!