Some comments from other parents of students in my studio:
"Jedda Newton is a fabulous teacher. I have recommended her to many other friends who are looking for a quality piano teacher. Jedda is able to teach beginners as well as very advanced students. My daughter, Kathryn, was motivated to work hard to perfect her pieces as she worked towards recitals and festivals. Jedda also had her practicing easier pieces so that she could practice her sight reading. Kathryn was taught to work on scales and techniques as well as fun songs and classical pieces. Jedda is able to find a very good balance between being strict and being easy going. Jedda is good at seeing what level you play on week one, so that you can start progressing right away, rather than weeks of evaluation. She has an amazing ability to motivate and help you progress. Jedda sets high standards for herself as well as her students."
--L. Hansen
"My 8-year-old daughter has taken piano lessons from Ms. Newton for 2 1/2 years. She really enjoyed her as a teacher and so did I. Ms. Newton is very patient and soft spoken so my daughter never felt talked down to. I think Ms. Newton does a really good with knowing how to say the right things or asking the right questions to get the student(s) to think, learn, and answer. If there was a week of "not too many" practice days or not a lot of progress in playing a certain piece, Ms. Newton would not make my daughter feel bad but would ask the right questions to help her understand the importance of practicing and encouraging progress for the following week.
Ms. Newton takes the time to encourage my daughter to enhance her music understanding by listening to classical radio stations or CDs and informing her of concerts or professional piano concerts we can attend to motivate her to become an even better piano student. She is very well rounded in her curriculum making sure to teach sight reading, theory, how to write notes (copying lines of music), and adding additional music of classical, duets, and even fun songs that are age specific. She encourages festival performances where my daughter has had the opportunity to be critiqued on her performance and holds recitals and master classes where the group met together for a chance to play for one another. Ms. Newton is very encouraging and always positive."
--P. Sintay
