Anyone familar with Levine Music at Strathmore?

[Anonymous]

My daughter is taking private piano lessons but I don't really like the way she's being taught (not spending enough time on the basics and techniques and more focused on performing and spending months memorizing difficult pieces).

I want to find a new piano teacher. Does the Levine school at Strathmore have good teachers? Is it easy to switch teachers if the first one doesn't click?

[Anonymous]

We are at NW Levine so I can't comment on Strathmore specifically but this was 100% the reason we switched to Levine from a different music school; she is now doing SO MUCH MORE in terms of fundamentals and theory. Every Levine student progresses through a "Keyboard skills" book which has one-handed two octave scales, arpeggios, chords, etc. in every key (something like 12 books in the series). They only have two performances a year, one in winter and one in May, so not a tremendous emphasis on memorization and performance; really just for the 5 weeks in Nov-Dec and then again in April-May.

I don't know about switching teachers within Levine but they do interview you as a new student and try to give you someone they feel you will "click with."

Good luck! It has been a very good experience for us and we also like their summer camps.

[Anonymous]

DC has had a great experience at Levine and yes no problem switching teachers if necessary.

[Anonymous]

Thank you both for responding!

[Anonymous]

How long are piano lessons at Levine?

[Anonymous]

When I looked at them they were far more expensive than directly paying for private lessons.