Piano Lessons Solano County, CA

Instruments: Piano, Organ

Teaching piano classes is something I continued at UMass/Amherst with Continuing Education students who were mostly from foreign countries. I thrive on meeting people from all age groups and skill levels. Collaborating with others is what floats my boat! I will ask questions to clarify what you are thinking without using musical jargon. (It can be done!) My goal has evolved with experience. Facilitating my students' understanding of music has the wonderful result of their increased enjoyment in listening to recordings and attending live performances. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Voice

While performing, people would come up to me and ask me if I teach piano. I decided to begin teaching piano for a few students. Those students referred me to other potential piano students. Within a couple years I was teaching piano full time. A few years later, I began playing guitar and took lessons from many instructors. After playing guitar for a few years, as well as piano for 20 years, I considered those two instruments were the best two instruments in the world... Read More

Instruments: Piano, Flute, Music, Keyboard

Lydia Oshavkova /Bulgaria/, Prof. Thomas Jensen /Denmark/, Prof. Toke Christiansen /Denmark/, Lena Kildahl /Denmark/ and others. She is a prize-winner in many Bulgarian and international competitions. Amongst them is The International Summer Academy Prag-Wien-Budapest /Vienna/; First Special Award for performing French Music from the International Competition for Instrumentalists and Composers Earth and People; Second Award from the International Competition Earth and People; Best Performing Award for German Music from the International Competition for German and Austrian Music M.A.G.I.C.; Read More

Instruments: Piano, Voice, Clarinet

When I was ten, I made the decision that whatever career I chose, I needed it to allow me to help people. As I got older and discovered that music was the thing I most wanted to do in this life, teaching voice and piano became the vehicle I needed to keep doing music as well as help people, like I wanted. In training my voice classically, I had the very best instructor who taught me how to sing the healthy way. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Voice, Drums, Synthesizer, Mallet Percussion, Orchestral Percussion, Latin Percussion

Teaching style could easily be summaried and paraphrased with my above stated pedagogy! Teaching style changes from student to teacher. I enjoy trying to decipher what the student enjoys hearing, wants to learn, prior knowledge, and desires are. These help in my search to find the perfect style at which the student understands and enjoys the task at hand.  Read More