Experienced tutor in Piano in Fresno, Allison offers private lessons tailored to your needs.

I have known Allison for over half a year. Under her guidance our two children, each with very different learning and playing styles, have gained in performance ability and, most impressively, piano theory and musical knowledge. I have been impressed that Allison could make excellent use of the half hour sessions she had with each child, could customize the lesson and assigned practice to their needs, and could customize lessons and practice according to their specific wishes. She is a good communicator, she is organized, timely, patient, fun, friendly and knowledgeable.

Allison has been regularly teaching piano to my son for 18 months. During this time, she has proven herself to be a focused and attentive instructor who encourages my son to work hard while garnering his respect. Our family has attended some of her performances where she clearly demonstrated her capacity as a truly gifted performer.
In addition, Allison has been consistently professional, arriving on time for every lesson and presenting accurate and timely billing. Allison’s balanced and measured teaching techniques have been central to my son’s musical development. We value her ability so much that we have continued to work with her via Skype.

At 70 years old and wanting to learn how to play "Jazz" piano can have many challenges.
Allison has eliminated those challenges, guiding me through a joyful journey in music.
You're never too old, or too young to start. My granddaughter is now taking lessons from Allison and has surpassed all expectations at her tender age of 9.

Allison is very clear and calm and patient with my son Harrison. My wife & I wanted to get him off on the right foot [ he’s 5 years old ] & Allison has been great. She is supportive, but keeps him focused & on task.

Allison has taught my 10 year old daughter and my 14 year old son for the past year. Both with very different personalities and needs. Both of my children have had three previous piano teachers, and Allison is by far their favorite.

I appreciate her flexibility, organization, punctuality, friendliness, knowledge of the subject matter, and her way with children. When I first received her policy note, I was impressed. I liked how she is straight forward and everything is well thought out to avoid miscommunication. It was great to have someone so flexible with scheduling.

My family was able to get to know her immediately. She was friendly, a good listener, calm, and gave clear instructions to my children. My son is especially hard to please, but he even gave her positive reviews. He said that by far she was the best piano teacher he has had. When they play the piano now, I can actually tell it is a song!

It is not often you find an awesome piano teacher! We love her so much that we have continued with Skype lessons. She is a gift to us and has brought the gift of music into our hearts and home! You will be blessed to have her as a teacher.

Allison came into our lives approximately 1 year ago as the piano teacher to my 10 and 8 year old daughters. My daughters had previously taken group piano lessons and were not very excited or interested in continuing their piano lessons. With Allison’s patient guidance and teaching, the girls were able to overcome several difficulties and truly made significant progress on their ability to play the piano. They enjoyed spending time with Allison and in many little ways she became part of our family during her time with us.

I have always found Allison to be professional, conscientious and patient with my daughters, especially as they struggled against their own expectations to excel and play. She spent much giving them permission to make their own mistakes, which was extremely important given how my daughters tend to self-implode when they cannot immediately play something correctly. I believe in the process she helped them develop frustration tolerance and persistence towards working very hard towards a difficult goal.

I cannot thank Allison enough for keeping music alive for my daughters and allowing them the opportunity to discover how to achieve success in their music playing on their own without excessive external force, and in her calm, thoughtful and positive ways.