“…Bringing joy. Isn’t that what music does? Connecting humanity through a shared love of music.”
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“Why do I pay so much for my child to learn to play the piano?”
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(courtesy of Marvin Blickenstaff)…I’d like all of my students to have at least two “Drop of a Hat” pieces in their fingers this year. It should be a piece that has been polished - meaning memorized and performed for a recital or recording…
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Pianos. Old pianos. They breathe life into music, we treat them like precious cargo, beautiful works of art, furniture, family heirlooms…or we shove them into the corner of a room, neglected, covered with dust and knickknacks and photos and flower vases and resentments.
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All of the little things add up - the occasionally reluctant practice sessions, lessons, emails and texts filled with questions and answers, phone calls, photos exchanged, videos, new books, pianos being added to homes - together, we are making a difference in your child’s life.
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I have made it my life’s mission to provide high quality, individualized piano instruction to children and adults of all ages because I believe that playing the piano is a skill that anyone can learn, and an art form that every human being can appreciate and enjoy.
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Learning to play the piano without listening is equivalent to learning a language without ever hearing it spoken.
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Are online lessons the same experience as having a teacher right next to you? Absolutely not. But they’re the next best thing, and right now, I’ll take it!
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One of my New Year’s goals for 2020 is to heal my relationship with the piano, a long, boring, melodramatic saga no one really wants to read about. The best place for me to start was establishing a daily practice routine, similar to my running routine.
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Whatever you do on a regular basis, you will be successful at it.
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