My style of teaching

In all my years of taking piano lessons, my teachers emphasized playing classical music through all four major periods: Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Contemporary. However, when I began college music theory classes, I realized how important theory, sight reading, and ear training are for really understanding music and playing the piano. As I teach students, I try to introduce classical music, as well as the three elements of theory, sight reading, and ear training. I also believe that it is important to have students play music that they enjoy, and so I try to bring in songs that the children know and like. Sometimes students can become burned out with learning how to play the piano, so keeping it fun and engaging is important. Developing a love for music is so important, and if nothing else, I hope that my students come away from their time learning from me with this love and appreciation, which can also hopefully be life long.