Sandpiper Music Studio

I used to go here and took clarinet lessons back when I still played.
I tried about 6ish different people to take lessons from (other private tutors, and people in major music companies), and Marla was my favorite one of them all– the one that really seemed to know her stuff AND had a great personality.
Marla teaches violin and clarinet (maybe piano? I don’t quite remember) and was basically right down the road from my middle school.
She named her small business «Sandpiper Studios», if I remember correctly, because she was on a beach and her friends remarked at how successful the tiny birds were at catching fish. Thus, she wanted to be as successful. (I think it’s really cute, ok?)
I remember Marla did a really good job in teaching– how to tune the clarinet (the reed and mouthpiece only way!), customize/​shave down store bought reeds, and music from a diversity of pieces, styles, and theory. I think classes were 13 – 15 per 30 minute lesson? I don’t quite remember.
Recitals were at the end of the year at a nearby church (the sounds are just gorgeoussss).
Marla is a total sweetheart and though she isn’t the absolute best you can get, I think most people would be able to benefit from her and enjoy not paying 100+ for lessons.