We highly recommend Bertrand’s to anyone, from beginner to someone who already knows an instrument. They have highly qualified instructors. Our overall experience has been really good.
They made it easy to sign up, the entire staff was pleasant and professional, and they made it an overall great experience. My child is excited to come back and learn each session!
I have been here for so many times for my kids activities or to buy the books. People are extremely friendly and helpful. The place is really nice, definitely a goto place for music related activities.
Bertrand’s Music Store offers a wide variety of instruments, each possessing various learning possibilities, and every path featuring time and nurture to help us achieve our music goals. Thanks so much to Bertrand’s for inspiring me to play!
Great customer service but their prices are high.
Small selection of piano music.
After almost 10 years of renting instruments from this location through our 4 kids I was disappointed when we asked for some help setting a bridge on a violin we found for A LOT cheaper they refused to help without charging a crazy amount because they “DON’T substitute your funds you accumulate after years of rentals on anything else!” Lesson learned…it is all about the money! My opinion is that they are OVER priced and you can find the same quality of instruments on-line for a fraction of the price you will end up spending here over the years. There is NO sense of customer service at all.
Slow and uninformed information. If I wasn’t so strapped for time, I would have walked out. They sound like they were doing me a favor for them to answer some questions. I will look for options to take my business else where.
As a student who’s played saxophone and other instruments for over 10 years now I’m actually really upset a place like this exists. Before I get onto why, I do want to state for these looking into lessons at this place that the teachers who teach here also generally teach outside of this place as well. The only reason most of them do is because it is a place where they have designated practice rooms. They do not generally work “for” them as they just generally use the rooms. For the business I have much to say. First off a majority of the items they sell are so ridiculously overpriced. Most mouthpieces, reeds, and even instruments are so much cheaper online for the exact same product. I pay about $30 for a box of 10 reeds online and they charge almost 45-50 last time I was there. Their renting instruments is ridiculous especially when you can mostly borrow them from schools. I am most upset by their repair work. Their “technicians” are just employees who play the instrument and have little to no training in repairing them unless they have done so outside of work. Sometimes they don’t even play the instrument they are working on, and half the time they don’t even fix the issue or even do it well! For the prices they charge and the very long time you have to wait without your instrument you would think that they have an actual technician look at it but no! I would highly recommend taking your business to Nick Rail’s music. They have instruments, reeds, and mouthpieces as well as lesson teachers but most importantly they have an actual technician they do business with to repair your instrument! They do charge a bit more than what he would charge since they do have to take your instrument down to Santee but it is not much. Also if you ask or even if you don’t know the issue and they can’t tell generally what it is in store he calls you and explains the issue so you understand and tells you the price and asks if it is okay. Please do not come to this location for anything other than if your lesson teacher only teaches here. They call themselves “family owned” like it helps them seem friendly and small music store but they are not. I am deeply disappointed in the fact that something this broken has made its way into making money off of unknowing adults with children interested in music.
2. AM Indian Music Academy
Address: 13674 Quinton Rd, San Diego, CA 92129 , Rancho Penasquitos , California , United States
My 4year old has been taking vocal classes from Anusha last 2months and I couldn’t be happier. Anusha has so much patience and knew how to gain attentions from kids during classes. I definitely recommend her vocal classes for any age.
Mrs. Anusha is teaching music for my kids from past 2 years and she is an amazing teacher.
Excellent classes. My daughter thoroughly enjoys Ms. Anusha’s music class. I can see her improvement after each session. I would recommend this class to everyone.
3. Bach to Rock Rancho Penasquitos
Address: 13185 Black Mountain Rd, San Diego, CA 92129 , Rancho Penasquitos , California , United States
My son has been taking Piano Lessons at Bach to Rock in PQ for the last 2 month and really enjoys it. His teacher, Melanie is Fantastic with him. She makes it Fun and is to adapt to my son’s learning style. My Son has learned to play several songs and keeps wanting to learn more!
Ben is super nice and patient; classes are flexible and it’s easy to re-schedule when needed. Facilities are clean and modern and Fresas is awesome.
Great teachers, awesome facility and instruments!
My daughter has a great voice coach !
Other kids are in bands….
We are happy there.
Total embarrassment of a music academy if you can even call it that.
4. Virginia Music Studio
Address: 13439 Black Hills Rd, San Diego, CA 92129 , Rancho Penasquitos , California , United States
Virginia is an excellent piano teacher. My son is a total beginner and after just a few classes he is able to read music sheets by himself and really enjoys playing piano! Highly recommend!
My son learned piano with teacher Virginia several years ago. It was really good experience. My son liked Virginia very much and did good progress. I am glad that She moved back to San Diego again and teach piano.
Our 6 year old son has been taking lessons for over three months now and we are extremely happy with his progress. Ms. Virginia is an outstanding teacher with lots of patience, passion and dedication. We can’t thank her enough!
Not only great prices and excellent product (ordered an obscure mic, hard to find with vol control), but the post office temp lost my package. Ugh. I ordered a second one (which they had!), USPS found the original (eyeroll) and through it all Ron really kinda jumped through hoops to make sure everything was all good – even though it wasn’t their fault. Who does that?? These guys. We will absolutely keep ordering gear from Rockin Ron’s! Tight. Thanks Ron!!
7. Drum Lessons with San Diego Drum Lessons
Address: Rancho Penasquitos Boulevard, Situated in Rancho Penasquitos, San Diego, CA 92129 , Rancho Penasquitos , California , United States
Our 9 year old son has been going to Joaquin for guitar lessons for almost two years. He is very patient with kids, teaching them in a way that they can relate and continue to be excited about attending. Guitar is one of the few things that our son has kept interest in and that is due in large part to the method, passion, patience and style of Joaquin. I highly recommend going to Joaquin if you are serious about having your child learn and enjoy guitar!
Joaquin has taught our teenage sons for several years and there has never been a day that they didn’t want to go to their lessons. They love playing guitar because of Joaquin and he is an incredible role model in their lives as well. So thankful for you, Joaquin!
Joaquin Willis is the best guitar teacher in San Diego. I was his student for four years and enjoyed all of it. He’s a phenomenal teacher and I have nothing but admiration for how he teaches. Absolutely could not recommend enough.
10. Music Central
Address: 8139 Mira Mesa Blvd, San Diego, CA 92126 , Rancho Penasquitos , California , United States
Awesome because it had all the muscal stuff I needed
Amazing private lessons. If you have a string instrument, and you want to get good at it, go there
These guys have very reasonable prices on guitars, electric pianos and even had a banjo available. Ray was great at telling us about all the lessons available and all the great equipment they have.
They are a great local store with some friendly and helpfull staff. The music lessons and instrument rentals are very reasonable and their instructors are encouraging and patient.
So-so. They didn’t have 2A 250V fuse for a Fender Amp. Poor selection of instruments. Other than that, the staff guy was very knowledgeable and helpful.
Small shop with a large selection of sheets/tabs, a selection of guitars/ukuleles, and a room for music lessons in the back. Went in looking to see if they had any amps. Staff there at the moment (piano player & oboe player) were not knowledgeable about guitars or amps, but I got help from other guitar players who were hanging out there. I found an amp that I liked, but it didn’t have a price tag or box with it, so I asked the oboe player (don’t remember name… Max? young guy) about the price. He immediately started looking for the box/price in the guitar section and in the back, and then he got on the phone for a while to ask someone about it. Eventually he found out that the price was normally $110, but the box was still missing. Because of the box missing, they knocked the price down to $90! I appreciated him spending so much time helping me, and the discount they gave. Overall a good experience. Might come back for lessons!
Called ahead to make sure this store had the drum sticks my son needed for band. They confirmed they had them and quoted me $30-40. I drove all the way from Escondido in traffic to get them. Upon arrival the clerk informs me that she misquoted me and the sticks are actually $50 and they wouldn’t honor the quote. As a musician and a previous music instrument store clerk, I can say with certainty that this kind of behavior will make Music Central and any other store like them the newest victim of GC in no time.
Just stopped by because I needed some drumsticks, literally the worst and most limited selection of drumsticks I have seen in a music store. This is why people buy online or go to guitar center.
11. Brightstar PianoForte
Address: 13342 Caminito Ciera, San Diego, CA 92129 , Rancho Penasquitos , California , United States
I have been taking piano lessons from Khoi at Brightstar PianoForte for almost a year and it has been an outstanding experience for me. I have made incredible progress in my ability to play and I am very happy with their program. I would recommend Brightstar for anyone looking for a piano instructor. They are so friendly, patient, and talented. The experience has been a blessing for me!
We have really enjoyed working with Mehrin! She is very knowledgeable and our daughter always enjoys her lesson and looks forward to the next one. Thank you so much for all that you do! We are so lucky to have you as our teacher!
My son Yuvan has been a student of Khoi for nearly four years now. In that time, Khoi has shown an immense amount of compassion and interest for Yuvan’s success by guiding him from virtually having no knowledge in the realm of piano-playing to now playing brand new full-length songs every week. Khoi is the perfect teacher/instructor for kids who have never had any experience with playing the piano and is an even greater complement to those who wish to expand their skills further. We are very grateful to have Khoi as an instructor and anyone who wishes to learn from him will be easily pleased with the knowledge they gain from their time with him.
12. New Century Music & Software
Address: 9831 La Tortola Ct, San Diego, CA 92129 , Rancho Penasquitos , California , United States
Ozzie’s music has been in poway forever…it’s a great place to rent musical instruments for kids starting Band…I love this store…music teacher’s are great.
Nice, very helpful staff.
The food was delicious and the service outstanding.
Nice
We take piano lessons here for our 4 and 6 year old. Ms. Bronwyn is very nice. Store is ok. I don’t know how the group lessons are though.
Love our music teachers. The facility can use some refresh. Bathroom is somewhat clean but very dated.
I LOVE this KoAloha tenor slim line! It’s my second one from Terry Carter Music Store. I added a pickup and the tech service is highly professional. The sound is smooth, and resonant. Feels yummy. My experiences with Terry Carter Music Store and Uke Like The Pros is highly professional and my lessons are better than all my local lessons.
It was an excellent service, fast delivery and well packed.
Would happily purchase from here again.
Thank you.
I was excited to receive my Martin 1T Iz tenor ukulele. Two words—love it! I really appreciate Terry helping me through the decision and selection process especially since I’m not in San Diego. Chris was also a great help and I appreciate what he did including his helpful explanations and his expert setup.
Ukulele arrived packaged well and on time.
Order arrived as scheduled.
I ordered some heavy, Herco, guitar thumb picks. They are just what I needed and wanted. However, the ad made it sound like I would get a pack that included several picks, with different colors. I was very disappointed when they arrived and it was only 1 pack with 3 picks. I think $7.99 is pretty expensive for just 3 picks.
Well product said ukelele humidification system and ended up just humidification pouches that are way too big for ukelele sound hole only able to put in case with instrument wasn’t really what I was looking for thought they’d be smaller I’ll use till I find something better like Dadario guitar type with humidity pouches shipping was kinda slow also I guess their a bit smaller than guitar ones not much though
it has been 6 days and I still have not received my strings I will never buy another thing from you I EVEN HAD TO PAY FOR SHIPPING! ! !
The shop is overpriced and the owner is shady as hell. If you even do the most basic of comparison shopping, you’ll see how much he’s trying to take advantage of ukulele players.
Carter’s NOT the only game in town and uke players deserve better.
17. Redbox
Address: 13255 Black Mountain Rd, San Diego, CA 92129 , Rancho Penasquitos , California , United States
Andy is a very good piano teacher, my daughter likes his classes. I would certainly recommend to others.
Great school. Very good professional teachers. Helpful staff.
This place is amazing and all the teachers and staff are amazing here. My siblings love it here.If people want to go to a place of music, then this is for you!
we really like that
Our 7yrs old was so enthusiastic about music and loved playing guitar do we signed him up here. Almost every few weeks we would get a new teacher and each one would start from scratch. This killed my son’s excitement so bad.
What is worse than a bag class? A class that kills your kid’s enthusiasm.
20. Redbox
Address: 12890 Rancho Peñasquitos Blvd, San Diego, CA 92129 , Rancho Penasquitos , California , United States
