FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
Lesson prices are based on the lesson location, whether the student is coming to me or I'm coming to them. Performance rates are determined on a case-by-case basis.
- What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
Determine the individual needs of the customer. Every student has entirely unique sets of strengths and weaknesses that I must cater to if I'm to teach in a satisfactory manner. This will involve gauging the student's experience level within whatever style of music they want to learn how to play. Going forward I constantly look for which teaching methods work and which ones do not. For performances, I am also interested in the individual needs of the customer. I would decide how to approach the performance based on what/whom the event is for, how many people are expected, what style of music is requested, and what sized group is desired.
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
I have a Masters in Music from New York University as well as a Bachelors in Music from University of North Florida. In addition to this I've studied privately with a myriad of different piano instructors. As an instructor I have 2 years experience working as an adjunct instructor at NYU, where I worked mainly with non-major undergrads. The students' experience ranged from having played their entire lives to never having touched an instrument. I feel that working with both extremes helped me grow immensely as an instructor and mentor. I've been a performing musician for 10 years in many different settings, mostly jazz.