Great place to take your kids to learn.

Best for lessons!

Love the piano teacher. Helped my son improve a lot with her piano skills. I recommend her to anyone who wants to learn. Mrs. Blanca is incredible and will be a great teacher for any student thats willing to learn piano.

This is going to be a rather comprehensive review of Northside Music School. I was surprised there werent more reviews given the hundreds if not thousands of students that have matriculated from Northside.I had lessons here under Mr. Robin Abraham for a few years as a young violinist in middle and high school. I was either concertmaster or 1st violin. I was one of two entering freshman in high school to be placed in chamber orchestra (highest-ranking).However, in contextualizing these accolades; I dreaded coming here. Northside Music was where I first began to learn violin and piano.The sessions would be hour-long and grueling; any mistake would be reprimanded with drills, repeating a small part of the music over and over again until you got it right. This could be for 5 minutes of the lesson; it could also be the entirety of the lesson. Looking back, I realize the point of the drills wasnt necessarily reprimand for not practicing, but rather because Mr. Abraham showed a genuine interest in his students improvement. The worst part was when I knew I hadnt practiced the week before; he wouldnt get mad, or angry. Id start playing (terribly), hed cut me off, ask why I hadnt practiced, and we would spend almost entire one hour sessions in complete silence, with me just standing there staring at the music. But these experiences did motivate me to practice more. Just know, if you havent practiced at all the week before, it will show, and you will waste both your and his time.But as an awkwardly introverted teenager, I believed I lacked talent and skill and Mr. Abraham did nothing to sway my opinion. His philosophy has and will always be tough love. This makes sense if you look at his background; he went to Juilliard, which has consistently been the top-ranked university for music for probably the last 50+ years (the acceptance rate is on par with Ivy League schools like Harvard, Yale, Princeton). He was a professional cellist in the symphony; if you know anything about the music industry, youll know its incredibly cutthroat with no room for error. A concertmaster one day might not even be in the orchestra the next, depending on performance.The first thing you will realize when you meet him is that hes very old. Its not an insult or backhanded comment; its simply a fact. He was 80+ when I was there and hes probably older now; I think thats how aging works. As such, his fingers arent as nimble as they were when he was at Juilliard, and he will make mistakes in his own playing. Sometimes its subtle, but sometimes hell have to skip a section if its too demanding from a purely physical standpoint (yes, music is physically demanding). Dont pay any regard to this; if you were in your nineties, you would be lucky to play half as well. What matters is how he teaches the material, not how he himself plays.So, how does he teach the material? Repetition. Repetition. Repetition. Its not exactly a polarizing method of teaching in music. Its the most old-fashioned way of drilling material into a students head. Youll get bored and try to cheat by moving on to the next section hoping he wont realize; dont. He will realize. Whether this method is effective or not is not for me to comment on. Just know this is the method that will be employed, whether you like it or not.Finally, if youve gotten this far, I commend you. It shows youre passionate about finding the right music teacher for you, or maybe youre an ex-student like me, bored and wanting some reading material. Either way, congrats. Youve made it to the end. Ill summarize Northside in this way; if youre truly committed to learning music and willing to spend hours practicing to get better, Northside is for you. If you have thin skin, youll have thick skin by the time youre done here. If you want a fun learning experience complete with compliments and chocolates every time you learn a piece, dont go here. Youll be searching for other music teachers after the first lesson. His wifes cool and nice though, take her if you can.

How much will it cost per class and whats the hour of operation.?

Wonderful teachers and excellent coaching.