I have been taking my two kids to Lenka's class for nearly 2 years. I have (obnoxiously) high…read morestandards and Lenka surpassed all of my expectations. Lenka's mixed-ages class quickly became the highlight of our week. She is an incredible educator and her positive energy is immediately apparent. Music Together is an incredible program.... the music and the songbooks quickly became favorites in my household... we still use all of them to this day. Lenka, however, is the shining star of the program. She is adored by my kids and I know will be one of those people I happily remember when I reflect back on "the toddler years". Do yourself a favor and take one of her classes... she also does free demos to try it out!!

We've been taking our daughter to the Mixed Ages class with Music Together of Belmont since she was…read more6 months old and it's been such a wonderful family bonding experience! We've been amazed watching our daughter develop musically over the past year and a half. She's also been able to have positive experiences with other safe adults and children at different developmental stages. Lenka is a fantastic teacher and makes classes fun for everyone! She has been very successful in strengthening the Music Together of Belmont community by organizing fun events outside of class. Highest recommendation!

Music Makers studios is an excellent place to have music lessons. It is a personalized experience,…read morewith skilled professional teachers that are amazing and really care for the student. My son has been taking clarinet lessons with Bob for the last 7 years! My son's high school jazz band teacher was impressed with my son's abilities ... all learned from Bob. During covid times we are meeting remotely... but before covid we would go into the studio and always be received by a warm, friendly, music community and that was a lot of fun. I see people of all ages at the studio, retirees to young kids. So if you are looking for a place to take music lessons ... look no further. p.s. I found them reasonably priced too

Growing up, I learned to play classical flute. But I always wanted to learn to improvise on the…read moretenor saxophone. Thanks to Bob Brenner at Music Maker Studios, I have learned to do so on the tenor, alto and soprano saxophones (and sometimes even on the flute)! Even better, it has been fun to learn. I've made good friends playing in an ensemble, and I've even been able to play gigs for money. I will be grateful to Music Maker Studios for keeping music in my life for a long time to come.

I love CMCB. What a great organization. I started taking my daughter to their Little Notes…read moreclasses when she was about 16 months old, and I was impressed with the organization and the curriculum of the classes. As a teacher myself, I tend to be very critical of the classes she takes, but things are always so well-run here. We've taken our daughter to many different CMCB classes, from summer sessions to full fall sessions, and I've been happy with all of them.

The Suzuki Institute is the best for nurturing your child to instill the love of music, and they…read moreteach adults or the whole family with the Suzuki Method. The staff of dedicated and through teachers do not rush through pages of music without teaching the foundation; they teach repetition. Mr. Donald Becker the Director studied with Dr. Suzuki. I have tried out several music schools as well as private teachers for violin and this school is definitely the best for any child. I started my son there at age 6 but I did not know that their program starts children even younger or I would have had him there sooner. The school may not look fancy but the quality and dedication of the instruction is what matters. Newton, MA

We have been with Gene Kelly for two years. Our daughter Sophia loves to go to piano class and is…read morealways excited to go. He is really patient and understanding to her strengths and adapts his teaching to the way she enjoys learning. He has also given her some recent pop music simplified that she really enjoys learning and relating too. We would highly recommend !!!

My seven-year-old daughter has been learning piano with Gene for a year now. I did a great deal of…read moreresearch on group lessons vs. one-on-one lessons and then searched far and wide (for over a year, as I was preparing for the right time to introduce a new activity to my daughter) only to find him a few blocks from my house! I only have positive things to say about him. My daughter was first exposed to the piano through the music class at Chinese school. My daughter would linger by the piano after class, and her teacher, who played the piano during the lesson, mentioned that my daughter might enjoy piano lessons. Because my daughter already exhibited signs of interest, I felt that one-on-one was the way to go. I wanted a teacher who was 1) a little outside of the box, 2) willing to make the experience fun for my child - not too strict and 3) experienced enough to have seen a wide range of students to know what to do for my child if/when she experiences difficulty. Neither I nor my husband play the piano, so if our daughter had problems we wouldn't know if it was the material or the teacher/teaching method/style. With Gene, who has tremendous experience teaching in public schools, I knew that I wouldn't have to worry so much about pedagogy. More recently, when Gene updated his website, I learned that Gene is a graduate of Berklee College of Music which I didn't know when I hired him. I feel very privileged to have him as my daughter's piano teacher. During the first few months, my daughter would come out of the lessons completely exhilarated and bursting with glee. When things started to get harder, Gene was able to help us get through it successfully. Now, my daughter goes to our electronic keyboard on her own. I have to pull her away from the keyboard to get her to school on time and to get her to bed at a decent hour! I'm extremely happy with how my daughter has taken to piano, and I'm very fortunate to have Gene teaching her. Gene is very patient and works with students from where they are. My daughter may arrive to her lesson extremely excited about a new song she learned on her own. Gene will listen and give pointers, and then will redirect her back to the day's lesson. He's good at managing the pace of the lesson. My daughter always enjoys going and the time zips by.

An absolutely wonderful learning experience!! My daughter started attending Music Together classes…read morewhen she was 8 months old. She is 17 months now and has shown so much growth! She can independently sing many of the words in each song and this has carried over to finishing rhymes in sentences when reading books. Her language development has taken off and she repeats many of the concepts at home that she hears in class, such as numbers, colors and patterns. She loves the teachers and interacting with other children, both older and younger than she is. As a parent and early childhood educator, I am very particular when it comes to high quality curriculum and music. Music Together delivers both, as well as caring and nurturing teachers. We look forward to attending classes for many years to come!

Music Together continues to be the best activity we do. We have been doing classes at this…read morelocation since my daughter was 15 months old. We just love it. My daughter is now almost 2 1/2 and she can't wait to go to music class each week---and, frankly, neither can I. It is impossible not to have fun there! She knows so many of the songs and she (and my husband and I) sing them together in the car and at home. A woman I work with heard me humming one day and said "Music Together? I took my kids there and my grandchildren go now too!" People just love this program and I can see why. The teachers are wonderful. We have had a chance (with make ups and summer classes) to be in class with all three teachers at this location. Each one of them has a different style, but what is a constant is that they all clearly love being around children and they are all talented musicians. They make the songs come alive with dances and props. The children learn the songs quickly because the activities that illustrate the songs are fun and stick with them. Even the babies in the class react to the songs! It's really something to watch their little faces as their moms and dads and caregivers and their big brothers and sisters dance and sing. Last night, my daughter sang me a song we are just learning this semester called "Tomorrow's Now Today." She got 75% of the words and she was dead on with the melody. It was amazing. Give it a try. Music Together will be the best 45 minutes of your week!

Lauren was great with our 3 year old, with the Suzuki approach. Jonathan was reachable for every…read morequestion we had and we loved our time with South Shore Piano School.

I started taking lessons here as a new year resolution for myself and I'm so glad I did! My piano…read moreteacher, Edwina is amazing! She has a lot of patience and is very encouraging. She also understands that I'm working full time so she'll make the lessons work with my schedule. I always look forward to a piano lesson cause it's exciting to see my progress from when I first started 6 months ago. I plan on staying with Edwina for as long as it takes me to become as great of a pianist as she is!

I inquired in January 2023 about lessons for my child. Here is a timeline of our semester:…read more- wait 2 weeks for slot to become available. - instructor sick, lesson cancelled. - my child sick, we pay for lesson. - first lesson on Zoom for a snow day that was rain, all public schools were open. - instructor reschedules lesson because she has a conflict. - instructor books 3 week trip abroad. Doesn't tell parent, but relies on child to relay the info. - I inquire about a substitute teacher, none is available. - I hire a substitute teacher on my own. We decide to go with this teacher. We receive a refund minus 40% of our tuition. I paid $600 for two lessons, neither of which happened at our appointed place or time. In the first 2 months of lessons, we missed one week, and the instructor missed four. I asked for a refund, which took a month and several emails & texts to receive .

If you are looking piano lessons, the Belmont Piano Academy is a wonderful music school. Their…read moreteachers are amazing, highly qualified and very patien! ... My son has autism and Ms. Christina has been so nurturing with him. After only a few months of lessons, he was able to play little minutes by Bach and Mozart. She is really a wonderful teacher!! I highly recommend her and all the teachers at the BPA!