Here's what students and parent say

"My 12-year-old daughter has really enjoyed every lesson with Ms. Saario. Ms. Saario is both kind and caring teacher as well as a highly professional and inspirational role model as a pianist. I am amazed by how Ms. Saario has gently further built my daughter’s love for playing and motivation to practice frequently. In her supervision, my daughter’s technical skills and musical expression have elevated greatly. I can warmly recommend Ms. Saario as I think she is the kind of teacher that any piano student would be lucky to have!"

- Parent of a 12-year-old student

"Ms Heidi has been teaching our nearly 6 year old daughter to play the piano for over a year now. It would be an understatement to say that during this past year, our daughter has enjoyed and developed a great love and fondness for both piano playing as well as Ms Heidi. Piano lessons soon grew to be the favourite activity of her week! Ms Heidi is a seasoned teacher, experienced with students of all levels from beginner through advanced and also a wonderful person - patient, gentle and caring. Under her guidance, our daughter has grown from a timid beginner to a confident piano player comfortable with recitals to any size audience. We have been very lucky to have Ms Heidi as a teacher."

- Parent of a 5-year-old student

"I would definitely recommend Heidi as a piano teacher for anyone who is willing to play the piano. There are many excellent musicians in the Bay area who offer piano lessons, but it is much more difficult to find those who, like Heidi, are also excellent teachers. Like many of Heidi's other students, I attribute much of my daughter’s progress to Heidi’s teaching style, which is rigorous, but patient, and highly personalized. Heidi has a unique ability to motivate and inspire. She tailors each lesson to whatever progress my daughter has made since her last one. Learning from Heidi has been such a fun and challenging experience."

- Parent of a 9-year-old student

"I have been taking piano lessons from Heidi for the last 1.5 years. She is an outstanding teacher and has been instrumental in bringing music back into my life. Heidi identified what type of music I enjoy and has introduced me to some lovely compositions which I would never have had the opportunity to hear, much less learn. She is patient and identifies a student’s strengths as well as weaknesses. She provides encouragement and effective strategies to work through the challenging sections in a piece. She also emphasizes on attention to dynamics. Her lessons are fun and in a relaxed learning environment. I have thoroughly enjoyed learning from her and she is extremely hard to replace."

- Adult Student