Nicholas E  
Instruments: Piano
Styles: Jazz, R&B, Gospel, Hip Hop

I began playing the piano as a small child. I've studied privately for 12 years with multiple professional instructors. I've started out learning traditional piano, then after my teacher started to retire, I have self taught myself. When I first started lessons, I used to get in trouble with my first teacher because I wouldn't learn my notes in the beginning. My teacher would play the instruction first, then I would remember and mimic the way she played. I learned how to pick up by ear very quickly. After a while, my teacher found a different way of teaching me and would focus on learning the notes first before I starting playing the lesson. After a while, I started reading music a lot better. I began teaching in 2015 offer a variety of styles, from R&B, gospel, jazz, and light classical.

For students that are beginners, I start with Bastien Piano Basics at the premier level. I like using these books so I can teach the basic fundamentals from learning the keys, to time signatures, to notes, and etc. I love keeping students interested so that way once they grab the basic fundamentals, they can learn any song that they like. This helps keep them engaged since they keep in mind that they have a goal to learn whatever song they want in the end and seeing how their skill level will progress.