Piano Lessons
Piano lessons for adults with a musical background, designed to help you build skills, explore classical, jazz, and popular styles, and grow your repertoire.
Composition Lessons
Music composition lessons and jazz composition lessons for adults with a musical background, tailored to each student's individual goals and interests.
Piano Lessons for Adults with Musical Background
Thanks for visiting my website! I offer piano lessons for adults who want to build on their musical background and achieve their personal musical goals.
Everyone has different interests, skills, and experiences, so once I hear from you, in our free 30 minute piano consultation, I’ll recommend a plan to help you develop and personalize your piano playing.
Your lessons will be based on your goals & interests which can include any or all of the following:
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Developing & improving music reading.
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Improving hand independence.
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Using effective fingering.
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Learning to use the pedal effectively.
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Standards, jazz, show tunes and/or classical music.
Through my unique Transformational Approach to Piano (TAP System), my lessons are designed to help you become the pianist you want to be.
Composition Lessons for Adults with Musical Background (Beginner and Intermediate Levels)
In addition to piano lessons, I also offer music composition lessons for beginners and intermediate students.
Your music composition lessons will include:
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Learning how to notate your ideas with musical notation software
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Review of time signatures and how to know the meter of a musical idea.
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Explanation of articulation, dynamics, rhythm and harmony-Orchestaration
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How to expand your ideas from the piano to larger ensembles.
Schedule (days and hours)
All Lessons
Times are EDT / EST (New York):
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Wednesdays 1:30 – 7:00 PM (last lesson starts at 6:00 PM)
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Thursdays 1:30 – 7:00 PM (last lesson starts at 6:00 PM)
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Saturdays 11:00 AM -5:00 PM (last lesson starts at 4:00 PM)
Lesson length and frequency
All lessons are one hour in length.
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Option No. 1 - one-hour lessons 2X per month
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Option No. 2 - one-hour lessons 1X per month
Requirements for Piano Lessons:
To get the best value from your piano lessons with me, I recommend that you have some musical background from one or more of these areas:
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Previous piano lessons,
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a few years of playing a band or orchestral instrument,
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experience of singing in a church choir or choral group for a year or more.
Musical Interests:
In addition to including technique, music reading, some music theory, and some classical literature (if you are interested), your lessons will include learning to play songs with accompaniments based on chords.
Piano/Keyboard:
Students need to have a piano or digital piano (with weighted keys like a piano)
Requirements for Composition Lessons:
Musical Background- same as above
Piano/Keyboard-you can have a 61 note light touch keyboard if you don’t have anything else
Music Notation Software-It’s much better to have software that works on a computer vs. a tablet I use Sibelius, but there are less expensive programs available.
