Piano Instruction

The goal of The Dallal Music Studio is to enjoy learning the piano, while playing pieces we all love.

My music program is all-encompassing in that it teaches the children even from 4 and up about theory, composition, and ear training, in a brilliantly well-designed program that comprehends students ages, as well as how they learn at those particular ages!

It doesn't burn them out like other music programs I have seen. This program assists in preparing young children for the magnificent National Music Certificate Program (see nationalmusiccertificate.org).

My credentials are:

* Studied and achieved Grade X with Canada's Royal Conservatory of Toronto which is the music school that's affiliated with the University in Toronto, Ontario well thought of in both the U.S. and in Canada.

* Taught organ and piano to every age from 1978 – 1980, computers from 1980 to 1999, and now piano from 1999 to the present

* National Music Certificate Program is available for every student, and is the American variant of the Royal Conservatory of Toronto and affiliated with the Conservatory of Toronto in Canada

* President of the Snohomish County Music Teachers Association

* Active participant and member of the Snohomish County, Washington State, and National Music Teachers’ Associations

* Had three composition winners, two second place winners, and one first place in 2006, and had 5 composition winners in 2007, two second places, and three first places, all for the Trudy Woll Composition contest. Student won the Port Gardner Bay Concerto contest's Concerto Competition First Alternate; Student won Outstanding Performance at the Bach Festival in Seattle. 4 Students won first place in the SCMTA Trudy Woll Composition Competition in 2010.

* Currently performs with Cascadia Jazz Band within Lynnwood, Washington

* Performed in Lynnwood, Washington with Mood Swings Jazz Band

* Experienced in working with and playing for choirs, whicih include Olympic View Middle School in Mukilteo, Explorer Middle School in Everett, Gateway Middle School in Silver Firs, Mountain View High School in California, and Silver Firs Elementary in Everett

* Performed with the concert, rock, and jazz bands in the 504th Air Force band

* Performed with the Peninsula Pops Orchestra in California for five years

* Performed accordion in Irish folk group, and at the Seattle Folk Life Festival, sang (in German) with Heimat Echo

* Performer and Music Director for Curtain Call Summer Musical Theatre during the summers of 1999 through 2001

* Rehearsal pianist for several musical theatre groups, which include Pine Nut Players and Kings Players, one as pianist in the orchestra, and the other as rehearsal pianist

* Legislators breakfast piano performance in 1984, at the United Methodist Church in Little Rock, Arkansas

* Performed Organ and piano for church services, funerals, and weddings

* Performed and accompanied for parties

* Will teach individuals with digital pianos, professional keyboards, and, certainly, acoustic pianos

* Certified teacher with the Scott Houston “The Piano Guy” program.

* Teach jazz, popular and classical music, church music lead sheets, ensemble and solo playing

* Performed some music proof-reading for Craig Linder (respected Jazz Pianist in Washington) utilizing Finale, and experienced in recording and arranging music for use in choir and ensemble

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