Onalaska Music Academy

Very friendly people, my kids are both really happy with their lessons here!

As an adult, it has been difficult to find music lessons for anything other than piano. I was delighted to discover the Onalaska Music Academy. The office personnel have been great at handling newbie questions from me and my teacher has been very good.

Very professional business and atmosphere! My child has grown not only with her musical ability, but also her love of music, and her musical confidence. Outstanding education!

Great staff, our daughter loves going to her violin lessons. She leaves just as happy if not happier than when she arrived. The patience the instructors have is amazing, and how they interact with everyone is admirable.

Two signs made it difficult to find but nice people and very helpful to our son with his music skills.

My boys have been going here for piano for a while now. I have to say that their teachers are fantastic. They take time and are patient with the boys to make sure that they understand the material. Nice studio with great people.

Very friendly staff and teachers - always doing their best to work around student or parent-driver busy schedules. The school provides a very welcoming learning environment that allows all students to grow regardless of their initial skill levels. Highly recommend!

Onalaska Music Academy makes the student a priority and is sure to work with what the student needs as much as possible, down to finding the teacher that is most likely to best fit the personality of the student and their learning style.

We had a poor experience at Onalaska music academy. Poor management. Double charged in one month and the manager called me on the same day to ask for my credit card information so she could charge a third time. My daughter's music teacher kept rescheduling with us when she couldn't be there. I felt like they should have had another voice teacher on hand to substitute.

Her voice teacher stood us up for a lesson she had us reschedule for. As a busy mom this didn't work for us. I expect more when I pay $90 per month for a 30 minute lesson per week. I hope they can fix these issues because we need good music programs in the area.

Lynn does a n impressive job with her students and her studio. Studio is cozy but neat and all the various instructors seem very qualified, talented, engaged and relate well with students. Amazing array of lessons available for studio this size! Well worth a serious look.

I just had the privilege of meeting with Lynn, the owner of Onalsaka Music Academy. Wow! She is such a passionate, educated, inspiring woman. Once Jaxson turns 4, I am definitely signing him up for lessons. Best part is that he can try a variety of instruments. Music is so great for these young kids and I am excited to have found a place that rewards kids for progression. Trophies and bracelets will keep him motivated on practicing.

There is no question that our previous instructor is an excellent pianist and many of the other teachers very talented musicians. And if our child had wanted to be a concert pianist, this would have been a good place for them. We weren't' so concerned with the skill level our our child and were more concerned that she enjoyed her craft/art. And in this case I'm not sure that OMA was right for us.

With regards to business practices I can't agree with all of OMA's choices. I felt there was an overall atmosphere of 'How can I make more money?' Radiating from the studio. And I got the impression that lesser skilled students were tolerated because they payed the bills. When we tried leaving the studio, our bank payments weren't stopped. When we tried to get reimbursed, the check was stopped BEFORE the date they requested we cash the check by.

So we were charged for a stopped check in addition to getting charged an extra month's tuition. When I called to discuss this, I was told that we were being rude by not cashing the check right away (we were given less than 30 days from when we received the check), I was really not allowed to speak and then got hung up on. The studio did later send 1/2 month tuition to us in cash feeling that it was all that was required of them. In this business, the customer is definitely NOT always right.