Cedar House Music Studio

Jon has been teaching my son drums for the last 6 years.Thanks to Jon's ability to make music fun and also the inherent way he relates to any age group, my son still enjoys playing the drums. He gives the student the freedom to choose the songs the student wants to play and at the same time incorporates various exercises for practice that help improve technique. Jon's ear for music and ability to play multiple musical instruments is incredible. He also organizes recital events that gives the student a platform to perform in public. I am amazed by his level of patience and consideration he gives my son. He is one of the best out there!

My son has been taking piano lessons with Mr Jonathan for the past 5 years, absolutely loves working with him. My son has not only made good progress in playing the instrument, but also has developed an intuitive understanding of musical rhythms. As a teacher, Mr Jonathan provides positive encouragement and comes across as a very personable and friendly teacher - someone that students would want to work with. He also has good insights into various musical instruments and offered us sound guidance on choosing the right instrument to focus on. He also went out of his way to help us with a family musical project! Thank you for everything!

I can tell you why Jon is a perfect fit for teaching my 2 daughters (currently ages 11 & 14). 1. Jon has a musician’s heart. That’s essential in my book. It is so important that my daughters love & appreciate music in general, and have a teacher that models those values. With some other teachers we tried out, the teaching was more task oriented which quickly lead to burn out. Jon values the process. My daughters may not win competitions (or maybe they will), but they still enjoy playing piano and participating in orchestra in school. My oldest daughter was surprised to learn that she did so well in music theory, until she noticed all the students who did well played the piano. 2. He has a teacher’s heart. He relates to my daughters extremely well, connecting with them through humor, empathy & love of music. He’s able to recognize different learning styles (improvisation vs. classical, modern & classical music) in my daughters and adapt accordingly. 3. Jon drives to our house to teach! That’s so awesome! That makes the lessons possible for us. I could go on (for quite a while), but this should give you a taste of what we value in Jon’s teaching.

I can’t say enough about how awesome Jonathan is!!! My son has been taking lessons for several years now and it’s amazing the progress he has made under Jon’s teaching. My son absolutely adores him and they have made a wonderful connection that is sometimes hard to find in music teachers. I love how flexible Jonathan is and how willing he is to teach my son anything he wants to learn. From classical to MARIO theme songs, Jon can do it all and my son loves learning various songs and styles. I also love how Jonathan is able to teach a variety of instruments. My son is learning piano, drums and bass and I have even taken guitar from him. It seems that whatever instrument we want to learn he can teach Like I said, I can’t say enough good about Jonathan. He is an incredibly skilled musician, a patient teacher and I couldn’t imagine a better fit for my son! I hope he’s around a very long time because I have a younger son coming up that will be ready for lessons soon ?

I simply can’t say enough good things about my son’s experience with his drum teacher Jonathan Preece. Besides being a very talented well-rounded musician (drums, keyboards and guitar) I am exceedingly impressed with Jonathan’s manner with the kids and specifically with his ability to get my son to learn so much in such a short period of time. His low key personality works hand in hand with his exceptional intelligence to provide an outstanding learning environment. Jonathan is encouraging and extends my son’s love of learning, which is every parent’s dream. Another nice aspect about Jonathan’s teaching is that we didn’t expect our son to have music theory incorporated into drum lessons. By seamlessly teaching music concepts alongside the drum patterns, Jonathan scores big yet again by providing that well rounded, high level of teaching. On a side note, my son truly doesn’t understand what a rare treat it is for a seven year old to "jam" with a musician of Jonathan’s calibre, as Jonathan sometimes accompanies my son on guitar while he drums, something my son loves. A garage band experience at 7 – yikes, does he know how cool this is?! A very happy Mom, Kathy

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