Alumni Testimonials

I've just graduate from high school, and spent my busy senior year applying to colleges. I actually wrote my college essay about you, and wanted you to read it. I wrote it to thank you for being one of the best teachers I've ever had.

I've never had a teacher make me work as hard as you did, but at the same time show me how much I could do when I worked. Being taught by you gave me something to measure all my other work against, and I have to say, I really learned when I was working, and when I wasn't. I can still hear your voice sometimes, pushing me to work my true hardest instead of just enough.

And I still pick up old pieces, and even a few new ones here and there, because you really made me love music! I've been accepted to Harvard this fall (with this essay about you, so I think you deserve some credit!). I really wanted to thank you for teaching me about so much more than music, and helping me get to where I am today.

Thank You,

Ariane Berelowitch, Keys for Kids alumni

 

I started in Keys for Kids eleven years ago when I was in kindergarten. I loved the classes and later on my private piano lessons at the studio. Now I’m 16, devote much of my free time to my musical activities, and my high school music theory teacher thinks I’m “a genius.” Thank you Inga!

Jackson Thea, Keys for Kids alumni

I came to Keys for Kids as a fourth grader, and entered into group lessons with kids two and three years younger than me. What I thought would be a very easy time turned out to be an appropriate challenge, one that was extremely fulfilling. Now, after six years of lessons, I am playing music I never dreamed of playing. Once a month, we attend theory classes, in which we study composers, music styles, and technical aspects of music. These classes are a lot of fun, and there is a great team spirit among our group members. Theory lessons expose us to different aspects of our own repertoire that we may not have noticed before. There is a perfect balance of discipline and encouragement. I will always love playing piano, and the skills I have gained as a student will always be with me.

Lauren Stone, Keys for Kids alumni