My step son attended Matt Burk studio for several months. Within that time, he had three different…read moreinstructors. His first was a no show for an entire week. This happened again several weeks later. The second instructor was extremely condescending and acted as of myself, my wife, and our son knew nothing about vocal training. Even if we knew nothing, talking to adults let alone a child as if they are just plain stupid is unacceptable. Matt has his name on the marquee however he is nowhere to be found. Getting a hold of him to voice concerns is near impossible. Instead he leaves his lackey front desk employees to field off any fodder from parents that may come his way. If you are wanting beginner or continuing vocal or even musical instrument lessons, I would highly recommend going somewhere else. Additionally, the website states that they have recitals at The House of Blues in Dallas on their website. This is absolutely not true. These are held in some of the most uncomfortable locations. Matt Burk seems glamorous but under the surface, it's an absolute dumpster fire.

My daughter takes guitar lessons with Brandon. I can not express how amazing he has been with…read moreher...highly recommend!!!

Kym is a great teacher. I was trained in the classical style and really didn't want my kids going…read morethrough the same. I was ecstatic when I was introduced to Kym and her Simply Music method. In the year that my kids have been in lessons with her they have played more music than I did in my first few years. They enjoy playing songs they've heard, composing and improvising songs and singing along while they play. They have developed a love for the piano. Every house we go to that has a piano they immediately want to put on a show for everyone. Kym is a patient and supportive teacher. She constantly asks for feedback and offers support to both the parents and the students. She finds different ways of engaging the students through games, stories, exercises. I also love that she has the kids play one community service performance for a senior community. As with any lessons there is tuition and materials fees but of you want the best for your child you're willing to make that investment. Tuition isn't unreasonable and I'm totally willing to pay for the wonderful app she uses with the kids. The app helps then track their practice time, what assignments they should be working on, motivates them because they can see how much their friends have practiced and also provides them a communication portal to Kym. They can message back and forth when they have questions instead of playing something wrong for a week. Kym will immediately send them a message back with guidance and sometimes even videos! This method isn't for everyone but my kids love it. My daughter hugs Kym all the time because she thinks so much of Kym and my son loves going to lessons. I love listening to my son play popular songs sing along. I love that my daughter can play blues songs like a pro. And all this within a years time!

I have so much to say about Kym and Simply Music, I don't know where to start!…read more First, about Simply Music. Yes, it is not a traditional piano learning program. The student does not start with learning how to read notes/sheet music. First, they get comfortable with the piano and *confident* in their ability to make great sounding music. During this process they learn how to play with one hand and both hands, how to play chords (although it's not described as such), how to *create their own music*, and how to move their hands around the keyboard comfortably. They get comfortable with the instrument itself. They learn to follow simple patterns that are common in music. There is teacher-led instruction and pre-recorded video instruction. As they progress, note reading, music theory, and more traditional aspects of piano learning are incorporated in a very elegant fashion. By the time they get to note reading they are ready and excited. This approach is so critical to their later success and how they *feel* about learning piano. I learned piano in a much more traditional fashion. In a traditional program, you get a few music books (maybe Practice and Repertoire) and a theory workbook. Note reading is emphasized from the get-go, and turns learning piano into a three-pronged situation: learning how to play the actual instrument, learning how to read music, and learning music theory. This is fine, and how most people learn, but it is not as naturally reinforcing and "fun". It can be challenging for students, and especially those with learning differences. As an educator, a casual musician, and a parent, I strongly believe Simply Music is superior to traditional methods. This is my opinion after about six months of lessons. Ok, now let's talk about Kym. Kym is, quite simply, a master instructor. She is positive at *every turn*. She is intuitive about what the student needs (more/less challenge, steps broken down, etc). She has a thousand different ways up her sleeve to explain and demonstrate a concept. She has a beautiful-sounding piano and she plays it beautifully! My kids adore her. *In most traditional piano lessons*, you play your assigned songs for your teacher and s/he gives you feedback. The teacher looks at your workbook pages to make sure you did them correctly. You might spend a few minutes trying parts of a new song, then a new assignment is given, and the usually 30-minute lesson is over. *With Kym*, you record the items you've been assigned and send them to her (usually) the day before your lesson. On her own time, she reviews them and makes feedback notes. Then, when your 40-minute lesson begins, she gives positive, helpful feedback about your songs. This takes 5-10 minutes. The entire remainder of the lesson is dedicated to her teaching and your student practicing concepts. You are getting *so much learning* for your dollar! I hate to say it like that, but lessons do cost money and so this may be important to you. Kym uses a fantastic practice app that helps you/your student organize your practices well and keeps track of how long you've been playing each day. The kids find it very motivating. The whole package is just...awesome. My kids love piano because of Kym and Simply Music. If you've spent time torturing your child with piano lessons...forcing them to practice, enduring eye rolls and whining, all while you promise them that they'll "thank you later"...then you might understand how profound it is to find a program and teacher that nearly eliminates all of that. I highly recommend Kym and the Simply Music piano learning program.

My daughter really enjoyed her piano lessons with Mr. Lawrence. He is an amazing teacher who makes…read morelearning fun. Our experience with 4/4 has been excellent, and I highly recommend them to anyone looking for a music lessons.

I really became fed up with 4/4 trying to guilt me into reviews..but here it is. Lessons were way…read moretoo short, teacher was nice but not proficient (under qualified and didn't seem at all familiar with the instrument). Place is tiny, I can't imagine how it would work with COVID. Kids nor adults should be so close in such tiny rooms, it's a serious health risk. Advice to management: stop asking for reviews!!

Its one year since we had kids start their lessons with Mrs Groysman. It's amazing to watch the…read morekids progress and their skills improve. We are happy to have found the best piano teacher for our kids. Mrs Groysman always encourages them to practice. Looking forward to their second recital this year. Thank you Mrs Groysman!

Her inflexible policies really turned our family off from continuing lessons with her now or having…read morethem in the future with our children.

Erin Malone is the BEST teacher I've had HANDS DOWN!! She is extremely kind , patient and has…read moreincreased my confidence 10000 fold! I'm 28 yrs old and have been very shy when it comes to singing and using my voice. Erin has taught me skills and techniques that I can use for the rest of my life. She taught me not to put myself in a box and to be okay in the uncomfortable and unknown. For that alone, I love Erin and the 4/4 school! Ms. Bonnie is also a stand out! Her customer service is AMAZING and she is the absolute sweetest!! HIGHLY RECOMMEND 4/4 SCHOOL IN ALLEN!

My daughter (7) has been going to Allen location since February 2019 (once a week) for Piano lesson…read morewith Teacher Lawrence. This is her first time touching piano - she saw her friend playing piano and wanted to try. Our goal was to give her the exposure and see how it goes from there. After 3 lessons, she started saying that she doesn't like it anymore --- which I was afraid might happen when it started getting a bit harder (e.g., learning notes, etc). I talked to Teacher Lawrence and he asked what her favorite TV show or song was. I told him about the theme song from "Miraculous Ladybug", and by the following week he had a simple version of the song ready for her to learn. She has been very motivated to learn how to play the whole song. We appreciate how flexible teacher Lawrence is to keep it entertaining/interesting for the kids.

Yelp Review # 18…read more Music lessons are available for all age groups with timing starting at 30 minutes. The staff are kind and willing to answer any question you may have. I've recently taken violin lessons and when signing up their offer flexibility when scheduling your lessons. Teacher bios can be found on their website and day of sessions can be booked as long as staff is available.

Facility - 4/5 Teacher - 4/5…read more Policy - 1/5 Bad experience we got - 0/5 So we've been a customer for more than 3 years, maybe more. My 2 girls take private piano lessons here. Bad experience My kid's teacher was off, and we were given a sub teacher. This guy called Juan, wasn't patient with my girl and made her cry. Then after she cried, he just sat back and played with his phone. I DID NOT pay $40/ session just to have my kid cry and the teacher playing with cellphone. The owner Melody Ouyang was on vacation. The business manager apologized, but I never heard from the owner about the horrible experience. All they did was, to schedule another makeup class for my kid. But it was a terrible experience for my kid. Policy They have this ridiculous withdrawal policy, which is they charge $50/child when we want to withdraw kids from the school during Sept-July. No other schools has withdrawal charge like this. So on June 2, 2018 I was surprised to get a bill that charged me $164/kid for June tuition and another $189/kid for September tuition. Well, they said there's a $25/kid enrollment fee for 2018-2019 year and that I must pay Sept tuition to hold my kids' spots for 2018-2019. I said I'd like to withdraw my kids due to the bad experience we got (see above) and the business mgr said no refund for the amount we've already paid (September tuition) and when I pressed to move the Sept tuition to cover July, so I don't have to pay for July tuition, she kept saying she needed to get Melody Ouyang's permission (which Ouyang was gone on vacation for a long time, more than 2-3 weeks). I can't pull my kids in June/July, because they require a 30-day notice prior to 1st of each month. Long story short, I don't want Ouyang to come back and deny my request to move September tuition to cover July. If she declines in late June, then we must cram 9 lessons into 3 weeks. In July, they only have 3 weeks of lessons (due to Independence Day week). So before Ouyang comes back from vacation, I requested to just pay July tuition and cram 9 lessons into 5 weeks time. July lessons: 3 lessons plus September lessons 4, plus make up classes. They acted like they were giving me a favor and didn't charge me $50 withdrawal fee/kid (which I was told, that $50 fee is if I pull my kids during the school year). But I finished 2017-2018 year, from September 2017 to July 2018, so actually, there was no reason to charge me $50 withdrawal fee/kid in the first place. I am just appalled and disappointed after having been a loyal customer more than 3 years, to be treated like this. Never heard back from owner (Ouyang) personally. I sent her an email about the horrible experience and never heard back from her. I put my kids into the school because she's a Juilliard grad, but my kids were never once under her tutelage - understand Ouyang is very busy. So the fact that Ouyang is a Juiliard grad, doesn't help my kids' piano skills at all.

I used their service to tune my Vose & Sons baby grand piano. They were super reasonably priced and…read moreso friendly. I'm very pleased with the service they provided for me.

I wanted a piano for my Wife for Christmas..I looked at the reviews here and I was not…read moredisappointed. Mr.Hale treated us like family and gave me and my older son a tour of this awesome piano store. Very impressed, I felt I was in a tour in Padova and the art pieces were these beautiful pianos. BEAUTIFUL PLACE, GOOD PEOPLE ABSOLUTE SERVICE!!! **who knew my youngest one can play piano

Tammy M is an excellent saleswoman! Anyone seeking a Steinway Piano will be very pleased to talk…read morewith Tammy! She is a top-tier saleswoman!

I had a truly fantastic experience with my purchase of a brand new Steinway B grand piano at…read moreSteinway Hall thanks to Otis Gray and the fabulous team at Steinway. I'm very particular with what I'm looking for when it comes to the exact sound and touch in a piano, and I spent years searching for the perfect (for me) Steinway B, having tried out dozens and dozens of pianos in the process across many different locations. (As you may know, each Steinway is handcrafted and uniquely different in tone color and individual qualities.) Otis patiently helped me throughout the years during my search for my piano, offered his valuable advice during my selection and shopping process, and accompanied me many times to check out new inventory and pianos that came in at the Steinway Hall Plano and Dallas locations. When I couldn't come by in person, Otis recorded clips of himself playing various repertoire on different pianos that came in on various occasions, and he patiently answered all of my numerous questions each time. (On a side note, Otis is also a terrific pianist and has the widest repertoire on hand out of anyone I know. No matter what style of music you like, I guarantee Otis will be able to demo pianos for you, so that you can properly experience each piano's sound as a listener from a distance and not just as the pianist.) Whenever I had technical questions during the selection process regarding what could or couldn't be done with a specific piano's touchweight, note decay, voicing, etc., Otis enlisted the help of Steinway's master technicians, including Steve and Nowell who also offered their expertise and honest advice during my shopping process. Steve (who typically works out of Steinway Hall Dallas) kindly accompanied me to the Fort Worth and Plano Steinway locations to offer his technical advice. At some points earlier in my quest to purchase a Steinway B, I had previously considered purchasing a used piano from third party sellers or dealers other than Steinway, but I ended up deciding to purchase directly from Steinway Hall due to the excellent service I received there from Otis and due to the fact that I knew my piano would be in good technical hands with Steve, Nowell, and the team after my purchase for all future tunings and maintenance. Steve and Nowell are a wealth of knowledge and have prepared the best pianos for many of the world's greatest concert pianists, so you know you are in the best hands with them. Thanks to Otis and team's help, I finally found the perfect piano for me and purchased a brand Steinway Model B grand piano in Sterling Silver (a Special Collection / Limited Edition model) with the exact tone color and qualities that I had been searching for for years. As a pianist, it's been my lifelong dream to own my own Steinway B. This would not have been possible Otis and the Steinway team's help throughout the last few years. After my purchase, I have thus far been very impressed with Steinway's service department. Steinway kindly stored my piano for me for several months prior to delivery while I was waiting for the flooring of my piano room to be installed. Heather from the Service Team has been a real pleasure to work with and made sure to swiftly resolve any small issues that arose post-delivery. Otis personally made sure I was taken care of even after the purchase and kept in close contact with the service team on any questions or issues I had during the pre-delivery prep process and post-delivery, including stopping by my house to inspect the piano and offer his expert opinion on what needed to be done from a technical standpoint after delivery. From the excellent service I've received throughout the process, I knew I had made the right decision to purchase my piano from Steinway Hall directly, since I have not received this level of service from other places I have purchased pianos previously. Be sure to ask for Otis if you decide to buy a Steinway - he is THE BEST and will make sure you are well taken care of both before and after the purchase. You won't regret it!