Florentina B.

As a typical overtrained Asian student, I had numerous terrifying run ins with hardass music teachers as a child. I am glad then, that Florentina has managed to change my perspective of musical tutors. While strict, she has a vivacious personality that brings life to the lesson, motivating me to try my best (a difficult task at the best of times). Additionally, she has great talent, and an ability to render the most abstruse topics clear. For instance, I was having trouble shifting my voice to a higher pitch, but following her impromptu explanations of "chest sounds" and "head sounds", I found it much easier to follow and even managed to successfully transition to higher notes. If you want a teacher that knows her stuff and can keep you in line, then Florentina is an excellent choice.

Florentina was great. She worked well with my 12 year old grandson and fulfilled the main priority which was to teach him how to use and protect the instrument that is his voice. He enjoyed working with her and we will definitely consider additional lessons from her in the future. Excellent experience.

Florentina is a great teacher. She is attentive to detail and she knows her stuff. She gives the student plenty of time to practice proper technique during each lesson and ensures he understands the concept being taught. She also emphasizes student comprehension as opposed to 'what I say is right' teaching.

Florentina has been teaching piano to my two daughters for several weeks. She has been excellent - demanding and yet patient with both girls, very clear in her instructions to them, and flexible in tailoring her method to the different personality traits and learning method of each girl. My daughters really enjoy their lessons with Florentina, and I think that has been evident in the progress they've made in just a few short weeks. I highly recommend Florentina for piano lessons.

Florentina is great. She has the perfect combination of knowledge, teaching ability, patience, and humor required to explain the internal sensations associated with proper and healthy singing. While helping me discover my voice, Florentina has made me feel like I uncovered some secret ability. I would recommend her to anyone.

My daughter Lilia has done two lessons now with Florentina, and absolutely adores her. She has done a great job in a short time establishing rapport with my daughter and has really worked out some great exercises to help her start to feel at ease singing naturally. Understanding that training on fundamentals is a long-term process, I can see great potential for helping Lili learn singing.

Florentina's teaching studio is spotlessly clean, and displays engaging and helpful musical notation tips right on the wall of the studio. My daughter is comfortable and has fun working on her music with Florentina.

She is also prompt to reply to correspondence and easy to work with as far as scheduling. We are hoping that she will continue to work with Lili for some time to come!!

Peter

I've had only a couple of vocal lessons with Florentina and I already amazed of the work she have done. I'm 25 years old and I always thought that I might be able to sing but I thought I have very weak voice and was always shy to sing if someone is around even my closest ones. After 3 lessons with her she made me realize that I actually have a great voice, she taught me how to use my voice and sing such a high notes that I've never thought I would be able to. Now all my family hear me signing all day long around the house :)