Emi M  
Instruments: Piano, Voice
Styles: Classical, Jazz, Pop, Folk, Musical Theater, Swing, Avant-garde

I truly love teaching; there are few pleasures greater than seeing students progress. I encourage them to discover how beautiful and fun music is, and help them to find and develop their own areas of interest and talent. Born in Japan of a mother who started me on classical voice and piano in my early childhood, I went on to play flute and the Japanese koto and shamisen, and to compose and sing my own songs. The music of New York captivated me and drew me to move here, and at City College and Queens College I studied jazz and classical vocal performance while singing in the Billy Harper Voices. Currently in addition to teaching voice and piano I am performing my compositions at some of New York's most important music venues, including the 55 Bar in Greenwich Village.