Jessica Greenly

Jessica is very patient and helpful in her explanations. We are very happy with our lessons, and look forward to learning & growth!

Very nice, always on time and extremely helpfull.

I've been taking lessons with Jessica for about 6 months now. I started as a complete beginner. She has been incredibly kind, patient, and helpful. She puts effort into finding the best option for your learning style, and is very supportive, praising your strengths and working with you to get through your sticky areas. I would highly recommend her to anyone looking for a teacher.

Great first lesson

Jessica is warm, knowledgeable, observant and patient. Her studio is comfortable and she was flexible when my plans changed. She also made sharing written lessons easy via email. She is a good instructor. I’ve learned many things on my first lesson that my previous teacher neglected to teach me. I look very forward to more lessons with her.

My 15-year-old daughter has had give lessons with Jessica. Even though she's been playing cello for 5 years, after every lesson she exclaims that she is learning so many new techniques and skills. I feel she is really set up for success this year in her school orchestra.

Even after just one lesson, I immediately connected with Jessica. She is kind and forgiving of a lousy cellist who is trying to pick up the instrument again after a 46 year hiatus. LOL! She's terrific!

My eight year old daughter loved her first lesson with Jessica and we look forward to more. She was kind, patient, and encouraging, and she has an impressive background in cello. I’m glad we found her.

I learned important fundamental things in my first lesson with Jessica that I had not learned with my previous cello instructor. Jessica also made me feel very comfortable, and guided with clarity and intention (which is exactly what I had been looking for in an instructor for years). So excited to continue my cello learning journey with Jessica!!

Jessica is an amazing teacher. She is patient, knowledgeable and inspires you to want to learn, practice and improve each week. She also understands life has a way of interfering sometimes with practice and she is flexible and understanding. As an adult student who never held a cello before starting on this musical journey with her, I am amazed at what I can play now. Thank you Jessica! Excited to practice those 3 octave scales this week!! :)

Great lesson!

The first lesson went well. Our 13-year-old son liked her and has been practicing his cello since.

Loved the lessons! Learned a lot from the sessions and online content she sent as well!

Jessica has been my cello teacher for more than two years, and she is amazing. I started learning the cello at age 59, and, while I'm not even close to ready to play in public, I am truly amazed at the progress I've made. Jessica is a great instructor, and uses a variety of techniques to help me learn.

Jessica has given my niece five years of INCREDIBLE instruction in music theory and performance. She has been knowledgeable, patient and challenging throughout Rebekah's middle and high school career. I couldn't have asked for a better teacher for her!

I've had this teacher for almost three years now and she has helped me excel in my cello playing much faster than I would have with just a school education.

i've had 3 lessons with jessica and it has been great

An excellent and intuitive introduction to the cello. I couldn’t have wished for a better or more understanding teacher. I’m delighted.

Jessica is a very nice instructor.

AMAZING

Jessica is fantastic on all levels - she’s brilliant, yet able to relate to the my beginner ways. She’s patient and kind and I genuinely look forward to our sessions each week. Highly recommended!

Jessica is very knowledgeable and very pleasant.

Jessica is efficien, helpful, and friendly.

After just my first lesson, I can already say that Jessica is an excellent instructor. She is thorough and very kind in making corrections to ensure long term success and the proper foundation to build skills. As an adult, I am grateful to have a skilled instructor who knows technique very well and has a gentle and professional manner. She is open to questions outside of the lesson time, and provides very good feedback. I am looking forward to weekly lessons!

Jessica is an amazing cellist and teacher. I’m an adult who started with her from the very very beginning...and am so thrilled with my progress over the past few years. She is very patient and makes learning the cello a lot of fun. Thank you 😊

We didn’t have a cello teacher in our small town so we decided to try taking online lessons. Jessica took my daughter through Suzuki books 1-6. She was very personable and very focused. She kept my daughter motivated and even allowed performance opportunities (Skyping into recitals). We have since moved to a bigger city and my daughter takes live lessons. Her new teacher (who has a doctorate in cello performance) was very impressed with my daughter’s technique. Thanks Jessica for giving my daughter a great musical foundation!

Jessica is patient, clear and very skilled. I am starting from the very beginning and she has a way of guiding that is both encouraging and constructive. Highly recommend her for children and adults wanting to learn the cello.

Jessica is very knowledgeable and friendly. My daughter enjoyed her lesson with her.

Jessica has been working with my son for several years. She is an excellent teacher and a joy to work with. Jessica is always understanding and helpful with scheduling or technical issues. And she has helped my son expand his knowledge and appreciation for music, music theory, self discipline and perseverance. She regularly checks in with me to discuss next steps and areas of study. I consider Jessica a partner in my son's education and value the work she does.

Jessica was very patient, explaining the names & parts of the cello, how to hold the bow properly, draw the bow across the strings, and encouraged my 1st sounds. Glad I decided to jump in and try to learn something new as an adult.

Jessica is patient and clear in her instruction. After my first lesson, I am very much looking forward to learning from her.

So far so good! Excited to learn with Jessica

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Jessica is a very good and kind instructor. Perfect for my 12-year-old who has a sensitive heart when being corrected by others. She is patient and takes the time to come up with creative solutions when something isn't working as it should. As a parent, I appreciate the detailed notes she sends me letting me what happened in the lesson and what she'd like done during practice time. She also provides links to additional instruction videos if she feels like her explanation isn't making sense. I feel like she really goes beyond and wants to help them learn, not just assign practice pieces. Thanks, Jessica! - so glad we found you!

Jessica is forever patient with us and our techie issues. She is a great teacher as well, and has helped my 8th grader love playing her cello! She keeps things moving, while also paying attention to those little details that make all the difference in performance, like bow hold, fingerings, length of up bow and down bow, and many other little things. Thank you again, Jessica!

Highly Recommended! Ms. Jessica help our son preparing for a high school cello audition. She was very knowledgeable and knew how to tackle my son's strength and weaknesses. She taught him skill he hadn't learn in his three years playing cello which help him succeed on his audition. She was very patient and responded to all our inquiries in a timely and professional manner.

We just had our first cello lesson with Jessica and it was wonderful! She was very patient with me getting the tech set up for the first time online, and then was very attentive to my daughter. She helped in so many detailed ways, and details make all the difference. Hand grip, finger placement, bow hold, many things, all to make a better sound. Even after 45 minutes of a lesson, my daughter had fun and wanted to continue playing after she got offline. Yay! Success! Thanks Jessica!

Jessica is great!

Jessica is definitely the best!

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I got this as a gift to my wife. She thoroughly enjoyed her lesson. She had an hour lesson, but was enjoying it so much, she did not realize an hour has passed. Thank you to Jessica for being such a great teacher.

My 13 year old daughter said "She loved her" totally different as her Cello teacher in middle school, she said.

Excellent, patient instructor. She didn't let my bad habits go unchallenged, giving me kind and consistent correction. The seemingly small corrections to form reduced fatigue and improved my playing. She was always great at communication. The best part for me was she did not insist I as an older adult learner practice from an elementary book. She suggested interesting pieces and studies that challenged me without overwhelming. Highly recommend Jessica for all age levels.

Absolutely amazing, patient great teacher. I had no idea taking lessons over the internet could be so fun!

My daughter (12 yo) really loves her lessons with Jessica. We're been impressed with her -- she makes the lessons fun and instructive. Thanks!

Already off to a good start!!

Jessica is an awesome teacher for my 8th grader. She has an excellent lesson plan which she has catered to my daughters skill level. Jessica is flexible in helping her learn school assigned music pieces and has given her the one on one attention and tips that she was lacking with school orchestra. The online classes have been easy and convenient. I'm so glad we signed up.

Great attitude, very experienced and patient.

This is Bekah's auntie...I am usually working on my computer in the other room when Bekah is taking online lessons. Lessons are well organized, and expectations clear. Bekah totally LOVES Jessica as her cello teacher. I played cello in my school orchestras from 4th grade through high school. I truly appreciate hearing Jessica work with Bekah. She musically encourages and challenges. We are very pleased! :)

Great teacher, took time to make sure I was doing everything very well before I left my first lesson.

She is patient and gracious :)

Jessica got Chloe off to a good start. And, she's so excited to to learn more.

Jessica is an amazing teacher. I thought it would be difficult to do music lessons online. But this is PERFECT!

I can't believe how much I learned in my first lesson - her tips were great! Can't wait for more.

I am an adult beginner, who was a bit intimidated by online lessons, but had no other options locally. I'm so glad that I found Jessica! She is both patient, and supportive; she is highly adept at finding what works for the individual, and personalizes instruction based on what you need to improve. She is also very accommodating, and understanding when there are scheduling changes. I look forward to my lessons every week; they are so much fun!

My daughter was looking for a cello teacher but we could not find anyone local that would fit her schedule. After reading several reviews we decided to try Jessica Greenly, even though I wasn't entirely sure if the online lesson model would work for someone who had never played the cello before. I was happily surprised after the first couple of lessons to see how Jessica was patient and engaging. My daughter has made great progress with Jessica and I would recommend her to anyone looking for a great cello teacher. I should also mention that Jessica has been also very accommodating and willing to work with us to manage eventual changes in schedule when we needed it. Thank you so much Jessica.

Jessica is a fantastic teacher and very accommodating. From the first lesson I noticed a significant improvement in my teen daughter's playing. We happened to be in her area when we were looking to purchase a better quality cello and she met us at the store to help advise our decision.

My 11-year-old daughter has had lessons with Jessica for about three months and has learned so much from Jessica. Prior to these online lessons, our daughter started learning cello with a local teacher for about 3-4 months. The teacher stopped giving lessons unexpectedly and we couldn't find a replacement so decided to go online. Doing music lessons online with someone you haven't met in person can seem daunting, but Jessica has figured out how to come across over Skype as fully present, engaged, positive and encouraging. We almost feel as if she's there in person. She can pick up on many things by asking the right questions and follows through with proper advice and recommendations for improvement. At one point, our daughter had concerns with wrist pain and Jessica fully took it upon herself to look into the matter. Jessica is very timely and flexible. At times we've had to adjust the schedule and she was quite accommodating. She also had to work with our daughter's solo performance at school and amazingly in less than 2 months prepared her for the piece. We highly recommend.

After only two sessions I am so glad to have found Jessica. She is patient, observant, helpful and so encouraging. I was unsure how online cello lessons would work but this is the ideal format for me. Jessica is able to observe form and offer gentle suggestions how as well as instruction on sound. I wish I was able to take the lessons in person with Jessica because there are a couple limitations to Skype (such as a slight lag and inability to have seamless dialogue or duets) but Jessica obviously knows how to deal with these technical problems. I highly recommend Jessica and am sure that with her help even an old, slow returning cellist will soon be enjoying playing complex music. Finally, Jessica has been very flexible with my crazy schedule lately. An awesome person and great instructor.

I took up the cello in my late 20's and am finally back taking lessons after a few years, so I had developed a lot of bad playing habits. Jessica really helped to deconstruct my technique and is helping me rebuild a stronger foundation on which to perform. She is also dependable regarding emailing and texting when needed. I would definitely recommend her!

My 9-year-old son has been taking cello lessons with Jessica for about 4 weeks and it has been a great experience. Jessica is very professional and competent teacher, always being on time, communicating in a very fun and engaging way, and assigning homework very clearly. Andrew very much enjoys the classes and, as a result, he is even more motivated to play the cello. I would highly recommend Jessica.

Jessica is an excellent instructor! She really has patience with our 7 year old and makes things easy to understand.

It's been so fun taking lessons from Jessica. She is interested in finding out the student's learning method and tailors the lessons accordingly. I'm on week 3 and I'm enjoying myself so much! I was a little nervous about taking lessons through Skype, but she's been able to teach me almost seamlessly, of course there's some difficulties because she can't get a 360 view of how I'm playing, but that's something we can accommodate to.

Jessica is wonderful! I began studying the cello as a quite older student - in my 50s - and have had a few teachers over these last 15 years. When teaching an adult student, the teacher has to understand that our lives, schedules and demands are quite different that those of a young person. Jessica's patience, persistence and genuine good humor in the face of my busy life is beyond admirable. Even though I am quite challenged in finding practice time, she "puts up" with me and my showing up to lessons with minimal preparation. I've accepted that I'm never going to be the great cellist of my dreams, but Jessica is facilitating my learning to enjoy playing this wonderful instrument that I've had a deep love affair with for many years. I can't thank her enough.

I am the director of the Hobart Shakespeareans at Hobart Middle School in Los Angeles and hired Jessica as the cello instructor for my students. Jessica is a real pro. She is on time, organized, and a terrific communicator of ideas. My students love working with her.

My son has been taking weekly cello lessens from Jessica over a year now and he really likes her. She is very talented, nice and patience. She will write down what he learned and needs to practice on a notebook every time. She is always on time and good at responding right away if I need to communicate with her. There are many qualified teachers around but it is hard to find one that has the quality I mentioned.

Professional and Experienced Cello Teacher!! Jessica has been teaching cello classes for my 8th grade daughter who wanted to learn cello during summer and join school Orchestra team in good level. Jessica has been very professional, patient and always on time. She adjusts her teaching depending on the kids pace of learning. My daughter was able to pick up all the basics which she missed during one school year in eight weeks. She always checks home work and encourages kids to complete their homework. Her way of teaching certainly helped my daughter not only gain good knowledge but interest in learning more.

Wonderful cello teacher! Ms. Greenly is absolutely a wonderful cello instructer. She is experienced, encouraging,and patient. She knows exactly what my son needs to work on. I really like how she encouges nicely to work on detailes in phrases, pitches, etc..her friendly and patient approaching always works! Thank to Ms. Greenly, my son has made it to the top chamber orchestra in middle school this fall. It is not easy to find a great teacher but we feel we are the lucky ones.