She is teaching my six year old son and was kind enough to bring an electronic piano to our house so we could try out lessons before committing to a piano purchase. She is very nice and asked for my son's favorite songs in advance. She brought the sheet music for his favorite song to the first lesson and is bringing another song for his second lesson; I believe this will keep him engaged and makes learning more fun.
FYI, we tried a one-hour session at Bach to Rock in our nearby shopping center. There were six other kids and it seemed like our son didn't get that much instruction or attention for our money. Ms. Saumya is very hands on, gave our son her undivided attention, and I believe she is very competitively priced. I would recommend her and will post updates as our son moves further along in his studies.
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Li L.
Sam is a great musician and teacher. He took his time to listen and understand the kind of music I love and my goal of learning and provided personalized lesson plan. He always carefully listen to my questions and provide constructive feedback and techniques for practicing. He would brilliantly point out things in music that I didn't notice. His encouragements made me more confident to continue learning piano. He would go above and beyond to make sure I have what I need for practicing. I could not wish for a better piano teacher!
Sam Bachelder
Nitin K.
Extremely racist and rude. My children, a 13 year old boy, and 7 year old girl had been getting lessons from Donna for a couple months now. Overall, I felt that she was a biy impatient and did not really know how to effectively teach children. I didn't say anything as I figured that was how piano teachers are and decided to give her a chance as the children were improving.
Today I told her that due to personal reasons we would have to stop lessons for a month or two, and she immediately cut me off and said, "Well then it's time to find a new teacher." I was at a loss for words so I began to tell her that I would talk to my wife and see if we can continue the lessons, but she cut me off again and started making racist comments about Indians, saying that, "you Indians always do this. I have no problem with my Caucasian students."
I wish I had known that this was a whites-only establishment or I would not have wasted my money. I went outside to cool down and went back inside to calmly explain to her I didn't appreciate the racist comment. She snapped back and told me that it's true that all Indians are like this and that she had to put up with us and my "difficult daughter". She knew what she said was wrong and tried to backtrack and say, "but she is improving".
I had informed her in writing that my daughter was autistic. We had even gone for a trial lesson in the beginning and asked for confirmation that she would be able to teach my daughter.
No parent should have to deal with someone who is racist and insults their children.
Donna Whited Teaching Studio
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