FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
LIMITED TIME OFFER. ONE FREE TRIAL LESSON!!! 30 Min $35.00 45 Min $55.00 60 Min $70.00 The Deffenbaugh House Of music offers professional piano instruction in a safe and comfortable environment. With over twenty years of experience as a highly sot after teacher and professional musician Mark Deffenbaugh provides piano instruction that is both fun and highly educational. Each lesson is geared to the individual students needs and taste. Wether you are interested in Classical Music Jazz Improvisation or you want to learn to play your favorite Popular Songs you will find this studio to be a wonderful experience. You will learn to play on a world class hand built German Piano surrounded by the latest in modern keyboard gear and computer music software, including a Moog Sub 37 Synthesizer. Studio Policies and Procedures Deffenbaugh House Of Music Tuition is paid on a monthly basis and payments are due on or before the first lesson of each month based on the number of studio operational weeks within the studio calendar. The studio is in operation all year long with designated and announced studio breaks . Lessons are scheduled in half hour/forty five minute or hourly session increments.All lessons are private and on a one- on- one basis of instruction. Students are responsable for all lessons for the calendar month. Student may reschedual lessons with 24 hour notice due to illness or death or family emergency. Private Professional Music Instruction 1.Graded standard piano method and technical studies from primer,intermediate and advanced levels 2.Piano concert repertoire in classical,jazz,religious/gospel,rhythm and blues,Latin,Broadway,movie and contemporary music genres 3.Music theory from beginner to advanced levels which includes transposition,chords,scales and arpeggios 4.Jazz improvisation and contemporary keyboard studies from beginner to advanced levels 5.Early childhood instruction (from four years of age) and instruction to children with special disabilities
- What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
We start with a trial lesson. This gives me a chance to see what kind of experience the student has and where we need to start. Each student has individual goals, taste and experience. All of these need to be accounted for when deciding on a course of study.
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
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