This is a review of OCTOPUS MUSIC SCHOOL, SOUTH PLAINFIELD…read more My 8-year-old daughter takes piano lessons since from the past 1 1/2 year at Octopus Music School. She started practicing for spring recital from Jan itself. Every-time after the class her instructor praised her saying she is playing good. I paid for the registration and tickets for the Spring 2024 recital, scheduled for June 22, back in April. However, on June 10, just two weeks before the recital, in the evening at around 9 pm, I received an email from the school stating that her instructor had pulled her out of the recital and she will no longer be performing in the Spring 2024 Showcase. and they also refunded the registration fee of the recital. There was no direct communication with me about any issues neither from the school nor from the instructor. I was in an impression that my daughter is performing and canceled all my other plans and also invited friends and family for the recital. My daughter got very disheartened after I told her that she won't be performing. She said why they pulled her out. Her instructor always said that she is doing good. My daughter is extremely sad. I am also very disappointed with this unprofessional behavior This experience has unfortunately led me to question the school's commitment to its students and their development.

We've had such a great experience at OMS! They truly have the best staff ! If you are looking for a…read moreplace to send your child for music lessons - look no further !

My daughter studied guitar with Abe, owner of Monmouth Music Academy, for two years. Abe is an…read moreexcellent teacher! He is very knowledgeable, patient and encouraging. Not only does he teach basic technique and skills in reading and playing music, he shares a wide range of musical styles and genres in order to highlight and reinforce what he is teaching. He also encouraged my daughter to bring music of her own liking into her lessons. My daughter now has a greater understanding of music, larger skill set in playing her guitar and an deeper appreciation of many different styles of music. It has been amazing watching her love of music grow! It's fantastic that Abe now has a school in Marlboro of his own!

Disappointed, passive aggressive ownership, that leaves you feeling like your a burden. Much more…read moreinterested in bottom line than they are in students. Part two: So your well aware? Really? please clarify for me and the world. What aggression or hostility you are you referring to? We love our teacher, we never had an issue with her. For the record our issue was with management, and your hyper-emotional responses to questions. Oh and your rambling emails that end with " this is not up for discussion, you do not need to respond to this email". Your response to an honest review is to fabricate a false narrative. This is yet another reason you have only one Star!

I have been tuning pianos for many years. I have done work for many teachers. Marina is simply…read morethe best. She treats every student as if they are her own! She has not only a deep passion for music, but also the rare gift of passing it on. I have tuned pianos for several of her students, upon completion I have them play a song for me so they can "test" the piano. I'm BLOWN AWAY by each and everyone of them. I have told my fiance if we ever have kids, they will study with marina, and I live 45 miles from her.

Staff was nice and helpful with piano lessons on a busy schedule. Looking forward to hopefully…read moreworking something out.

Yes! I took a trial lesson here. The instructor was helpful and knowledgeable as well as kind and…read morepatient. I felt very comfortable. It's very, very $$$$$$ or I'd sign up in a heartbeat

My daughter has been a student at SOR for the past 2 years give or take. She has been able to try…read moreout different instruments, finally finding the keyboards. The instructors are so good with kids and can teach using their own interests. Once of the first things my daughter learned to play was the theme from the Super Mario Brothers game. She's now learning the Blues. Teddy is awesome - and patient; and my daughter is very comfortable with him. I recommend SOR to anyone who asks. On another note, the house band came to play at a fundraiser we are very involved in. The talent of these kids was a shock to so many who watched them walk in and didn't know what to expect. The band played for an hour and we must have had 15 people comment to us on how much they sounded like Jimmy Page, Nancy Wilson and so many of the others they covered. They were amazing. 2 of them are national SOR all stars too, so we actually had celebrities on stage! The drummer did a solo that was reminiscent of Mickey Hart or Bill Kreutzmann, only not 45 minutes long and the bass and electric guitars were just as amazing. These kids can rock.

One of the best center in NJ. Dr B is great. Mr. B is awesome. Ms. Lubna is wonderful. Course…read morematerial is excellent. All teachers spend 1-1 time with student. My both kids are going to this center from last few years. All teachers are reachable. Dr. B personally pay attention on each kid. Dr. B is always ready to provide guidance beyond books also. He helped my son in 1-1 interview prep session for confidence building. My son is selected for Middlesex STEM!

when I joined scholar tutorials in 6th grade, I was expecting it to be an amazing tutoring place…read morefor the price of 2000 dollars. but little did I know, for that hefty price al they did was made us sit and do work with no sort of tutoring. when you need help, they say " We can't help you with that, do it by yourself." I do not recommend, if you want to get a good tutoring program join pals or jei, they have very good one on one tutoring classes

A fantastic music teacher who is patient and highly skilled with adults and children. I am learning…read morethe piano although I have seen his other students taught on many other instruments. Andrew offers free lessons for you to first try out the lessons with him.

A few of the things we love about the Goddard School Piscataway:…read more * Friendly teachers & staff * The playground * Healthy snacks * Following all COVID guidelines * Show and Tell Truly, our daughter could not be happier, she is learning so much and making new friends. During this difficult time, we are so happy she has found a safe place to learn and grown socially. We cannot thank you enough!

Picking and choosing their enrolled children? Or are they racist?…read more Advance warning - long post I am (or use to be) a huge Goddard School fan. My first born went to two Goddard Schools, in #NorthBrunswickGoddardSchool and #BranchburgGoddardSchool. As I was expecting my second born, I obviously turned to one as well which is near my work. Also a current co-worker has one of there children currently enrolled and soon to be expecting her second one soon. So with no question asked, my husband and I (with another co-woker) went to take a tour of this facility. We were looking for January/February (2018) enrollment but was told there was a waiting list and the next availability would be in March 2018. I asked if there is anything we could do to ensure our spot for March, and was told by the owner Laura that taking a tour would put our name on the wait list automatically, nothing else needed. I went above and beyond with my work to get a delay start of March so my New Born could go to the Goddard school as preferred. I recently called at the end of November to ensure my son's guaranteed spot for March was still available. First, I spoke with the director, who was very standoffish on the phone. She informed me there wasn't any spots available until April 2018 now. I was SHOCKED! I had asked for the director, Laura who at that time was not available. Few days later, I had called back to speak with her and left her a msg. She left me a voice mail, stating "my director had informed you about everything already, if you are still unsure give me a call back." She's lucky that I did not hear that voicemail until I had called her back already, otherwise she would have gotten a piece of my mind. When I called back, Laura informs me that the next availability is early Spring, once I asked what that means she says Early May!!! I was very disappointed. Still keeping my composure, I had asked how is that possible and when was anyone going to inform me about this change..? I had sacrificed my maternity leave to ensure my son had a spot in March. She stated during the time of the tour that they would contact us when a spot was available a deposit was not needed because the tour was sufficient. The story changed when I inquired further. She explained that we do not call to let you know, if you want to ensure your spot, you need to put in a deposit." I was stunned! I told her that this is new and this information was not told. I continued on by saying that I had specifically asked her about a deposit and had brought my checkbook as well to make one. Her response was, "I apologize if you did not understand me, but this is how we have been doing it for past 23 years, this is nothing new." (talk about customer service people!) Biting my tongue and keeping my chin in mind, I had asked her if she could email me the enrollment paperwork since I wanted to have a guaranteed spot for next availability, I would try to drop it off or drop it in the mail with check etc. Now, 24 hours later, the next day, I have NOTHING! Not a single paperwork in my email inbox. Later that day, I had confirmed with both my husband and my co-woker who went with us to confirm if I was having a Pregnancy Brain and totally misunderstand her during the tour of having a spot available in March and tour is sufficient enough OR she did NOT mention any deposit? Both confirmed my understanding. So clearly Laura, you had provided me with wrong info and two other people confirms it. To make this even more interesting, my co-worker whom I recommended this place to, took a tour, and during the tour, she was asked to make a deposit. Now, her New Born has a guaranteed spot for March. As you can imagine, this is why I feel we are being ignored and purposely not provided a spot, interestingly enough, both of my co-workers are White. During the tour, I had noticed very little to hardly any minorities in the entire school. In the current New Born Classroom, there were zero minorities! And they are clearly going above and beyond to not only be very unprofessional, and providing me with wrong information to me just to ensure that my mixed African -American/ Asian child would not get into this facility. SHAME ON YOU #GODDARDSCHOOLPISCATAWAY. SHAME ON YOU #Goddardschool!

I was introduced to my vocal coach Richard Bozic through word-of-mouth, and it's been amazing! Do…read moreyou know how you think that you know something because it's familiar and you've been doing it for such a long time and you sort of feel that your brain is on overload and you couldn't possibly learn some thing new especially being singer and actor later on in life? Well it's NEVER too late to learn and hone your craft. Richard is so professional and finds out your strengths and challenges that you need to work on. Full disclosure, I wish I met him years ago, but I'm so glad he's in my life now. I've been with him a short time so far and it's been nothing short than inspiring and a feeling of accomplishment every single time I walk out of the studio. His direction, skill and overall attitude to getting and being better he takes in stride. I have been singing for quite some time but my vocal lessons though I have just begun have been even better because of Richard's feedback, vocal instruction and overall theory on breath control, Bar none...thank you Richard! -Kim Trachtenberg