Palisades School of Music

My family has attended this school for almost eight years. Mr.Thomopoulos (the director), the other five music teachers and secretary, are a great team. It's a wonderful environment and we've made many friends with other families of students. The teachers are very encouraging not only to their students, but to other students as well. Mr.Thomopoulos is very dedicated to his profession, it's his life. He teaches seven days per week. He is not only an extraordinary pianist, but an expert teacher and motivator.(we'll take a charming effective instructor, over a boring ineffective one, any day!). He can be tough, but If your child has what it takes, he will work hard to get them to competition level, provided that the parents are doing their part by being involved with; attending lessons, videotaping the lesson and doing their part at home by making sure the video is reviewed (a very effective learning tool), as well as encouraging practice. Many of the students continually win top prizes in competitions. Mr.Thomopoulos can draw out the musical abilities in a student that you've never dreamed possible. He has done that for my child (who had began as hopeless, to now an almost world class pianist) and hundreds more students throughout his four decades of piano instruction. Go to the school, see for yourself, ask any parent, and we can guarantee that they will agree.