Austin School of Music

I love taking guitar lessons at Austin School of Music! Tina is an awesome teacher and inspires me to keep learning and playing guitar. I always have fun playing guitar with her at my lessons, and I really like that she sings for us while we play! I appreciate her patient and positive demeanor and I always leave my lessons feeling happy and motivated. I have always wanted to learn to play guitar, and thank Austin School of Music and Tina for helping me make my dream come true!

Austin School of Music is awesome. I’ve been taking lessons there for well over a year and couldn’t be more pleased. My teacher Tina Turner is not only a great teacher, but also an outstanding musician. She is patient and flexible and understands teaching any student regardless of their level. Through her positive attitude she encourages her students at every step. I studied the piano for many years and decided I wanted to learn the violin. When we contacted the school’s manager, Eli, he suggested Tina as a teacher. I couldn’t be happier and have learned a great deal. In addition, the manager of the school, Eli has been extremely easy to work with. The school provides its students with the appropriate environment to learn and be successful. I have recommended both Tina Turner and the Austin School of Music to a number of my friends interested in taking music lessons.

If there was a zero, I’d put it. $ 115 dollars for 30 min a week. We put our daughter in for guitar lessons at this school, her teacher was Tina Turner. Things were fine at first. My daughter started to not enjoy class anymore, she wasn’t learning anything more and getting bored. Which happens to kids right? When my daughter decided she didn’t want to continue the classes I expected her to make the call to her teacher and explain her desire to end the guitar lessons. Which she did. She called Tina Turner and let her know she would not be continuing classes. That was just over 3 weeks ago. Well the school decided they were going to charge us anyway. Not for classes we didn’t pay for, not for products unpaid by us, not even because we didn’t give them 2 weeks notice (which we did) but because we didn’t give them notice in writing. This school must be doing bad cause they have to nickel and dime their customers who willingly patron their business. Eli is the account person to talk to there. If you get him be prepared for a contract conversation. Be prepared to defend your child’s right to choose what musical path they go on. You will not get an education, at least one worth paying for. Unless a overbearing contractual lesson is what you want. It should be simple, we should be able to cancel and move on having tried this company. We should be able to take the guitar lessons we have purchased and move on with a pleasant memory of having put her through this. But it won’t be. It will be a lesson to children and anyone you will listen about the dark side of the music Capitol of the world.

I have called twice to sign my kids up for lessons. Twice he has said he would call me back. NO call back. I’ll find another music school.

This is absolutely an awesome, Austin-​worthy place.
Eli, the director patiently answered all of my pesky questions. Very impressed with some of the instructors i met with.
Signed up my two boys for guitar & sax lessons.

Best music school in Austin. The experiences there were invaluable for my son. Cid Sanchez for guitar, bass & mandolin, Ed Jarusinsky for drums, Glenn Rexach for jazz guitar, Kevin McKinney for guitar & songwriting & many more plus Rock Camp. Highly recommend!

I don’t think you can go wrong here. I’ve taken voice from Renee French, guitar from Glenn Rexach and drums from Ed Jarusinsky and they are all excellent. I’m a semi-​pro musician myself, so I’ve seen most of the school’s teachers playing gigs around town over the years and all are top-​notch – many are associated with national acts. Their teaching skills and rapport with students of all ages is exceptional. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend anyone affiliated with the school.

Great music school! Love taking guitar lessons there from Cid Sanchez. He is a great guitarist himself and plays around town. He is patient and easy to learn from, no matter your skill level.

Great music school and community. Packed with a lot of instructors you will also see performing all around Austin. Ask for Cid Sanchez if you’re seeking guitar lessons. He is the best!

My 8 year old has been there for a year now, taking piano lessons with Sweney Tidball. We had switched from Orpheus Academy which was much closer to our house. Orpheus was good, but I felt it was too strict and academic, without much attention paid to loving music and being creative. Sweney has really opened my son’s eyes to the fun of music which is worth the extra drive time for me. This is the best place for us — happy we made the switch.

Austin School of Music is a great place for music lessons. Very convenient and easy to work with. We love Dan Torosian for saxaphone lessons for my son.

ASM is a great one-​stop-​shop for music lessons. Great stable of professional instructors, full set of studios, and a good relationship with the music store (Strait Music — pianos, guitars, and a range of others, as well as sheet music and books). The waiting room for parents and those waiting for a lesson is crowded but comfortable. The process for paying for lessons is a bit convaluted — took me a while to get the hang of how they do things. In all, a great place for lessons and access to your musical future.

I took guitar lessons back when I lived in Austin. They are awesome in that they understand that some individuals already have a level of training, and in my case, they understood that I was mostly interested in learning rhythm guitar (as opposed to solo technique). Some of my friends I used to jam with in Austin were pretty impressed with what they did to my playing ability in a few short months.