A comprehensive list of Berkeley, CA private teachers and schools providing music tuition including guitar, piano, drum and violin lessons. Read unbiased reviews and recommendations of local teachers. 
Ernie Mansfield is a musician with over twenty five years knowledge in the music business. Mansfield Music provides an range of professional music services. Music Lessons Read some others recommendations about Ernie, or 5 Ways to Get the Most Out of Music Lessons.
B. E. — I have been taking piano lessons with Ernie for a few years now and I'd highly recommend him as a teacher, especially
Are you looking for a professional piano school that feels like home? A school with high quality piano lessons tailored to meet you or your child's specific personality and interest? You have found such a place! Our school has been chosen as the Best of Berkeley in music lessons for the last 10 years.
Mahsa Naji — Katrin is a passionate and caring teacher. I am very happy with the progress my son has made in the past six months. I highly
Each instrument that comes my way invariably presents a new set of problems. The challenge is to eliminate mechanical problems so that one can play with the confidence that musical thought will not be interfered with. It was to this end that I recently took David Straubinger's professional flute workshop in Indianapolis to learn his approach and have received certification from him. Each person I've
Marianne Barlow — Steve knows his woodwinds and took excellent care of my dad's sax. I know very little about saxophones and he took the time
Ever since we were kids, we wanted to play music. For years we attended our lessons, practiced until the wee hours of the morning, and formed bands with our friends, all the while dreaming of rock stardom. But that was a long time ago. One night in the summer of 1993, we were hanging out after a late rehearsal talking about teaching music.
Jan Bass — Learn to play in a band environment with mentors to lead you along. Brilliant!
When violinist Anne Crowden founded the Crowden School in 1983, she called it her "Grand Experiment." She was entering unknown territory, and she certainly never imagined that her dreams of a supportive educational environment for musical children would develop into a thriving, established Bay Area cultural institution.
Joachim Kainz — Google 'berkeleyside Crowden' for a description of the dysfunction here. The leadership of the school currently complains