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"Sarah is one of those rare people who can connect with a child (and adult) and allow them to open up to learning and creativity. I met Sarah when she was a teacher at Childswork Learning Center. She was our son's preschool teacher. After two years with Sarah, our son entered kindergarten, and we hired her to be his piano teacher. She has an emotional connection to music that encourages others to become wrapped up in the experience of learning. As I watched her with my son, I decided to hire Sarah for my own piano lessons. It has been a great experience having Sarah in our lives for the last 5 years."

— David, Student and Parent

"Sarah is one of the best teachers I've ever had – you can tell that she puts a great deal of time and energy into her teaching, and is constantly looking for ways to make lessons fun and engaging. She keeps our lessons focused and we have seen a lot of progress over the past couple of years."

— Nicole, Student

"My children have been taking lessons with Sarah (Portland Piano Lessons) for many years. Sarah is an excellent music teacher but even more importantly she really makes the effort to know my children and their interests. They look forward to seeing her every week! We were so glad to be able to pivot to online lessons during COVID—it's been working really well!"

— Julia, Parent

"Sarah Collins is a truly talented and experienced vocal and piano teacher. She meets kids where they are at both in experience and temperament. She does this with a refined and adaptable method, progressing kids along with discipline and LOTS of laughter. I couldn't recommend Sarah Collins more."

— Tonya, Parent

"Sarah is AMAZING with kids and brings joy and enthusiasm to every lesson. She is really good at keeping her students engaged and excited about playing the piano. She has an incredible gift for teaching and my kids have learned so much from her!"

— Kristen, Parent

"Sarah is an amazing teacher. She's fun and supportive and not at all intimidating. She helped encourage my son's interest in music and I liked her so much I started taking lessons myself! Sarah strikes the perfect balance between encouraging creativity and learning songs above your level while at the same time reinforcing important techniques that are the building blocks for foundational learning. I HIGHLY recommend lessons from Sarah."

— Nancy, Parent and Student

"Sarah connects with our son in such a delightful and playful way. She makes learning piano super fun even on Zoom."

— Ariel, Parent

"My family and I have benefited from Sarah's services for more than four years. From the very beginning, it was a delight to be involved in Sarah's piano school, from the organized and easy access way in which she arranged scheduling and online billing to the in-depth preparedness that she brought to every lesson. Sarah passed on organizational skills to our son so that he could keep track of his accomplishments and always knew what to be practicing. Sarah is a highly capable businessperson and a stellar human being."

— Lenore, Parent

"Sarah blew into our house like a summer wind and accomplished beyond compare what we thought would be impossible. She, with her sense of humor, grace and nerves of steel took on our football playing, rough housing, tough guy 9-year-old and taught him to sit down, play piano and love it. I cannot imagine what that job must have been like. And yet as I write this, I notice that I have reduced her success to 'charm,' when in fact, Sarah brought to her work a studied knowledge of her craft, a background in early childhood education and a dogged work ethic. Ladies and gentlemen, you have a good one here."

— Eamon, Parent and Student

"Sarah is a committed, thoughtful and extremely well-organized professional. We have known Sarah for more than five years, first as an instructor at Childswork and later as a private piano instructor. Both positions require a balance of creativity and flexibility with organization, technical knowledge and the ability to manage people, time and information. With more than 30 private students, Sarah always arrived on time, with an individual lesson plan. As a student, I always felt challenged and respected."

— Elizabeth, Parent and Student