If you have a son or daughter that is curious or motivated [about sax or clarinet] or even in a rut looking for new challenges, ideas, and practice methods, give [lessons with Mary Ellen] a shot! If you’re clear about your goals, Mary Ellen always responds and is flexible with her teaching techniques. --Cara & Chris Althoff
Since taking saxophone lessons with Mary Ellen Grace, I’ve become a lot more confident in my playing. I’ve learned things about playing the sax that I wasn’t taught at school and I always leave class with more knowledge. --Omar Vargas, Jr.
Caiden’s dad, Brian Searcy: “Mary Ellen is a great saxophone teacher. She is enthusiastic, patient, and listens to her pupils questions thoughtfully. It was her excellent website chock-full of raving testimonials that made us decide to sign up for lessons for our son, Caiden.”
Whenever you teach me a new rhythm or a new note you do it in a way that makes me remember it and learn how to use it. Clarinet lessons with Mary Ellen are fun, helpful and tough. --Jackson Weinberg
I’d recommend any sax student to work with you. You show particular aptitude for working with middle school musicians. We are very happy with the lessons Ally has had with Mary Ellen. Ally always comes home eager to tackle an issue that was discussed in the lesson. --Tom Shuell
The most valuable thing about having Mary Ellen as my teacher is that she is my friend as well as my teacher. --Marcus Matsumura
We had some friends over for breakfast one morning and our son Alan gave a lovely performance of Old King Wenceslas, Ode to Joy, and Old MacDonald. They were impressed that Alan has only been playing for a few months. --Jen Patterson, 2016
Lessons with Mary Ellen helped me improve on both clarinet and tenor and they can help you too. -- Georgia Hastie