I found this studio online when I was searching for piano lessons close by for my five year old and…read moreimmediately signed her up for a mini trial lesson. It's been a few months, and my child always look forward to her weekly lessons. I'm surprised by her progress. Ms. Sable is a wonderful teacher!

Daniel is a great music teacher! He is friendly and welcoming. He cultivates each student's lesson…read moreand assignments based on the student's goals and interest. I highly recommend him!

I took guitar lessons from Wen Little for eight years when I was young. I got very, very good as a…read moreclassical guitarist. I still have my folk guitar and my classical guitar and they are pristine. I am much older now but contacted Wen a few years ago and I was so pleased to rebuild my relationship with him. In fact, he sent me some music! He was a wonderful teacher and he holds a very dear place in my heart. I am very proud of my musical ability and I owe it all to this talented man. Thank you, Wen.

Our daughter has been taking guitar lessons from Wen for several years now. It took us a while to…read morefind an instructor who offered flexibility with scheduling. In the beginning she could only attend every two weeks and most instructors/places would not accept her as a student. Wen is great at adapting his instruction to each student and their style and interest.

If I could give Sam six stars I would! I shopped around for vocal coaches before finding El Melody…read moreand I am so glad I found him. I've been a student for less than a year and I am shocked by how much I've grown in my singing ability. He's also worked with me on guitar and given me some really unique tips to improve my playing that I've not seen elsewhere. He has practical exercises that improve every aspect of your voice. On top of that, he's a good man who speaks life in to you. I highly recommend him to anyone and everyone I know who is looking to improve their vocal skills or musical abilities.

I will be upfront in saying that whenever I see a company or service on Yelp! that has nothing but…read morefive-star reviews, I become suspicious and wonder if the reviews are real. However, after visiting Sam at El Melody for a few lessons, I can already see why everyone has rated him perfectly. The ratings are not a joke, he is really that good. I have taken voice lessons from others over the years, but nothing has even come close to his method of teaching. His formal training is very apparent and I have already noticed a dramatic improvement in my own speaking and singing abilities. If you are serious about improving your voice for speaking and/or singing, open to constructive criticism and practicing the lessons you are taught on which parts of your body to use, I think almost anyone could have great or at least noticable results by taking lessons from Sam. I highly recommend going here. My lessons will be one of the investments in myself I look back on in life and can tell I will be grateful that I decided to make.

I have watched Ralph Boehm work with his violin students. He has exceptional attention to detail…read morethat many teachers miss. He stresses posture, emotion, and expression, in addition to producing the correct notes. Sound quality for Ralph Boehm is a combination of many factors that and he is constantly reminding his students of this. In addition, he is very helpful in having his students garner better positions in orchestras and gain admittance to advanced summer programs. It's definitely worth any extra effort to have your children take lessons with Ralph Boehm. His students love him!

My teenage daughter takes weekly violin lessons with Ralph. He was strongly recommended by the…read moreorchestra teacher at my daughters school due to his professionalism and expertise. We are very pleased with the progress so far. Ralph is very passionate about teaching and shares the mechanics involved in playing an instrument.

We feel so fortunate to have Dan as our teacher. He is absolutely fantastic!…read more I say "we" because two of us in our family take lessons from him. First, our daughter started with Dan and really enjoyed her lesson. He was thorough, engaging, and made it fun to learn. And he accomplished this during the pandemic! His virtual lessons were amazingly engaging for her. It was a fantastic thing to watch. Then, she needed a new piano teacher and I casually asked Dan if he knew anyone - just hoping he had a name handy that he could rattle off the top of his head. Instead, Dan was kind enough to spend his time and effort looking for someone to recommend that he felt would be able to help build upon her musical knowledge. It was above and beyond anything that we expected. He truly cares about his students and it is absolutely evident. My daughter liked him so much that I decided that I'd like to take lessons from him as well. I played guitar as a teenager but then took a few years off (25 or so to be somewhat exact). :) A few years ago, I rediscovered the joy of playing and decided that I wanted to get better but, I was stuck in a rut and didn't know how to make any real progress. I was hoping that if I scoured the internet and watched enough videos that I could find a way to teach myself to get better. Well, I was floundering and not getting anywhere. It was beyond frustrating. So, instead of spending all of my time watching countless videos I reached out to Dan to see if he had room in his schedule for me. I can tell you that I have learned more from Dan in the short time that I have been working with him than I did from months and months of watching any of those videos. I wish I started with him sooner and I'm incredibly excited to learn to get better at guitar under his tutelage. I cannot say enough nice things about Dan. He's a good person and a great teacher that brings joy into learning music.

I've been studying with Dan for a year and a half, and I have progressed more in that time than in…read morethe previous 10 or 15. My first lesson, after evaluating me, he gave me a drill to get started that liberated me from self-imposed limitations on finger placement. He even had me video it with his phone and posted it on youtube for me to study later: https://youtu.be/-FIiYb6mJjM He was able to hone in immediately on something that I really needed. That lesson has been paying off for me ever since and the lessons I've had since have built on it to improve my ear, my rhythm, my knowledge of theory, etc., etc. When people ask me how to improve the first thing I say is, "get a teacher like mine, ASAP!"

This year I was able to attend orchestra conducting symposium at George Mason University. So much…read moregreat time and work on the orchestra repertoire, score study, culture of the conductor's behavior, work in rehearsal language, rehearsal techniques, exercises on conducting skills, and so much else . Highly professional musicians playing in the orchestra . Maestros caring very much on each student and helping them to make a progress in their professional development giving them honest and valuable advices. Highly recommend!!!

My son had Game Design classes at George Mason Game Design Institute and he loved the program and…read morethe instructors!. I was glad to see him coming out from the classes excited about Computer Science and full of new ideas encourage for the instructors that you can tell love what they teach. "The question for the child is not Do I want to be good? but Whom do I want to be like?" -- Bruno Bettelheim, Austrian-American child psychologist, author (1903-1990)

Coren has been an outstanding guitar teacher. For decades, I nursed a dream of picking up the…read moreguitar. In my mid-40s Coren became my first instructor after he selflessly suggested what type of guitar to buy when I contacted him for that expertise alone. With regard to practicing, it took me a year and a half to find my groove. Which is to say other than cramming for an hour before our sessions I didn't practice. Week after week I felt self-conscious due to that lack on my part. On any given day Coren was always cool fielding me where I was at. Whether face to face or via Zoom, he is an attuned cat. Something clicked last month. I'm practicing a lot and there's been a significant improvement in my ability. I have gone from hiding that I play to ensuring the performance of a song or two centerpieces any family distanced call I'm in. It brings joy into my family's spaces near and far, and I know that is what drives Coren, continuing the awakening to the joy that comes from playing music. Coda: Speaking of music, Coren's music is terrific. It could have been strange, I suppose if I didn't care for his music. Or perhaps it wouldn't have mattered. But it was cool to listen to his song "Gate of Tears" and be like, "Holy cow, I want to play like that guy!" and realized, of course, I was in the right place.

Coren is quite different than other guitar teachers I've had experience with or knowledge of…read more First, there are no boring drills, or starting with easy songs one isn't interested in. With Coren it is a challenging experience that develops confidence and interest, not frustration and boredom. He shares his thorough knowledge of music theory, such as modes and keys, which is good for those of us who don't want to just listen-and-repeat, but to understand the logic and structure behind music. But he only occasionally touches on music theory instead of going overboard with it. For me, the experience has been very balanced in terms of being challenged, not bored or overwhelmed, which I think is essential to development.

There is no finer guitar teacher anywhere: Except maybe Herndon High School's Mr C. My son was…read morelucky enough to learn from both. Al is a gifted musician who is also passionate about teaching music. He really connects with kids and adults through the love of making music. I could not hold him in higher regard as a guitar teacher. He's a lovely kind and generous person.

Al is an absolutely perfect teacher for our seven year old son. He is a talented and versatile…read moremusician but, as a music teacher myself, what most impresses me is the way he interacts with my son. He gets excited about what excites Jack, patiently leads Jack back to task when he gets distracted, and seamlessly modifies techniques and concepts based on Jack's physical and emotional needs. I love being in Al's studio because it's such a positive and healthy learning environment-simply because of Al's personality. The business is run professionally and graciously and my son smiles and sings the whole way to and from his guitar lesson.