McLean School of Music

The teacher (Joshua Colbert) was fine. He was attentive and did well with my 6-​year-​old daughter’s basic intro to violin for a few classes.
My negative review comes from the school itself. It’s located in an office building and the basement studios are pretty uninspiring. My daughter sat in a piano room on an old office chair for her lesson while the the teacher sat across on the piano bench. The rooms are cluttered and really didn’t spark interest in music for my young child.
The other negative is the cancellation policy. It’s 24 hours which is reasonable, but that includes sickness. I didn’t know my daughter was going to be sick 24 hours in advance and when I called first thing that morning to cancel her lesson that afternoon, I left a voicemail. Unfortunately, I got a call at the time of her appointment and that’s when they checked the messages so we got dinged and lost the lesson. If I had the teacher’s direct phone, I could have called him yesterday and cancelled the lesson with no penalty, but I didn’t have that information.
Once they upgrade their facility and their administrative systems and policies, I’m sure it could be a very nice music school.