Héloïse Pieaud's harp teacher used to make her cry. She was an excellent teacher, Pieaud swears, but certainly too strict. Pieaud would quit the harp and quickly switch to piano, but she never forgot that feeling. She came to New York from France, knowing, more than anything, she wanted to teach children music in an environment that felt like home-hence the name-and that freed them from much of the anxiety and stigma that come from beginners first learning an instrument.