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October 2023 by Antonia Schoembs
My daughter Lillian (10 years old) started guitar lessons with Justin. She had zero experience. She LOVES it and is excelling!!!! Justin is kind and extremely talented in teaching. He is amazing. She gets excited to go to lessons and comes out with a huge smile. We purchased a guitar with the studio’s assistance which was so helpful. We highly recommend. Best studio around!!!
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September 2023 by Tereasa Myers
“Justin Knox is a very talented young man. He walked me through chords and reading music , as well as the details of the guitar. As an adult student, I was nervous about picking up an instrument but I am now pretty confident I can learn how to play the guitar. Thanks for the great lesson and I look forward to many more!
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August 2023 by Ryan Tesnow
Just started guitar lessons! What an amazing place with awesome teachers. Could not recommend enough!
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October 2022 by Debra Baker
As an older adult I was a little nervous at the prospect of studying to play the piano. After the many recommendations I chose Elite Academy. My instructor Damian has been amazing. His passion for teaching, his patience with his students and his ability to make each lesson such an enjoyable experience makes me wish I had started sooner. In the year that I have been with Elite Academy and Damian I can say he truly loves teaching and seeing his students grow. He understands each individual student and what their needs are in learning. He encourages you and celebrates every new accomplishment. Makes learning to play such a pleasure.
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August 2022 by BluWave Movement 85
Our son has been taking piano lessons at Elite Academy for the past two years. Mr. Tek is an amazing teacher. He's patient with my son and explains things to him so he can understand. At the same time, Mr. Tek encourages our son to grow and improve, and build upon his musical skills. We love Elite Academy and are so impressed with how far our son has come in his musical journey.
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August 2022 by Toni Klothe
We love this place. My daughter loves her piano lessons with Damian. She is often shy around adults but he put her at ease and she looks forward to her lesson each week.
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September 2021 by john “Johnnyboy” schenna
Grandson has drum lessons here.
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October 2020 by Zaki Jarrah
I have been playing guitar for about 15 years, all self-taught, but about a year ago I started to want to be able to do more with the guitar and found the options to learning on my own overwhelming and found myself to be a poor teacher. I was lucky enough to google instructors near me and found the Elite Academy of Music and Motion. I called and a extremely friendly man named Damian answered the phone. That man has changed my life for the better.As it turns out, Damian is a phenomenal guitarist with an extensive repertoire featuring a myriad of different styles.Damian Bonazzoli is also an amazing instructor with a deep well of experience in music and music education. Damian is a thoughtful teacher who has enriched my musical life, broadened my horizons, and has been nothing short of enthusiastic about my personal desires in music and has striven to show me the path towards my goals. The list of musical revelations is countless and each lesson is engaging, insightful, challenging, and, most importantly, fun. Electric, acoustic, rhythm, lead, jazz standards, improvisation, scales, music reading, chord structure, finger-style, music theory. Damian Bonazzoli has a treasure trove of musical knowledge and he is humble and eager to share the spoils of his years of mastery.In addition, regarding the recent debacle of COVID-19, Damian has been extremely flexible with regards to the format of lessons. I have been taking my lessons online for almost eight months and all the while the stellar instruction have continued. Remote or in person, Damian is an excellent instructor who takes teaching to heart.I look forward to a long relationship with Damian Bonazzoli and the Elite Academy of Music and Motion. If you have any desire to learn to play music or learn to play better, come here, you will be all the better for it.
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October 2020 by Vicky F.
Let me start by saying I am/was new to "all things" guitar related. I didn't even know what the parts of the guitar were called beyond maybe 4-5 things. Let me stress here, I knew zip, zero, nada about guitars, but I wanted to learn how to play. So.... When I first found Elite Academy I was on the fence about whether to learn to play the guitar on my own by watching YouTube videos, or go for in-person lessons. (which I was quite fearful of doing due to covid and living with an extremely high-risk person) I'd decided to start out with just a couple of in-person lessons, to at least get a semi-proper start with a bit of feedback, and then mainly stick with YouTube. I NOW realize how completely naive that idea was, assuming you truly want to learn that is! Anyway, I talked to Damian, who is the director of Elite Academy, and after discussing my concerns with in-person instruction he told me online lessons would likely be the best fit for me personally. (I'm sure he quickly realized I was over-the-top paranoid about in-person lessons. Lol) I thought I'd give online lessons a try, even though I honestly assumed "online lessons" wouldn't be as beneficial as in-person lessons. WRONG! What occurred next changed EVERYTHING!! We set up a time for an online lesson. Prior to my 1st lesson Damian sent me a few of his beginner videos to watch as well as other info/charts to look over. The information was presented in a crystal clear fashion, it was easy to understand and retain, and it became instantly clear to me that a TREMENDOUS amount of time and thought had been put into his lesson plans, and they were structured in a way that was absolutely intentional in helping a beginner learn in the easiest and fastest way possible. After the first lesson I knew without a doubt I'd accidentally hit the jackpot in finding Damian! I'm now 2 months in with weekly online lessons and I can't believe what I've learned in such a short time. I'm beyond impressed with Damian as an instructor! If you are searching for a guitar instructor, all I can say is give Damian a call and take a lesson or two. His fees are extremely reasonable and it's worth a try. If you aren't happy then move on, but I'm 100% sure after a lesson or two you won't be going anywhere! (because then you'll know what I already found out... JACKPOT!! Lol)
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December 2018 by Rose Ann Felice
this is a place full f tons of talent!
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December 2018 by Sharon Kruger
Great place to learn music well!
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August 2018 by Rose Ann Felice
this place is my life 2 days of clogging with our most awesome teacher. Brianna. and this place is amzing. t;hey have musical lesons for everyone. all insturments and more. call Elite for y our future needs for all
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December 2017 by Vincent Vega
Damian Bonazzoli directs a fantastic arts academy and is a fantastic guitar teacher who's curriculum is customized to your current playing level to what your desired results may be. I played guitar by ear for 30+ years and started taking lessons 20 years later to learn the “right†way. I look forward to lessons every week and always come away better with something learned and something to work on. Music stimulates the mind and I completely recommend Elite Academy of Music and Motion.
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September 2017 by Maggie Ramos
Damian provides veterans with a wonderful opportunity to learn guitar. Damian's teaching style taught me that playing music is an opportunity for self-expression and positive human interaction. My confidence grew and I felt a tremendous amount of accomplishment. Thanks to Damian I now own a powerful therapeutic tool that I can take forward with me anywhere I go and share with other veterans. Thank you for supporting our veterans Damian
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February 2017 by Bob Peterson
After self-teaching guitar in my 20's and playing through my 30's, I put the "axe" away for decades. I took it out again about 18 months ago, and am thoroughly enjoying it again, at the age of 70. Damian is a master, having a passion for music and his favorite instrument. He is also very adept at dealing with people and motivating them. Justin has been an outstanding teacher, showing his technical skills with a calm and persistent manner in the direction of perfection and enjoyment. I've also taken a few voice lessons from Don Kruger, who has been very helpful and inspirational. Given more time, I would gladly return to Don's tutelage. This has been a great experience for an old man. I only wish that I had this opportunity and motivation 40 or 50 years ago. I guess this is "my time." Thank You, Damian, Justin, and Don.
