Parent Testimonies

About Our Director

Listen to Parents talk about the Childbloom Guitar Program:

”The one thing I’ve told …several friends…just how amazed they’ll be at how much they learn so quick and that the kids love it just as much as we love.”

 

 

”What attracted me to the Program was that it said it catered directly to children.”

”The group lesson and the idea that the parent is the…. guide…dynamite!”

 

 

 

”What we liked instantly was when she came home that first night she could play something.”

””..He can grow up with this program. I like the idea to think that when he’s getting into adolesence this is something positive that he will have.”

 

 

 

”Your kids drag out the guitar when grandparents come over…they’re really proud of that you know… ”

”The fact that they could play a song so quickly.. ”

 

This was an encore piece at the GFA festival performance – a favorite of all who learn it.

Click here to see a video of Childbloom students playing Gypsy Teens

Brian Kozak –A graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music and Baldwin-Wallace College with degrees in Classical Guitar Performance, Mr. Kozak studied guitar with John Holmquist and Loris Chobanian and performed in master classes with Manuel Barrueco, Aaron Shearer, Carlos Barbosa-Lima, Grey and Pearl Duo and many others. Featured as a solo performer at Capital University, Kent State University and Lorain County Community College as well as ensemble performances with Red (an orchestra), the Baldwin-Wallace Motet Choir, the Lorain County Civic Orchestra and the Lakeland Civic Orchestra. A regular performer at the First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland as well as with Latin American, jazz, pop and rock ensembles. In addition to teaching in the music departments at Lorain County Community College and Cuyahoga Community College’s metro campus Jazz Studies Program, Mr. Kozak currently directs the Childbloom Guitar Program of Cleveland and has taught guitar at Baldwin-Wallace College and Kent State University.




TO HELP YOU TAME THE PRACTICE MONSTER

The Childbloom Monthly Newsletter and teacher training.

”Practice Counseling” is serious business. This is an important topic in every Childbloom teacher’s training and is robustly discussed at teacher workshops. We want to help your child get through the ups and downs of motivation and to build a lifelong love for music and learning. Important in that effort is the the Childbloom Monthly Newsletter that addresses the typical challenges you will experience regarding motivation and practice. Parents overwhelmingly agree that the newsletter is an important tool in helping them support their musical child.