Fleming Academy of Performing Arts

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Michael G.

8 years ago

Unfortunately the Academy is not very client focused. The best example is how difficult it is to communicate with them. They do not use mobile phones or email. Communication must be done either in person or via leaving a message on their answering machine and waiting for a return call. This archaic communication style makes their unbelievably tough stance on attendance, late fees, interest fees, makeup lessons, etc. all the more frustrating. read more

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Ron G.

9 years ago

If you can't find a spot in any other violin or piano lessons, and it's really important to you that your kid learn, this might work - but I'd strongly recommend searching harder. I made the mistake of relying too heavily on Google to find a music teacher in Springfield, which is how I wound up taking my kid to Trudy Fleming. I've since found another violin teacher who is much better, and if you spend more time searching, it will be worth it. My problems with Trudy were that she puts a lot of emphasis on looking fancy, but she doesn't spend a lot of time teaching your child. Lessons are shared with another student, and Trudy sits down and just talks at them for most of the lesson. There's very little hands-on help for students or parents, and no help at all if the other student is misbehaving. She also insists on using a hot glue gun to glue some guide pieces of wood on the violins, which means you won't be able to return it (if it's a rental) or get a good price if you'd like to sell it. (She will also charge you $200 if you don't let her take these little wood pieces off the violin.) I have since learned that the guides are not necessary, our current teacher never required them, and our student did well without them. My child was in one of her three-hour concerts, and some other young kids were getting a little fidgety about two hours in. She came down to yell at them, leaving a five year old girl crying without her parent there to help. This poor kid hadn't even done anything wrong, but Trudy was just nasty to all of the kids and it upset the child. Trudy doesn't have a good manner with kids or get along naturally with them, so I found it strange she went into teaching kids. It's also just weird to hear Trudy refer to "the Academy" all the time - she gives lessons out of her house, which is fine, but she comes off as having delusions of grandeur. For instance, you'll have to have a special concert uniform (which costs upwards of $80) made by a special seamstress - who is her mother. If there's a problem with billing, you'll have to talk to accounting - which is also her mother. On the subject of accounting, Trudy will try to get you to sign a contract several months ahead of time that will go as much as six months in advance - and it provides no option for leaving if you're dissatisfied during this time. Even if you have to move for a job or get deployed, you will owe her half of the contract. This is unnecessary, of course, but I left after a few weeks and was happy to pay to be rid of her. Be aware that there are a bunch of extra costs with Trudy's lessons. The uniforms cost more, and your child will have to buy a ticket to perform at their own concert (as will you and anyone else). I've never heard of anyone doing this anywhere else. After leaving Trudy's lessons, I've found there are a lot of parents in Springfield who have left, too - and we're all happier for it. I'm not here to advertise other music teachers, but there are some real great ones in the area. We've got our kid taking lessons from another teacher right now, and the difference is night and day. In just a few weeks with a new teacher, the amount of progress was much higher, and there's no rudeness, weirdness, or one-sided contracts. read more

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1000 Diane Ct
Springfield, IL 62702
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Fleming Academy of Performing Arts opens at 9:00 AM on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

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Fleming Academy of Performing Arts closes at 5:00 PM on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.Fleming Academy of Performing Arts is closed on Saturday and Sunday.

Mon-Fri 9:00 AM - 5:00 PMSat-Sun Closed

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A Premier Institute for Violin and Piano Excellence! At the Fleming Academy of Performing Arts, each lesson is tailored to meet your unique goals and needs as a music student. Offering quality piano, violin and viola lessons. Serving the communities of Springfield, Jacksonville, Divernon, Rochester, Sherman, Riverton, Chatham, Pleasant Plains and Williamsville. Call us today for more information.

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G B.

6 years ago

They are unclaimed because they are afraid of reviews! These phony Midwestern charm , phony voice scammers! I wish I could give a -0 stars. Just check the Better Business Bureau complaint and you will understand where I'm coming from. Trudy Fleming claims her business Is running over 37 years in a "good manner", but the complaint Has more to say. I don't know if when she was younger she was better, (I doubt it) but as of now she is very fake and phony, do not be deceived by her high-pitched voice and her niceties she is a wolf in disguise. She doesn't work well with small children at all, she doesn't have any patience for their reactions and shorter attention spans. She is disrespectful to the mother or parents of the children. Making obnoxious comments to mothers . She tries to force her self Over the parents free will and put herself in a position of superiority over the parents and the children just because she teaches music. Calling her self the expert and you must follow what I say. Again, do not get confused by her high-pitched voice and fake niceties. She doesn't mean well at all. She didn't even tell me that my daughter needed to practice daily, she made it sound like it was not important. And so my daughter didn't get to the level that she could have. I now have an Excellent teacher. She is very very very deceitful again very deceitful twisting words around and taking things out of context and lying to get things to her benefit. Which is basically to take money from people and do as minimal amount of work as possible as seen by her extreme weight problem. I don't think she has the energy or mental clarity to teach children at all.. Her husband is her ally. They are money hungry deceiving Couple who went against their own contract and asked me for tuition in full and once they had the money they disappeared and made it very difficult to get to the lessons and when confronted started taking a position of denial and lying without any shame, integrity, decency or humanity for the global pandemic, or for the classes that were missed prior to the global pandemic. Putting blame on the mother deceitfully when Trudy Fleming knows very well she manipulated and tricked the mother into giving money and started to make excuses to not give lessons.Didn't return calls to schedule them . Then denied this but selectively remembered other things said around that time. She literally said "Oh I don't remember that that was a very long time ago", but when it comes to other things said in the SAME PHONE CALL , she could remember very quickly.Be very very careful of the scamming that these two are doing. They try to hide it but I see right through them and I want to warn other parents. My daughter was very scared to go to that class and now I understand why. Children are pure and have an intuition to bad energy! She will make a lot of Excuses as to why she behaved this way, But so help me God it is mostly lies manipulation and deceit. No shame she has no blood flowing to her face to tell Bold lies. But no worries one day she will face God himself for what she has done to parents and their children. Then she talks about Christmas as if she knows what it's like to be Christlike. What a joke. Remember to read this review and take it to heart because I just want to warn everybody. Go to BBB and see the warning there as well. She mocksMothers for being married to doctors and not buying the equipment that she feels entitled to "direct"to buy for a baby in diapers! read more

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