Lesson Details

All lessons are taught at the students' location.

I have a 7 mile travel radius from my home. Please txt or email me with an approximate location to find out if I travel to your area.

If your location is outside my travel radius I may travel there for an additional travel fee.

Each lesson builds on the concepts and skills learned in prior lessons.

Lessons will include sight reading, ear training, technical development, scales, arpeggios and chord progressions when the student is ready.

I incorporate things that appeal to different learning styles.

For example, a visual learner may really enjoy written theory practice or flashcards to help learn the notes on the staff.

An audible learner may look forward to learning a piece by rote or hearing me play a new musical passage before talking about it.

Clapping a rhythm before playing it can really help a kinesthetic learner.

Lesson Books

*Typical books used but dependent on students' abilities, needs and goals

For Young Beginners:

Bastien and/or Piano Safari method books.

Students will be excited and engaged with the progress they make.

For Adult Beginners:

Faber adult All-in-One course for complete beginners.

Alfred Adult All-in-One Course for students that have had some music reading experience in the past.

For more advanced kids and adults the repertoire is decided on a case by case basis.

*All books (lesson, ear training, recital, etc.) are an additional cost

Opportunities

2 studio recitals each year.

Spring recital: typically the weekend after Memorial Day.

Winter recital: typically just before Christmas.

Exact date and time are TBD

A recital fee will be due prior to each recital to cover

venue rental and the cost of recital production

Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association, Westmoreland Chapter

Special Events:

*Sonatina Competition

*Dorothy Sutton Performance Festival

* Composition Contest and informal recital

*Music Achievement Award for Graduating Seniors and formal recital