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April 2023 by George B.
We are very happy with teacher Julie and her piano classes. Both our daughter and son attended her classes for ~3 years each, each starting at age 3 or 4. They both love music and enjoy playing the piano thanks to her.Teacher Julie has a great way of teaching music to kids. She does an excellent mix between listening training, playing the piano, and music theory, as well as some fun context every once in a while around famous composers and pieces. This makes the classes engaging and fun for the students.The class is in a group setting with usually 3-7 young students, which we think is a great advantage. The students don't feel too isolated learning music and they can learn from each other. The group classes also yield the opportunity for playing in ensembles which is fun. The students have opportunities to perform individually in front of their peers and parents, in class as well as during recitals, which boosts their confidence and motivation.Teacher Julie adapts well to the individual students in class. Our daughter and son have quite different personalities and strengths and we could see how teacher Julie worked with them differently, which speaks to her experience and professionalism. She knows how to challenge them, encourage them, and inspire them.We highly recommend teacher Julie to anyone who is looking for a piano teacher for their young kids. She is a wonderful teacher and person.
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March 2023 by Jim S.
My daughter was three or four years old when she started with Canon Music and in particular Teacher Julie. We found Teacher Julie's teaching style to be more effective than prior instructors elsewhere. Teacher Julie is dedicated and purposeful in her teaching. I also like that she embraces standards in student performance -- appropriate for the age and maturity of the students. Six years later my daughter continues here.We recently also sent our four year old son to Teacher Julie.
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August 2022 by Heather Hunter
Nicest people and great sheet music
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April 2021 by Sharn L.
Great place to get music books. Sometimes even cheaper than Amazon. Note their new COVID hours.
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September 2019 by Lyman H.
Extremely happy! Wanted to get a sting replace don my ukulele and headed to my first local store to find that the "open" sign only meant that they were open for lessons and not any other business. A quick Yelp search fund Canon Music which is also very close to where I love but not in my main route. I am very happy I found it. Justin was able to replace the strings and in a very short time which meant I had my instrument back to further my relaxing long weekend. I am extremely pleased and will definitely keep them in mind for future repairs/accessories.
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August 2019 by Tyler Connolly
Great Lesson!
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June 2019 by Xu Han
5 stars for the group piano class.
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February 2019 by huan d.
Both of my kids go to Canon music and they love it. They are both in Julie's group classes at different levels. Julie always make the classes fun. My older kid likes the ensemble that Julie have the kids do in the class. Canon music has many group classes so it is easier to find one that matches our schedule. The staff there are very nice.
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December 2018 by The Diamond Knight
They have a bunch of sheet music for every instrument. I found exactly what I wanted!
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January 2018 by Jack J.
From the outside this place might not seem like a music school, but they are pretty well organized. I was very happy with the service and environment they provided to my 9 year old daughter, especially at a very reasonable price. We had the option to put our daughter in a summer program like YMCA or some other academic program but we contacted Canon and spoke Young. Our daughter wanted to learn guitar. Young explained the school did not have an all day Guitar program and childcare but they created one for us. I have attached the daily program laid out by hour. Long story short, my daughter spent the entire summer at Canon, and I purposefully waited until now to provide a review because I wanted to confirm whether she picked up the foundation to continue playing. I am happy to say that my daughter learned the foundation, was able to play many songs when and had 2 recitals. Because of the relaxed and enjoyable environment, my daughter continues to enjoy playing guitar, continues to take classes (not at Canon because we live in downtown San Jose, but I wish were close so she could continue with Canon), and has become even a better guitar player. In addition to guitar classes (class of only 2 students for 1 month and then 1-on-1 for remainder of the summer, so she had plenty of personal guided time daily) daily lessons, practice, day care, my daughter had enough time to work on her summer HW packet from her school (it was like 200 pages thick), read during free time as we enjoy the different games and daily activities the school had. We liked this place so much that driving from downtown San Jose to Cupertino and back daily in traffic was very well worth it!! Bottom line, it is a great place to take your child for many different types of musical instruments. Music has actually helped my daughter with her confidence, Math, and analytical thinking. Her current guitar teacher told us she had developed good foundation and able to pick up a lot faster because of her abilities AND the foundation she had. In case wondering who is her current teacher, here is an excerpt from his site on his accomplishments: I started out teaching myself guitar at the age of 12. I moved to the U.S. in 2001 and studied music for 15 years receiving my B.M. & M.M in music and audio production at San Francisco State University. I then moved to Los Angeles then studied and trained with John Mayer, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, George Lynch and many others. I have performed hundreds of concerts in the U.S. as well in Europe & the Middle East and toured with Artists such as Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica, Guns N Roses, Michael Angelo Batio, Ratt, Sammy Hagar, Dokken and many others. I ranked #1 in the Slash Guitar Center competition. Hope this was helpful and I hope others also have a positive experience.
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July 2012 by Stephen Ng
Small store, but unlike the bigger place down the street they had what I wanted. Friendly service, too!
