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January 2024 by Jamie Y.
I take Voice class from teacher Lauren Haber. It has been a deeply joyful, inspiring and awesome experience. Lauren not only explained the Beautiful Singing theory and vocal cords mechanics, but also has many techniques to help me train my breadth, pronunciation, singing techniques. While she holds professional high standards, she has been super fun to work with! I also appreciate Lauren to be very flexible with my schedule! Thank you Lauren it has been an amazing experience!
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January 2024 by Julie C.
Teacher Katrina (voice) is not only a super talented, genuinely trained singer, she is a wonderful, caring, patient teacher who knows how to speak the language of kids! Our kiddo naturally loves music and willingly practices, however, she benefits from having a teacher who understands how to connect with kids and bring out their boundless creativity, energy and magic! Katrina is this special teacher! So lucky to have her expert guidance and that we found this connection between the two of them!
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December 2023 by Divya M.
My 7 yr old has been doing one-on-one Ukulele lessons with Teacher John Mausen at Opus 1 Music for 1.5 yrs . John is an amazing teacher. He makes each learning session fun by playing and singing along with my kid. Every new song is introduced with a little fun fact which is helping her grow her music experience. My kid looks forward to every lesson and feels motivated to practice. Teacher John is also good about acknowledging her improvements and providing feedback when something needs more practice. Opus 1 Music staff is amazing and care about their students, and their families. They have always handled my queries and schedule adjustments with courtesy. The school offers 2-3 performance opportunities (free recitals) for the kids throughout the year. And the private lessons are reasonably priced. Overall, I am very happy with the Opus 1 Music and it has been a wonderful music experience!
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December 2023 by Aliya M.
I really wanted to like this school. They seem to have a good program for young kids with note book and workbook. Unfortunately, a teacher we got is not fit to teach young kids. Her name is Lauren Haber. She was teaching Little Mozarts to 4.5 year old kid group. She is very strict to the point of being rude to kids. During one lesson my daughter was sleepy and non-participating. Teacher was getting impatient with my daughter. My daughter told her: "Teacher, if you are nice, I will give you a smelly sticker ". Teacher Lauren got angry. She saud that she can't tolerate such disrespect from a student. She said we need to apologize. (I think she needs to learn how to work with young kids without getting impatient or angry). She kicked us out of the class. She told us to never come back. We emailed the school about the incident, asking for refund. It has been 2 weeks, no-one replied, nor apologized, nor refunded us.
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October 2023 by Chian-Fang Su
My daughter has been taking piano lessons with Teacher Theresa for over 2 years. Learning piano is not easy especially for young children. But Teacher Theresa makes it fun and easy for kids to understand and learn. She is very experienced and professional. Whenever my daughter struggles with certain parts of the pieces, Teacher Theresa always works with her patiently until she has improved.The admin staff are very friendly and always willing to help with any kind of issues or needs.Highly recommend Opus1 to anyone who is interested in learning music.
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October 2023 by rahul r
I started learning the violin about 13 years ago and had to stop after 3 years. In the decade since, I was lucky to come across Opus 1 Palo Alto and the wonderful staff there. Right from the front desk, all the way to excellent music tutors-- its been a blast relearning.Special shoutout to my instructor John Majić!! One of the most thoughtful, observant and deeply knowledgeable instructors I have come across. He has definitely sparked a curiosity and willingness in me to practice, get better and take my craft to a new level.While the pricing may be on the higher side, I am glad I ran into John and the team at Palo Alto. 13/10 would recommend.
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September 2023 by Danit Bismanovsky
After attending a friends piano recital, my child requested piano lessons. She started piano a few weeks back with zero experience. The staff were so helpful to get her in for a trial lesson. We opted to do another trial lesson with a different teacher and found the perfect fit! The young woman at front desk was beyond helpful, working diligently to successfully find a time slot that worked for us. The results are incredible! She can play a few songs already, but more importantly; she has FUN and enjoys practicing as well. Absolutely thrilled with Opus 1 and their amazing staff!
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June 2023 by Peggy Huang
My son's experience with his violin teacher is wonderful. Teacher John not only gave my son lessons re playing violin, his verbal support and encouragements brought my son's interest in violin to a whole new level. My son never enjoyed violin before but he only started to really appreciate it until he found this teacher.My daughter plays piano at opus too being taught first by teacher Roger n now by teacher Chloe. She enjoys both teachers teaching fashion. Both uses different ways of teaching and so not only installs the techniques to playing piano but she has also learned how to be more creative with music at the same time.
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June 2023 by Silvia Fang
My daughter started playing piano at Opus 1 music Studio. It's been 5+ years now and we are still going strong. Opus 1 offers the flexibility to reschedule classes when things come up. I also enjoy their recitals - all kids can participate and they run that very efficiently. You do get to try different teachers when you start out which I found very useful when trying to find a good match for my daughter. Chloe Cheng is her teacher and we highly recommend her.
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June 2023 by Erika E
Opus has been a wonderful place for us to grow with music. We want to highlight John who is our violin teacher for about 2 years now. He has been a wonderful match for his style, kindness, communication, and style playing/teaching for our student. We have been thrilled with him and to be able to motivate and inspire our daughter. She timely enjoys going to her lessons to work with John and learn. John M - Thank you for all you do!
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June 2023 by Claire Hwang
Teacher Sylvia, she has a lot of experiences in teaching piano and other instruments. My daughter has been leaning Piano from her for almost a year. She has lot of passion when she teaches my daughter at her young age.Highly Recommended for anyone who is looking for a great teacher.
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June 2023 by Xin Lian
My kids have been taking piano classes in Opus 1 for 6+ years. They enjoy their classes and love their teachers (Thanks Teacher Christine and Teacher Chloe!). As a parent, I'm satisfied with their progress and happy with the convenient online portal to manage the schedule and communication with teachers.
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June 2023 by Chenglin Zhu
My teacher Luis Alfredo is an excellent teacher! He has a great passion for music, and motivates me to be a better violinist everyday. With him as my teacher, my violin skills have dramatically improved - in just one year, I went from learning easy pieces from Suzuki book 4 to now learning hard concertos like the Kabalevsky violin concerto. My progression in my musical journey is all thanks to my teacher Luis.Thank you!- Joseph Sun
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May 2023 by Lorène Poinsot
We’ve had a great experience at Opus 1 with my 7yo daughter.My daughter is learning how to read music and different voice exercices with Teacher Natasha, who is an incredibly talented singer and a patient, encouraging guide.Teacher Natasha also keeps my daughter engaged by asking about her musical preferences and incorporates the songs she likes into her lessons.Definitely a wonderful way to get to know and love music. It has fostered such an interest that my daughter has started violin lessons with teacher Kashmira, who is amazing as well. My daughter will have her first recital soon and she’s been very excited to show us her achievements.
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May 2023 by Libby Casperson
My daughter has been taking guitar lessons with Teacher Kenta for half a year now. His dedication to teaching and passion for music shine though, making the lessons exciting and enjoyable for our 6 yr old. He’s able to create a comfortable and encouraging learning environment, which has allowed my daughter to cultivate her skills. We’re excited to continue our musical journey with Teacher Kenta.
