Mountain View Piano

Amanda is the best music teacher my kids have studied with, and we’ve worked with a lot!
My daughter has studied with her about a year. Somehow Amanda makes playing piano really fun and engaging for a kid. My daughter practices without being told now… I think it’s partly because she likes piano more and partly because she likes Amanda.
Her teaching method is not to focus on reading music and following rules but developing the kid’s love of the music and the instrument. She’s like a hands-​on guide through music when she gives lessons. It helps that she’s a fun and happy person… it rubs off on my daughter and we both look forward to lessons.

Great music lessons (piano, voice, guitar and flute)! Teacher Amanda Griffith, Mountain View Piano and the Simply Music program are Fantastic! When it was time for my children to learn music, I really wanted our whole family to take and make music, and I wanted my children to have a musical foundation that that would last them a lifetime. When a friend told me about teacher Amanda, I knew it was what I was looking for. She offers piano, voice, guitar, and flute. The program has you continuously build on successes by first playing piano (with BOTH hands) by memory as you learn harder skills in reading music. You experience music theory and use it in composition so that when you learn it, you really understand it and can apply it. Teacher Amanda also provides a lot of opportunities in playing with others, casual performing, and family music. She is also much more than just a music teacher. She adapts extremely well to the needs and style of the individual student and is really excellent in helping child students develop as people as well as musicians — to learn not just musical skills but skills in performing and handling stress, dealing with challenges and frustration and in planning projects. Our whole family is playing piano (kids started at 4 and 6) and she has me playing flute again after 25 years. We are looking forward to adding voice and guitar! Now our family will always have music as a fun part of our lives.