Allen Feinstein is a Music professor at Northeastern University rated 3.87/5 by 415 students, with 2.97/5 difficulty and 75.0% who would take them again (TRACE + RateMyProfessors + Reddit, updated July 2026).
Allen Feinstein professor reviews and ratings: 3.87/5 from 415 student reviews at Northeastern (75.0% would take again). TRACE + RateMyProfessor + Reddit.
I took Intro to Songwriting with him but it wont let me select that class. He is awesome! But the class is a lot of busywork and not as fun as it seems. If you participate he will love you and it doesnt matter if youre bad at songwriting he just wants effort.MUSC2150 2025-09-10 21:27:31 +0000 UTC
Allen is a great guy but his Intro to Songwriting class was badly designed. The course was training us to write bland, generic pop songs, discouraging us from spreading our creative wings. Even worse, the instrumentation aspect of songwriting was entirely ignored. Songwriting is an art and he grades it like a science, which is problematic.MUSI1204 2023-04-08 19:31:09 +0000 UTC
Although this was just a one credit intro class Prof Feinstein was very helpful throughout the semester. I found the assignments in this class to be very helpful as it caused me to think about the future of my college career. Overall he was a very caring and supportive advisor for our classMUSC1000 2022-12-20 23:51:56 +0000 UTC
A wonderful professor, very inspiring, creative, respectful, caring. The class, Making a Musical, was incredibly fun, and I like that the professor put students' needs first. Great class, great professor!HONR1208 2015-04-18 00:07:10 +0000 UTC
I had him for Making a Musical, a very interesting class. He was very passionate about the material, sometimes too much so, causing him to drag on about things. But he was very helpful with the whole process of writing our own mini-musicals, which was really fun. He was a little scatterbrained, but a great guy. Work hard in his class and he's fair.HONR1204 2012-06-03 20:58:43 +0000 UTC
Allen is a great guy. I've only done concert band and wind ensemble with him since i'm not a music major, but he is very chill and very passionate about music. just get him talking about his clarinet playing like a moose or duck.BAND8797 2011-10-27 16:46:41 +0000 UTC
Best professor ever. He truly cares about his students and really knows his stuff. Great conductor, great advisor.ORCH101 2009-11-14 18:22:18 +0000 UTC
Very nice and is a good person, but a bad director. He'll help you a lot if you're willing to put in the time. Cares a lot about his students. I can NEVER find his beat one! He also doesn't know the difference between what is feasible in real life or not- for instance, when arranging music or doing auditions. Sometimes plays favorites.BANDORCH 2006-12-23 09:53:51 +0000 UTC
he is such an easy teacher. he lets his students walk all over him and if you nag him enough, he'll even boost your grade a bit. just soo unfair it's ridiculousBAND300 2006-08-23 11:28:01 +0000 UTC
You will be hard pressed to find a better person on this planet than Allen. He will do any and everything in his power to help you understand the subject matter and pass the course. I worked closely with Allen over 4 years at NU and his kindness and love fTHEORYBAND 2005-09-08 18:28:55 +0000 UTC
He does pick favorites even though it's supposed to be based off auditions, and he will even give your parts away if the right people ask for them. Unless you want to be his pet you'll get looked over quickly.BAND 2005-08-24 09:47:24 +0000 UTC
Hard for theory - he goes so fast! And you have to write/play piano accompaniments (even if you've never played). But he's nice and very willing to help. He also keeps class pretty interesting.MUSTH2 2005-02-19 12:48:42 +0000 UTC
As stated above, students walk all over this guy. Great guy. Means well. Difficult part of class is learning piano. And must give a performance at end of semester in front of the class...nerve racking but easy.THRYFRID 2004-03-25 01:15:45 +0000 UTC
WAY too leniant. Students walk all over him. If your used to a structured band environment--you might get annoyed in this class. Nice man though and an easy A.MUSU905 2003-12-27 16:35:07 +0000 UTC
Nice guy, hard classMUSICTHEO 2003-02-03 23:07:14 +0000 UTC
Allen Feinstein has an average rating of 3.87/5 from 415 student reviews. 75.0% of students said they would take them again.
Allen Feinstein's classes have a difficulty rating of 2.97/5 based on student reviews.
Allen Feinstein has taught MUSC1906, MUSC2425, MUSC1907, MUSC2210, MUSC3973, MUSC2150, MUSC1000, MUSI1204, MUSC1205, MUSC2209, HONR1208 at Northeastern.
Data updated July 2026.