From Jenny L (mother of 2 children in my studio):
"Jedda has been a fantastic teacher to my eleven-year-old daughter and eight-year-old son. Both have taken from her for the past two-and-a-half years and have made great progress. Jedda is kind, gentle, and patient and at the same time has high expectations for her students' practice and performance. She exposes them to a variety of music genres and concepts through instructive emails containing youtube clips and games and masterclasses as well as Piano magazine and written theory assignments. During the summers she has explored themes such as improvisation, duets, and Disney music. She holds regular recitals and encourages the kids to perform often in preparation for the recitals. Jedda is truly a rare and gifted teacher and we are so sad to lose her as she moves away!!"
From Abby C. (a student who is 11 years old):
"Mrs. Newton is fantastic. I guarantee that you'll love her. She does so many activities and she's easy to get along with.
First she helps teach piano in all areas. Most teachers would just help you learn songs. Mrs. Newton does do that, but she also does scales and arpeggios, theory practice, sight reading, and other things like listening links. Listening links are emails that she sends every week on cool piano things. One time she sent a video on a new kind of piano. Another time she sent a bunch of clips on these comedian men that made weird sounds with the wrong part of their instruments.
Mrs. Newton also does lots of performing things. First, she tries to set up four concerts a year with her students. In the past we have also done KeyboardFest (ask her about it), a piano test called the SAT, and she has even let her students plan solo recitals! It's awesome!
Finally, Mrs. Newton is totally flexible. You can ask her to play songs, do events or other things. We have fun working on chords and playing with songs we've gotten so good that we've composed our own before.
In conclusion, Mrs. Newton gives you great skills, great opportunities, and a great time. I would strongly recommend her for a teacher."
