Piano Lessons in Marblehead, MA

Instruments: Piano Voice Keyboard

My experience goes back to High School when I would give casual tutoring sessions to friends. In college I started teaching lessons in theory and composing/songwriting. I like to encourage students to get on a practicing schedule especially for younger students as it helps them get more interested in the instrument. I like to start with modern pop/rock styles to get the student interested in the instrument then mix in Jazz so we can talk about more complex theory and also mix in a little classical so we can talk about technique and form. Read More

Instruments: Piano Voice Saxophone Oboe English Horn Keyboard

Over the years, I have come to understand that each individual has a different path to follow. Teaching in one specific way could help one student, but that same way could hamper another. For that reason, I create my teaching material after meeting my students. Although I have a lesson plan that includes the fundamentals of music, I adjust the way I teach the material in response to my students needs, interests and temperaments. Read More

Instruments: Piano

I have been studying piano since the age of 11 as a student of Sofya Zamanskaya of the Kiev Conservatory, Julia Hawkins of the New England Conservatory and the international concert pianist Baekyu Kim, who I am currently taking master classes with. I have been teaching piano for more than 10 years, which I love doing as an extremely patient and passionate instructor. I am also the director of the music group La Piano and instruct students who preform regularly throughout the North Shore area. Read More

Instruments: Piano

I graduated from Khmelnitsky College of music with a focus in button accordion and piano, and I have earned my master degree from Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Kiev, Ukraine, the same institution that educated noted pianist Vladimir Horowitz and many other renowned performers, composers and educators. I performed with the Veriovka Choir, an award-winning orchestra that tours internationally to share the joy of music with audiences worldwide. Today I find fulfillment staying closer to home with my family and enthusiastically sharing music with my students. Read More

Instruments: Piano Saxophone Flute Clarinet Keyboard

My experience of studio saxophone teaching covers over 40 years and includes time at various New England universities as adjunct faculty at Dartmouth College, the Univ. of New Hampshire, and Univ. of ME at Augusta, as well as my current position at Phillips Exeter Academy, where I am also a member of the Faculty Jazz group. I acquired a Master's in Composition and Saxophone Performance in 1996 from Lesley College in Cambridge, where I spent a year taking lesson with Jerry Bergonzi. Read More

Instruments: Piano Voice Flute

In each lesson the student and myself work to make goals for them to accomplish every week and discuss discuss the ways they might be able to go about accomplishing the goals. Sometimes I will make audio recordings of a student to track progress. For a student to sit and really listen to the improvemnets they have made I find to be one of my best teaching tools. To see a student smile over their happiness over music and their continuous progress and enjoyment makes me love what I do so very much. Read More

Instruments: Piano Accordion

I have been giving private piano lessons to children and adults for over 10 years. It is extremely gratifiying and rewarding to see students grasp concepts and learn to play. My lessons extend beyond just learning to play a piece of music.  I also discuss theory and harmony when appropriate as we learn new music.  I encourage improvising and email links to various performers in a variety of genres.   Read More