Ms. Anna is an amazing piano teacher. She is an incredible pianist and she has so much patince! She…read moremakes learning really fun. She tells stories about composers, explains the meaning and storyline of each composition. She is the only teacher I know that offers international piano exams in the area. You will be truly lucky to study with her

Aimee teaches my 10-year-old son piano and she is wonderful. She is incredibly patient, dedicated,…read moreand able to create effective practice habits and lessons. My son looks forward to seeing her each week because she is so friendly and fun! He's learned so much in such a short amount of time. I highly recommend reaching out to her. I'm sure you'll love her, too!

My 7 year old looks forward to piano lessons with Aimee. She said her teacher makes learning piano…read moreand singing fun!

My voice teacher Jade and the staff are amazing! I am so happy that I found this place!read more

A wonderful music learning center with lessons of all types. A great atmosphere with kids and…read moreteachers coming and going. The online portal and email responsiveness to questions is great. My daughter enjoys it and likes her teacher.

Great place if you or your child wants to learn music. It has been almost 2 years since my kids…read morestarted taking music classes with this studio. My daughter is taking violin and vocal, and my son is taking drums. Mr. Michel and Ms. Soraya are amazing teachers, and they are very professional and patient. One of my kids sometimes has a difficult time with focus. We tried other places before, and it didn't work for us. At the Dawn of Music, Mr. James and his team were able to adjust a teaching style to keep my kid engaged in music. And I will always be grateful for that! Yes, I recommend this place to anyone who wants to learn music.

My daughter has been taking piano lessons here for almost two years. She went from not being able…read moreto play the piano at all, to performing at recitals, reading music and playing with both hands. Her current teacher, Mr. Michael is very patient, kind and encouraging. I can tell that he really loves music.

Brenna and the Piano Studio Carlsbad has been a wonderful experience for our son. Through play, he…read moreis learning musical theory, tonal and rhythm patterns and loving music that much more. Learning to play a piano has nothing but positive effects on a child, like learning to become more disciplined, improving fine motor's skills, increasing your IQ and fueling creativity, to mention a few developmental benefits. Brenna is one of the most loving and thoughtful people around. She has the patience of a saint and always makes learning fun! We are so grateful for her and her Piano Studio Carlsbad.

the piano studio has been absolutely life changing for my son mrs brenna is amazing and so patient…read moreshe knows exactly how to get kids engaged and focused when we first started he had a really hard time paying attention and struggled with adhd but after just a few months with mrs brenna we started seeing huge changes his focus improved he's calmer and more confident now he even practices without being told and his schoolwork has gotten better the recitals are so beautiful too it's incredible seeing all the kids perform together with so much pride and joy the piano studio didn't just teach him music it completely transformed how he learns and thinks we're so grateful for brenna and everything she's done!

I have been seeing Donna Dawson weekly for classical piano lessons since Sept 2012 and I must say…read moreDonna is an absolutely fantastic piano teacher! She was a special find for me because I was looking for a superior teacher. I originally began taking piano lessons when I was 8 years old (in 1989) up in Sacramento and I was classically trained for over 11 years before I stopped playing (because my long time piano teacher Judy Hughes died of cancer). I was incredibly lucky that my first piano teacher Judy was classically trained at The Julliard School of Music. The education I received from Judy was superior to any run of the mill rinky-dink piano teacher you can typically find on Craigslist now. After I stopped playing in 2000 I took a 12 year break from playing piano and I missed it a lot and I knew I wanted to start playing again. Unfortunately, essentially every piano teacher on Craigslist that I spoke to was far less advanced in theory and technique than I was and they were more accustomed to teaching children how to play chopsticks - basically the teachers on Craigslist who charge a cheap hourly rate do that because they don't have a great working knowledge of piano theory and technique. I knew I wanted to find a teacher of superior quality like Judy was - I knew I needed a teacher who was trained at Julliard or equivalent. After searching for weeks on Craigslist for a piano teacher and finding nothing but average college graduate students who had very little experience teaching piano, I decided I needed to look elsewhere. So I took my quest to Google, and I typed "San Diego's best piano teacher", and the first result was Donna Dawson Piano Instruction website. It seems the San Diego Reader was quoted saying Donna was "San Diego's Best Piano Teacher" and that's why my Google search found her. I immediately clicked on her website http://www.dawsonpianoinstruction.com. I was so thrilled because Donna's home page states in bold writing "Julliard Trained" and her biography included that she had been teaching since 1968! So she had YEARS of experience with a superior knowledge from Julliard! I knew I had found the teacher I wanted to work with! I called her and spoke with her and I was excited to hear that she preferred to work with students who had a previous working knowledge of the piano, and she seemed excited to hear I had taken 11 years of lessons from a Julliard trained instructor. The last few months have been great! Every Tuesday night I meet with Donna for an hour at her home and everything I learned before is coming back with amazing speed thanks to her great instruction. I learn on her 7' Steinway grand which is awesome - it is far more beautiful an instrument than my upright I practice on at home. Donna covers many facets of theory (even advanced theory for those who need it), timing, and the Vengerova technique. I feel like she is imparting her Julliard training on me and the plus of it all is I don't have to get into Julliard to get the training nor do I have to pay the school's super expensive tuition! :) Now be aware - if you're looking for cheaply priced "affordable" piano lessons because you want to learn how to play piano as a hobby, you might as well teach yourself off YouTube, because that's the kind of education you'll get if you look for a teacher based off price. Superior teachers cost more than your average teacher on Craigslist (Example: my first teacher Judy charged $40/hour back in 2000 - this is how much advanced Julliard trained instructors charged 13 years ago). If you're expecting to pay $30-40 an hour nowadays for piano lessons, you're not going to find an advanced teacher. If you're looking for an instructor that will teach you amazing technique, or if you're an advanced student who needs a much more advanced teacher than you currently have, expect to pay closer to $60-75 per hour. You get what you pay for - simple as that. So if you're searching for a piano teacher who has a superior knowledge in theory, technique, timing, etc. and want only the best, I couldn't recommend Donna Dawson more. Any other teacher in San Diego can't compare - I'm 100% certain of this because I did my homework looking for an advanced teacher who could teach me more than I already knew after 11 years of private piano lessons from a Julliard trained teacher, and Donna is the only piano teacher I found that met the caliber of instruction that I needed to further my education. Happy playing! :)

Donna Dawson, a Juilliard graduate, has been my teacher for the past year. I am seeing real…read moreprogress and am enjoying the experience. I am basically a beginner. I feel that Donna really cares about my experience and learning. She creates her lessons based on analyzing my strengths and the areas in which I need to improve. She listens to my concerns and get lots of feedback during the lesson. Donna's lessons are NOT one size fits all. This is a very important and wonderful part of making progress. In addition to learning different pieces, she is teaching me technique and theory, which facilitates my understanding of the music's composition. She is very accommodating in scheduling. I am so pleased to be one of her students!

Vera Lukomsky has years of experience and can teach all ages. She is a wonderful piano teacher who…read moreobviously deeply cares about her students.

My daughters have been taking voice lessons from Pitch Michael this past year and look forward to…read moretheir lessons each week. He can just sit at his keyboard and play any song they are working on. He is very talented and we highly recommend him.

My daughter LOVES music, loves to sing, and wanted to learn how to accompany herself with the…read morepiano. Pitch was probably the best thing we ever found!! His passion for music and ability to adapt to different styles of teaching made him super efficient, and resulted in success for my daughter. Although she is not taking lessons any more, the knowledge he instilled in her has made it so that she can find the sheet music for any song she wants to learn, and be able to play it the next day! For any of your music needs he's your guy!! This friendly, charismatic young man has a hidden talent that anyone could benefit from! Thanks Pitch!