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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

14 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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Facebook, Instagram

Services offered
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 responsiveness.

Excellent 4.9

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Alison W.

Feb 5, 2014

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I had a wonderful lesson with Kelly. She is very talented at piano and teaches with friendliness and confidence. She was very helpful in teaching me everything correctly and I am happy to continue lessons with her.
Piano Lessons
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Damla C.

Jan 14, 2014

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I had my first lesson with Kelly today and I can't wait to go back to my second class. Even though our session was for 50 min, she gave me over an hour lesson to make sure I got everything right that we practiced so far. She is patient, so friendly and an excellent teacher. She would be a great teacher for every age group. I feel lucky that I found her as a piano teacher.
Santa Monica Piano Academy's reply
Thank you Damla for your review! i am having great lesson time with you and i am happy that your progress go to the next level so fast! love it!
Piano Lessons
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Patrick C.

May 22, 2014

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Kelly is awesome with my very energetic 3 year old son! As you can imagine my expectations for piano lessons this early were not high because of his age, his energy levels, etc. Kelly just has a natural way with kids, it's a pleasure to watch! She is so patient, takes interest when he talks about random things but has a way of gently redirecting him back to the lesson at hand. She is a skilled pianist as well as skilled teacher with age appropriate lessons for kids! I highly recommend her for children!!!
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)