This is what students have to say:

Marie is so awesome! She uses fun ways to teach us. She uses incentives with piano money and the best candy. We get a really big trophy for practicing when we reach our goal. Marie has the best and most fun recitals in town!
— Bill McConnell

Marie is so nice and piano is so fun. I like the music I play and especially the treats!! Marie makes the recitals so fun!
— Lindsey Hansen

Marie is an amazing teacher! i have studied with 4 previous professional teachers, so I can make good comparisons. I love Marie because she genuinely cares about her students, really! She teaches her best even if she’s not feeling her best. She’s never lazy and never let’s any of her students leave their lessons confused. Marie is also very skilled at motivating her students. She just doesn’t teach to teach, she teaches so her students really enjoy learning.
— Michelle Hawkins

This is what parents have to say:

Working with Marie is such a pleasure. We have been with several teachers in past years and I can not believe how creative she is! She offers her students so many fun incentives to keep music interesting for my children. I really appreciate her patience, love and care she puts forth. She really loves what she does and it flows through the students.
— Tammy Hymer

Marie is very organized and very aware of my daughter’s needs. She makes sure the students are happy with what they are playing but does not compromise on Technique or Theory, (not my daughters favorite) but she will do it because she knows how important those things are, and somehow Marie makes it fun for her! You’re a wonderful teacher. Thank you!
— Ginger Smith

Marie Harris is a wonderful piano teacher. Our daughter has taken lessons and student taught for her for four years and just recently earned her 60 point Gold Cup from the UFMC. She is the first student in the Sandy A Area to earn that honor and could not have done it without Marie's love, support and endless hours of time. Marie put in more hours than I can count of additional time to help her prepare for her federation competitions and for participation in AIM. But even more, she has mentored our daughter in becoming a fabulous teacher in her own right. Everyone knows that the teacher always learns more than the students, and Marie gives that opportunity to her advanced students. I know of no other teacher that shares that experience with future music teachers. Even if our daughter never teaches piano lessons, having the opportunity to do it with Marie has taught her things she could not have learned in a traditional piano lesson and has improved her own talent and skill in ways I don't think she could have otherwise learned. Marie always says her students are her other children and for our daughter she has been another mother. We will ever be grateful to Marie for the kind, patient, and selfless person she is.
— Kathy Hawkins