This is where the GuZheng was found! Chuen Ying Arts Centre teaches Art for children and Music for…read moreChildren and Adults. They specialize in GhuZheng and Chinese Flute teachings. Mostly are done in Chinese, but I believe that they can also teach in English. They have private tutoring classes as well in Chinese string and woodwind instruments. It's a husband and wife team. Mrs Cheng, a beautiful woman and her husband are well known in the Chinese classical music industry in Canada. They have a number of CD's of various music in their collection of performances. We were shown the $800 dollar GuZheng, but that wasn't what Mum wanted so Mrs Cheng brought our a few others to show. When the final selection was made and the purchase done, she tuned the instrument, offered the free stand and the free chair. We didn't get the chair, but daughter will get it next time. The ones that they had at the time were too small. There was a mumbling in the car of how expensive it was, but that it was more affordable than the other places. The Daughter hopefully really likes it (which she did) and that she'll take the lessons and learn it well. If not, Mom will take lessons! The service was quite nice. And after Daughters first class, she said that she enjoyed it. Soon, the melodic tunes of the skillfull GuZheng student will fill the air in the house with music. A Rhapsody in progress.

Great store…read more Fantastic selection and fast shipping. I was worried about shipping times and methods but their owner is very communicative and helpful, so I knew when my violin bow etc would arrive. Thank you!

Best customer service! They went above and beyond and the instrument is fantastic and arrived well…read morepacked and safe and sound. Couldn't be happier!

Extremely disappointed!…read more Called them January 24th about renting an instrument for 5th grade strings. They told me to come in to rent a violin and to try and bring my child with me since we needed to get the correct size. January 26, I bring my kid in. We arrived later than planned because I got lost (my bad) trying to find the store. We arrived at 4:45pm. Despite the store being empty, the guy there was apparently too busy to help us and handed us a paper to order online so it could be shipped to us. He didn't offer a sizing suggestion. I called back again yesterday afternoon because I realized strings starts next week and I wasn't sure if the shipped instrument would get here in time. The guy told me it would take a few days but they had some in stock. I told him I was confused because I was given a paper and told to have it shipped. He said they had multiple sizes in stock, including a size that should work for her given her age (10). We drove all the way back downtown again today and guess what - they don't have any in stock. What a joke and a waste of our time. Will not go to this store again.

Amazing service! They took the time to help my child get a perfect fit for his instrument. When it…read morewas time to return the instrument they were kind enough to pick it up at our house in the middle of a pandemic. I can't show enough gratitude.

The staff here have little to no product knowledge about the products they sell. In addition their…read morereturn policy sucks, even when they sell you the wrong product, and they refuse to take it back. Do yourself a favour and go to Long & McQuade instead, where the employees actually have knowledge of the products they sell.

Staff were trying to help, but didn't know the product. We selected a piano they had in stock, and…read morethey fumbled through the 0% financing process. Were told it could be 1/2 an hour for approval. Fortunately it took 10min, but they wanted a 30% down payment AND a $20 admin fee. We cancelled the application and went to another dealer in town. What a joke, and waste of time.

One of my favourite stores to visit. I always try to make a stop and have an interesting…read moreconversation with Kathryn about changing the world or just hanging with Dean and chatting about trends. These guys are always welcoming and friendly.

My son has been taking lessons with them and has improved greatly but he also really loves going to…read morelessons. Their staff are young, fun and great mentors for the kids to learn from. I would recommend them to anyone hoping to learn music or get good quality instruments!

Professional and caring teachers. I started beginner piano classes as a mature student ten years…read moreago. My teacher, Ann Marie Thompson has shown consistent patience and encouragement. Her skill and perception has helped me to progress beyond anything I expected to achieve. I can't say enough about her and about the school.

From the owner: Serving the Sidney and North Saanich area since 1990, our music school has highly trained and…read moreexperienced teachers, offering individual and group lessons in piano, guitar and bass guitar, flute, violin, drums and cello for all ages, early childhood music for ages 3 - 6 years. Owner, Ann Marie Thompson has lived and farmed in the community for twenty years. We are your neighbours!

the staff are fantastic here, Geoff helped us with a firmware update on a pedal purchased from we…read morehad trouble doing at home. prices and selection are great and excellent staff.

When it gets busy there, expect to waste 30-45 mins just waiting for someone to help you. While I…read morewas there, the lone sales guy was nice enough to help a lady fill out an instrument rental form... but at the cost of making a room full of people wait. The lineup to simply pay for an item took 30 mins. Some advice to speed things up: No one wanders into a music store and spontaneously decides to rent an instrument. Most ppl will do research beforehand. Offer an incentive for ppl to fill out forms online or come WITH the paperwork already completed. If staff needs to walk costumers thru the process, have ppl book a time or charge an administration fee. When you've got customers with a product in hand, waiting to pay & leave, there is zero excuses to why they need to spend the next half hour listening to people fumble at filling out a simple form.

Registered for their one month trial classes. It's the same price as their lessons ($32/30min…read more$55/45min). Ms. I with a strong Russian accent seemed nice, quiet, and patient with my two daughters at times. I sit in all their classes. At the time of registering for the trials, the office manager told me the instructor I asked for wasn't taking any more new students, Fridays were not a available with his suggested instructor so I agreed to Thursday classes instead. I was trying to book them a month early for their Fall term. Due to scheduling conflict for the school term (she was all booked on the day we were going, doesn't teach certain days that we tried to arrange for, and only free on the day I have another class registered for my three kids), we had to find another instructor. The class before this last one, she told my daughter she was good and should enter piano competitions. Knowing it was our last day of class with her, she was more flustered than ever seen. Put her hands up a few times and shaking her head at my daughters like she's given up teaching, rudely asked one of the them to flip the page of a song for her, and snapped at the end that time's up at both of them. Usually she writes what they need to work on in a notebook but this time she did not want to. I asked if she needed to write something (a trial is still a paid lesson), she rudely said "nope, they know." and rolled her eyes as we said bye. Instructor doesn't care about the reason you can't be booked with her. She just cares if she is not making the money, she will just give you the cold shoulder. Also interesting to note, 2/4 classes she tried to tell my daughters face masks are not necessary and tried to persuade them to take them off. At this period it is recommended by the government. She should focus on teaching and not be so concerned about it. Last day, she was so petty about us not returning, she purposely chose not to wear her face shield or mask. I am okay for those if they don't feel well wearing it, but it's just so immature for a "professional" adult woman try to get out of their way to spite someone for a scheduling conflict. If a "professional" teacher can have two strong personalities on either ends, I would be afraid to leave my kids alone and learning long term with her!

Daughter takes violin and voice lessons here. All teachers have been amazing. Very organized,…read moreprofessional and friendly staff. Thank you for making our experience a great one!

Best recording experience of my life. The mixing was top notch, the recording and…read moremic-pairing/engineer spent time swapping out mics to get the perfect sound for our instrumentation, and the environment was overtly gorgeous, with crystals mounted on the banister adjacent to all the famous records on the wall that were cut at this studio. It was a blessing to share the same monitoring room couch as other greats like Michael Harris of Idiot Pilot. But all of this would only be three stars in my book. The finished product arrived at the end of the day and sounded far superior than I expected it would. The bass was lush and present, the percussion punchy yet gentle and textured, and the instrumentation had such a great stereo image. This was the fourth star. I'm giving them the coveted fifth star purely based on how much love the engineers put into their job and how much they cared for me as a client. I had the utmost faith in them throughout the day as they guided me through the motions and I felt like family at the end of the session. I will be taking the trip 2 hours north to Bellingham for all my recording needs going forward. Go Bayside!