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June 2024 by Ramanendra G
Lovely facility! With great faculty
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May 2024 by C. Li
Four years ago, during the pandemic, I reached out on Nextdoor seeking recommendations for where to begin my 4-year-old daughter's piano lessons. A kind lady suggested the Pacific Northwest School of Music and its director, Ms. Hsin-Chi Liu. We took her advice and are eternally grateful. Not only has my daughter learned how to play the piano, but she has also developed a deep appreciation for music's beauty and learned to express her emotions through her playing. The teachers at this school genuinely care about each student, employing the Suzuki method to nurture a true love for music, involving parents in the process. They feel like friends and extended family members. For instance, Ms. Liu and my daughter, who share a love for rocks, regularly exchange their collections. Moreover, my daughter, now an avid chess player, enjoys playing chess with another violin teacher, Dr. Charles Atwood, who also loves the game, every Wednesday after her piano lesson. If you're seeking to embark on a musical journey with your young child, consider giving the Pacific Northwest School of Music a chance. It's the oldest Suzuki school in the U.S. and a fantastic place with exceptional teachers, promising a lifelong reward.
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September 2018 by bill wen
Have been coming here for a while now, first with one kid, now with two, and the roster may continue to grow.
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June 2018 by Tonya G.
I'm sure this school has some good (maybe even some great) teachers. But I found the director interactions of the director to be a shockingly HORRID. I attended a recital of with some friends of our family. Their son was performing. The director gave a very inappropriate, practically threatening speech at the beginning of the recital about making any noise or leaving before the program was completely finished. Except for a few, most of the children seemed not at all happy to be there. Then one of the craziest things I have ever seen at a children's recital. The director stopped the program, said, 'something is going on in the back... I am hearing some noise..." Then she proceeded to walk over to a small child who seemed to be either 4 or 5 and reprimand him, in front of everyone, because she thought the noise may have been from him. And his parents were sitting right there. She could have simply and politely whispered to them to please try to help their son be a bit more quite. Honestly, he wasn't really even making any noise that was disturbing. After well over an hour of sitting there and listening to one classic song after another, poor child was a bit fidgety. I also saw another teacher grab a program out of a small child's hand because he was moving it around. Again, his parents were sitting there right too! Really, if even they guaranteed that my child would become a brilliant pianist by attending this school, I wouldn't allow it because I would not want him seeing these adults, that are supposed to be teachers and their examples, behaving in such a manner. Yuk!