Piano Lessons

I provide expert instruction for Beginners to College Prep, with lessons that are uniquely tailored to match your current abilities and interests at the keyboard. Your musical journey is my priority.

I create champions using a didactic approach, focusing on repetition, sensitivity, and practice. You will learn meter, timing, notation, sight reading, improvisation, interval training, articulation, and performance techniques.

Each successive lesson is a comprehensive learning experience that addresses your immediate and long-term goals. Sharpen your abilities and gain the confidence to face challenges that once seemed impossible.

So, learning music elicits a drive to populate the zone of proximal development through independent problem-solving with the guidance of a more capable peer. Increase your available grey matter, improve memory, and decrease anxiety as you discover an increased sense of accomplishment, confidence, relaxation, and joy.

Psychological Benefits of Learning the Piano

Memorization is another key ability obtained in the process of learning any instrument. Memorization requires a degree of focus on details and a level of conscious awareness that will benefit the individual throughout academic, professional, and personal life. Memory forms during the early years of development through repetition in play, imitations of daily life, and other fun activities.

Academic studies show that music reactivates areas of the brain associated with memory, reasoning, and emotion through positive reinforcement and reward. Students experience lasting intellectual benefits by associating stored memories with new ones as they learn. Performing or listening to music requires both hemispheres of the brain and promotes the formation of new neural pathways. The study of music is a practical and accessible method of witnessing neuroplasticity at work.

Memorization is the foundation of language acquisition, recall, and future academic abilities. Recollection of earlier experiences plays a significant role in emotional response to life’s challenges. Emotional intelligence, complex problem-solving, linguistic ability, expanding curiosity, and life experience predicate a broader worldview and a happier existence.

Enhancing Memory Skills

The teacher and student collaborate on each subsequent lesson and on what should be learned. Independent thinking is an emotional respite for the mind: children should be presented with choices rather than prescribed decisions made by a knowledgeable companion. When presented with choices versus ultimatums or specific demands, the child develops the ability to make their own decisions and thereby become independent thinkers and have an investment in their future

There is joy in learning through repetition and attention to detail, resulting in the perfecting of a rewarding task. Beauty in any artistic endeavor can be achieved through informed analysis and understanding of fine details, craftsmanship, and the myriad nuances one learns through the journey within each layer of mastery.

Playing the piano or any instrument is simply fun. While it requires dedication and profound devotion over time, making music brings deep personal bonds and a life-long search for meaning, satisfying the creative soul. The discipline and focus of attention create an emotional respite for the mind and a sense of accomplishment, ultimately leading to confidence in the individual.

Nurturing the Self or the Soul