Piano Lessons Pennsylvania

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Ukulele, Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Classical Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

I knew that I wanted to be a teacher before I ever touched a guitar. Growing up in a family of school teachers allowed me to see the broad spectrum of the educaGonal process, from designing lesson plans to filing report cards, and I quickly realized that a teacher doesn’t stop working when the bell rings. Teaching history out of a textbook is one thing...teaching a student to hear the color of an altered dominant chord is a totally different beast. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Voice, Drums, Bass Guitar, Organ, Synthesizer, Harmonica, Ukulele, Mallet Percussion, Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Classical Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

In 2002, I was the musical director for the Roadhouse Theaters production of Kurt Weills Threepenny Opera. I joined the Bluesbeaters (Against the World Enterprises) in 2005 and have performed 100 shows a year including 30 a year at PeaknPeek resort from 2005 to 2013. We currently perform monthly to packed houses at the Bullfrog Bar in Erie and are a favorite at many private events. I composed, performed and recorded the soundtrack for a movie produced by WQLN entitled Scenes from an Attic in 2005. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Voice, Violin, Fiddle, Music, Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Classical Guitar

On the handful of instruments I teach, I generally begin with concrete, fundamental resources such as the Suzuki methodology for violin, essential elements and the Superbook for guitar, Panofka Vocalises and Classical repertoire for voice, and a collection of piano songs that escalate from individual hands to Middle C position, and then eventually to standard "C" and shifting positions. As the student expands their knowledge and familiarity with their instrument, I incorporate popular/folk/world music, performance opportunities, and more challenging sonatas, song cycles, arrangements and composition exercises that get the student performing and creating as they expand their musical inventory. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Voice

I teach a relaxed, free style. I want my students to feel comfortable to move around the room. Our work in the studio is experimental. I am happy with whatever progress we make each week, as long as there is some progression. I particularly emphasize this point with my youngest voice students. All progression is a victory. I am passionate about what I teach because music teaches you a lot about yourself. Read More

Instruments: Piano

I believe in the importance of a relaxing environment and allowing my students to know their self-worth from a young age. I want to be encouraging and emphasize that mistakes are welcome to help us learn. As a person who struggles with performance anxiousness, I understand what it's like to balance emotional wellbeing and being a musician; I want to make it clear to my students that they don't perform to achieve perfection, rather to express themselves through music and share what they love with others. Read More