I maintain a small teaching studio of five students per week. Since 1994 I have been teaching adult beginners who wish to play the piano for pleasure. I also teach parent-child piano lessons and trombone lessons for beginners to pre-college levels. One-hour lesson fee is $60 per lesson, paid at the beginning of each month.
Adult beginner piano
I specialize in the older adult who wishes to PLAY for pleasure.
What you will learn…
For older students we use the Bela Bartok Mikrokosmos books for reading.
We study beginner and intermediate works by J.S. Bach, Erik Satie, Frederic Chopin, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Aaron Copland, Philip Glass, & Arvo Pärt.
We learn free improvisational music-making.
We study the jazz Real Books.
Parent & child conjoint piano studies
For young students, this is an excellent opportunity for parent & child bonding. Learn more here.
Trombone studies
Beginner to pre-college levels of classical trombone and improvisational playing. College audition coaching available.
What you will learn…
The Remington studies
Arban’s Method for Trombone
Rochut Etudes
Standard orchestral excerpts
Kopprasch Etudes
Blazhevich Clef Studies
Blazhevich Sequences
Standard solo repertoire for college auditions
Jazz Real Books
Improvisation Techniques
Online Private Lessons
We meet weekly using Skype or FaceTime for virtual music lessons.
Trombone Lessons On-Demand
Visit the on-demand video trombone lesson series page here.