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Santa Monica Piano Academy

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Kelly believes that every student is capable of progress and that each individual learns at their own rate. Kelly’s piano lessons are innovative, creative, and effective. Kelly teaches a range of ages from 4 years old to 80 years old. Kelly Choi has been playing piano extensively since the age of 3 years old. She has been trained to the highest standards in South Korea by professional pianists and professors throughout her youth. Kelly has a BA(Hons) Degree in Classical Piano from Seoul, which included studies in Piano Performance at the Royal Conservatory of Music. She has been playing for over 3 decades. Kelly has been teaching piano professionally for over 20 years to all ages globally. She is highly experienced, passionate and in love with classical piano! Her aim is to share her global knowledge and skills that she has gained in a fun and informative manner. Kelly takes a lot of pride and satisfaction in seeing her students progressing to the next level! When Kelly is not playing piano, she enjoys her favorite coffee and exploring different genres of music, nature & art.
Overview

Hired 50 times

1 employee

13 years in business

Business hours

SunClosedMon10:00 am - 7:00 pm

Payment methods

This pro accepts payments via Venmo and Zelle.

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Musical style

Classical

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Jazz

Work location

My customers travel to me

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Reviews

Customers rated this pro highly for professionalism, work quality, and punctuality.

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Ken D.

Dec 13, 2016

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I am very happy to be studying piano with Kelly Choi. I have a decent background in classical music with a music degree and a few decades of playing classical guitar, so I looked for a piano teacher with a similar background and found that teacher in Kelly. She is as knowledgeable and skilled in teaching as any music teacher I’ve ever studied with, and among the best of them. Although I’m still very much a beginner on piano, I am quite happy with my progress in the four months I’ve studied with her. Notably, Kelly has been very flexible in customizing a curriculum for me based on my preferences so I’m playing music that I want to play while at the same time working through a classic method book that is a good fit for me. I find no pressure in Kelly’s teaching method even though I know from years of weekly guitar lessons that she is being quite meticulous. I highly recommend her.
Piano Lessons (for adults)
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Jung E.

Feb 3, 2014

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Kelly is a great teacher. I had no experience of playing piano, but she was very patient and went over the basics. I'm looking forward to having more lessons with Kelly!
Piano Lessons
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Zach F.

Jun 7, 2017

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Kelly is a masterful musician and excellent pedagogue. She is extremely patient but also firmly committed to making sure you improve your skills. Most importantly she is a lovely person and very affable, a joy to be around. I highly recommend Kelly for your piano lessons whether you're starting from zero or you have 20 years of experience.
Piano Lessons (for adults)
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Divya R.

Jul 12, 2016

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I have been studying Piano with Kelly for about 2 months now, and I simply love everything about her. She is extremely disciplined and gives her 1000% to teach her students. I love that she is very methodical in her teaching while also making the lessons fun. I had been playing piano/keyboard for quite a long time before I started with Kelly, but I knew I had been playing it wrong. I had done no finger strengthening practices, agility techniques whatsoever, although I had been playing Schumann, Bach and Beethoven. Kelly believes in first things first, and so we started with some really basic technique practices. Sure enough, in just two months I can see a great amount of improvement, excited to see how much further I can go with her! In addition to regular lessons, she encourages learning and collaboration by organizing workshops and recitals -both of which are complete fun-filled musical experiences! Please keep up the good work, Kelly!
Piano Lessons (for adults)
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R.F. C.

Oct 14, 2014

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I hired Kelly three months ago for biweekly piano lessons. Kelly is very talented at playing the piano and effective at teaching my nine-year old son. She is very pleasant and easy to work with (including scheduling lessons). She is punctual and professional. In short I highly recommend Kelly!
Piano Lessons