Vibo Music Center

This school may seem like a descent place until you deal with the owners. Very unscrupulous conduct. Thieves. They will do anything to get your money.
I was with this school for over 2 years, there was no appreciation of my business. When my daughter’s teacher was away I was forced to work with some other teachers that just did not meet my daughters needs. I raised the concern that she was not learning anything under these arrangements but the management did not care. All that mattered was that they got paid. Several times I tried to work with my daughter’s teacher, the teacher made arrangements to give my daughter make up lessons once she was back from her travels but the management (Victor) ignored these arrangements. I was charged for lessons my daughter never had.
This became a waste of my time and money, so I stopped working with them. This is clearly a case for the Best Bureau of Standards. These people need to be brought to book.
I do not recommend this school to anyone. The teachers may be descent some of them even good but the owners and management are a very greedy lot

We’ve only been here two months but leaving this school for another. Why? Reasons for unprofessionalism are listed below:
1. First teacher was super flaky. Didn’t show up for a lesson and for the make up session as well. If I make sure the kids are here on time, the teachers and staff have to have the same respect. So we changed teachers.
2. When that teacher is out, we didn’t get a call letting me know that the teacher will be out. Instead we get the the flaky teacher, which makes this situation super awkward.
But the good thing is that they are good teachers when present. Prices for the piano lessons are good $ 30/​lesson per child.

I brought my first ukulele here. The staff seemed very knowledgable and friendly. The San Bruno location had lots of selections and reasonable price.

Friendly neighborhood music store.

I have sent my son, Elijah, to the ViBO Music School for Violin lessons and it has been one of the best decisions I’ve made. My son has been attending the ViBO Music School for six years now and thanks to the dedication and professionalism of the instructors, he was admitted to SOTA, the most prestigious performing Art Schools in San Francisco for Violin. I highly recommend the ViBO Music School for lessons and for music instruments as well. I plan on sending my daughter there when she is old enough. Thanks Victor and all the professors that have helped nurture Elijah’s love of music.

Our family attended VIBO Family Music Camp in summer 2009 and we loved it! Fantastic for kids and adults. Creative musical games/​songs/​music lessons for younger kids and enjoyable music lessons for the whole family. The staff was friendly and knowledgeable in a variety of instruments. Not only did we learn the basics to play violin, drums, ukulele, keyboard and guitar, we enjoyed singing, salsa dance, and even tai chi! Not to mention the location and food are fabulous! We look forward to Vibo Family music camp in 2010!

My kids have been taking piano lessons there for at least two years. I find their price is comparable to other private lessons. I have had positive dealings with them when it comes to make ups. They will work with you for make up classes. My kids have other activity lessons and those schools often limit to only one makeup. The director is very good in returning emails. The only reason I didn’t give it a five star is that the facility is not very impressive. Their new San Bruno location is very nice.
Our family just came back from ViboMusic Camp it was a BLAST!!! It was a great way to spend family quality time with no interference from TV or video games or any electronics. It was a great way to sample many different instruments like keyboard, percussions, drumset, guitar, violin, ukulele, cello, salsa dancing and tai chi just to name a few. They schedule 3 or 4 classes in a block every hour. Some of those instructors are sooooo talented.

You really gotta fight to give these guys your money. I tried and failed.
I called ahead of time on Monday to make sure that they’d be open. When I got there I dealt with a young man who told me that yes, they do rent out musical instruments if you take lessons there. Their students do it all the time I was informed, but he couldn’t help me because he was just ‘looking after the place’ and that I’d have to come back on Wednesday when the owner would be there.
Fast forward to today (Wednesday), I was greeted by an older asian lady who apparently didn’t understand english very well. She mostly stood there and stared at me, but after asking the same questions several times over I learned that no, the owner was not there, and that no, they do not rent musical instruments (I do not believe this), and no, there was no way I could possibly contact the owner.
Well that’s convenient… For the lazy people who work there. I gotta say they seem kinda sketchy to me.

This is actually for their store on 488 San Mateo Ave. San Bruno, CA.
This store makes me never want to visit Guitar Center again. The staff were friendly and even let me take a tour of the rooms where they have lessons.
As far as inventory goes, they are the only store that I’ve seen in the Bay Area that carries: BOSS GT-​10B and Ashbury bass string.

Vibo Music Center is a great music school. The teachers are very professional, while keeping a friendly atmosphere. The owners are very polite and attentive to your needs. Students have performance opportunity. I highly recommend this school.

I attended the Vibo Music Camp just for the purpose of driving Clark there, plus it was a weekend off for me anyway so why not. The drive was very nice, and really gave me a feeling of being away and yet I
know that I wasn’t too far from home. The scenery was really pretty, lots of trees and rolling hills. When we arrived, Denise was the welcoming committee with her snacks ready at hand. Victor showed us to
our cabin which was a clean and spacious facility. We had a restroom in the cabin and the shower house was right next to it, my stay was pretty comfortable except for I had to take the quickiest shower ever
for they did not have hot water. But when you are
all sweaty after dancing to the wonderful music provided by the group of teachers, you wouldn’t
really mind the cold water. There were also several
trails that are easy to walk. I took the one that crossed over a creek and led to a vast cow’s coral which we crossed in order to reach a lagoon. We were blessed with a perfect weather so it was really enjoyable to have the percussion under the shade of the trees. We were served with healthy and yummy meals complete with fruits and baked desserts. Once the first lesson took place, I realized that I didn’t just drive Clark there, but I was actually enjoying it myself. There were several activities that I really enjoyed: keyboard, percussion, fiddling, and guitar with sing-​along. I’m glad that I didn’t get rid of my son’s old instruments because I can now actually play them, much to his surprise. Each day ended with a group gathering where everyone enjoyed each
other’s company and our newly acquired talents. It was a good opportunity to know other people that
you’ve seen before at Vibo probably during recitals and concerts, but this time you become friends with them. The teachers were all friendly and accomodating and really made sure that we had a good and rewarding experience. The music experience was a great break from my busy life and it felt like a good relaxation therapy. I surely would recommend it to other Vibo family and hope tosee more of them next time and have fun with music together with our children. Lolita

Vibo Music is a wonderful music school that teaches people of all ages and all levels in many types of musical instruments. I have known Victor and Denise for quite a few years now. They run a school that is more of a family environment and is welcoming to everybody, whether you are an advanced musician, or ready to relearn an instrument that you haven’t picked up in years, or a newbie, like me.
I attended Vibo Music’s Family Music Camp this past weekend at Walker Creek Ranch in Petaluma, California. It was a two-​day camp that had hourly classes in all types of music at different levels. Since I am a newbie, I attended classes for beginners, including acoustic guitar, violin, and percussion. There were also intermediate classes for those who already know how to play music. And since is a family camp, they also have events just for the kids to have, and to give the relieved parents a break. And since this a music camp, of course there was entertainment, including performances by Vibo Music’s own teachers.
So if you want to learn a musical instrument but were afraid to do so, Vibo Music is the place to do so. We all need a little music in our lives.

Firstly, the music instructors are top notch. My teacher was classically trained at some great schools with some impressive professors. He was easy to work with. The «studios» are not sound-​proofed so the piano in the next room sometimes interfered with my lesson.
My biggest concern with this business was my financial dealings. Firstly, they charged me a $ 25 one-​time fee for setting up a lesson schedule. I asked if that money could be credited back after I took lessons for 3 or 6 months, but they would not negotiate on this. This is a fee that everyone pays, they told me.
Then my instructor was going on vacation. They wanted to charge me for 4 weeks of lessons even though there would only be 3 lessons in the upcoming month. When I protested they told me I could take 2 lessons in 1 week. I didn’t want to do that, so they finally agreed to only charge me for 3 lessons that month.
The final straw came 2 months later when I reviewed my credit card statement for that month’s lessons. They had charged me twice. They reversed the erroneous charge when I confronted them.
I cannot trust these folks and no longer do business with them.