Karin Swanson
Karin Swanson

Karin Swanson

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Introduction: I provide private piano lessons to students of all ages and abilities. Classically trained, my teaching encompasses a solid understanding of proper technique, beautiful tone production, expressive playing and reading music. Those fundamental skills contribute to versatility and to the successful performance of the abundant keyboard literature spanning a variety of musical styles. Alongside many years of experience in effectively sharing my musical knowledge, I create a positive and nurturing learning environment with an enthusiastic, patient and encouraging approach. My commitment to understanding students' goals, learning styles and musical preferences ensures they will feel motivated to learn to play the piano and take pride in their accomplishments. Weekly private lessons take place in my home studio located in the Willow Glen neighborhood of San Jose. I look forward to hearing from you!
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Hired 10 times

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38 years in business

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Brent H.
Nov 3, 2015
Karin Swanson is a specially intelligent, energetic individual and gifted musician. She excels as a pianist and is an exceptional composer with a passion to teach others. As a former student of mine in the very difficult Comprehensive Musicianship class (musicianship integrated with theory) at San Jose State University, she was among the very top of her class. And her private composition lessons with me demonstrated her superb creative intuition and command of craft. Without reservation I recommended her very highly as a piano and composition instructor. Brent Heisinger, DMA (Stanford University) Emeritus Professor of Music (San Jose State University) San Jose State University President's Scholar, 1988-89
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Michaela X.
Mar 23, 2016
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Everything went so smoothly. Thumbtack connected me with Karin, we exchange few messages the same day, next day we met and then I just admired Karin's teaching ability,ability to connect with my 4 and 6 years old daughters. The energy is so great. I am so thrill and always looking forward to our lesssons
Piano Lessons (for children or teenagers)
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Electra M.
Nov 11, 2015
We found out about Karin's teaching talent through a co-worker of mine. When I spoke to Karin about our daughter we were extremely motivated by Karin's prior teaching history and educational achievements. One can certainly feel comfortable on these fronts, but one never knows whether their child will stay interested in learning to play an instrument. Karin has an inherent gift at instilling such interest. Our daughter has been taking lessons for over one year and not only has she stayed interested, she has gone so far as to compose her first piece! Many of us have taken music lessons as children, but it takes a unique person to inspire a child to go beyond the wrote music practice. Karin has this ability to 100% connect and our daughter is now passionate about learning the art of music. Our daughter was ready to move on from a basic keyboard six months ago and Karin also helped us distill down, from the overwhelming number of options, an appropriate next-step purchase. This journey has been extremely special for us. We highly recommend Karin to other parents as we have seen our daughter flourish.
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Richard E.
Jun 5, 2017
Karin's a great teacher who has helped me rediscover playing the piano and revitalized my interest in music. I look forward to playing each day and with Karin's guidance, I know where to focus and how to improve with each piece I practice.
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Yuan Y.
Jun 5, 2017
Karin is very professional and very nice and patient. I only took one quarter of piano class at school before taking classes with Karin, but I have made a big progress. She is willing to offer course materials based on the students' needs or teach what the students want to learn. I really enjoy learning from Karin and really appreciate it.
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