Piano Lessons For Adults
Making Music at the Piano
Making music is one of the few skills that awakens our complete humanity - it is artistic, athletic, emotional, and intellectual - all at once.
Music is more than another commercial product, it is at the core of our humanity, and the most powerful means of emotional expression. It is a gateway to the Soul.
Whether you focus on classical or popular music, exploring various aspects of keyboard technique is always a priority.
Understanding musical structure is essential so that you have a clear grasp of the composition: this makes sight-reading and memorization easier, and the technical complexities seem less daunting when the composition structure is understood.
A solid foundation of musicianship and technique empowers you to bring your musical aspirations to life with vibrancy, persuasiveness, and completeness. If you took piano lessons in childhood but have not played for many years, your youthful efforts have not been lost: the basic motor-coordination skills learned in childhood are still part of your neurological system waiting to be reactivated for continuing musical development.
Musical Preferences
As a piano teacher, I am very interested in your musical preferences. It is easier for you to practice with conviction those pieces that you truly love.
The piano repertoire is vast and includes excellent music in every genre. For the sake of musical adventure, I encourage students to explore parts of the repertoire they may not have previously considered, and I suggest choices that will build up various aspects of musical expression or technique.
If you are an intermediate to advanced adult piano student who is focused on classical music, you have the opportunity to explore the repertoire of the greatest masters, including Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Debussy, and many more. If your interest centers on various kinds of popular music, published arrangements will be learned, and you will be shown the methods to write your own arrangements.
