Emily Nelson

I did a trial piano lesson here since it was the only place in town that provides them. The teacher seemed experience, knowledgable and good with kids, but I stuck with our old teacher who is quite a commute away because of the Center itself. I find personal piano lessons much more flexible. With the Center, if your kids are sick or something comes up in your schedule, you are financially responsible for 4 lessons a month regardless of whether you attend or not. An individual teacher is generally much more forgiving than this. I also, sadly, got a very un-friendly/irritated vibe from the owner (who is not the piano teacher). Granted, I had 3 very small children who were cranky in the afternoon, but still, I felt very uncomfortable and unwelcomed in a place that is generally geared towards working with small children. If the teacher offered lessons separate from this center, I would have gone with him, but I simply did not want to go back to this Center or work with their policies which are (understandably so) much more rigid than a private teacher.