My Teaching Philosophy:

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For me, teaching is a passion; I live and breathe it. Since 2012, I’ve provided Houston and North New Jersey students with private classical piano and cello lessons. I teach each child with an organized, nurturing but challenging approach. I love teaching people who are eager to expand their minds, talents, and skills, and bring a depth of professional expertise to those who strive to excel.

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CLASSICAL MUSIC is the core of my curriculum as all music can be understood through its study. The curriculum is designed to encourage sound musicianship and beautiful piano playing. To these ends, students are immersed in the following concepts:

• THEORY - A significant part of each lesson is devoted to understanding and reinforcing basic concepts regarding scales, chords, and musical symbols. Age-appropriate games and enrichment activities are used.

• RHYTHM - As possibly the single most important aspect of music, students are steeped in motor activities from the beginning lessons to encourage the sense of a strong beat, the ability to imitate a rhythm pattern, and to produce more and more complex rhythms. Rhythm games are often used for these activities. 

• READING - In order that students can eventually play any type of music they desire, reading intervals on the staff which is paired with staff reading, is taught along with rhythmic reading .. All reading activities receive a high priority in the curriculum.

• TECHNIQUE - To ensure comfort and facility while playing the piano, students are taught proper physical approaches from the beginning lessons. Excellent fingering habits are taught through scales and chords and well-chosen repertoire and etudes. Technique for its importance to achieving mood and character is a constant theme.