Shining Light Music

I am so pleased with the great piano teacher match through Shining Light Music. When I called to inquire about teachers, I communicated that our requirements are stringent: my son is 6 yrs old, and while he likes piano, he doesn’t looove piano, so the lessons have to be fun and engaging to encourage his progress. He’s had 1.5 years piano instruction, and he doesn’t respond well to some of the «too basic» piano book courses we had temporarily explored with a couple past teachers, so it’s a challenge to level him up with material and technique that is age appropriate and fun enough but not too basic, nor too complex. And we had limited time availabilty as our schedules are maxed… It’s such a blessing that the receptionist recommended Ms. Emily Shelp!
Ms. Emily is well qualified; she possesses a Bachelor of Music in Piano Pedagogy from Bob Jones University and has been playing since she was 7 yrs old. Her bio is coming soon to the Shining Light Music teacher page. Best of all, she strikes the right notes — I couldn’t resist the pun! — in working on my son’s technique and making it fun. She motivates him with weekly fun point-​competitions (to earn country stickers in his passport, medals, trophy, etc.) which has resulted in him reminding me that he has to memorize a song for the next lesson. cuz he wants the points! (whoo hoo, he’s no longer resistant to practicing!!!)
I feel that she is the right piano teacher for his current level and needs; she employs a cheerful and focused Kindergarten/​First Grade encouraging teaching style to keep all the lessons fun and on track, she’s able to motivate and consistently award with positive reinforcement, able to redirect him when he gets silly (after all he’s been in school all day, then straight to his lesson!) and I appreciate how she is able to teach finer technique in a way that he understands. She would be great for both beginner and advanced students.

Very kind and helpful. They have lots of sheet music and they give lessons here. They also have some basic music items like tuners and strings but not a huge selection. Staff is very helpful. They have plenty of horns there to choose from and reeds to match. Thanks!