FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
🎓 Lesson Packages: 📆 Once a Week (4 lessons/month): ideal for consistent growth and long-term development 🎹 At our location or online – $500/month 🎻 At student’s home – $600/month 🧑🎓 One monthly studio class in West Harlem 📒 Personalized Notion page with repertoire notes, practice plans, and ideas 🎥 One personalized video review per month ⚡ Twice a Week (8 lessons/month – Intensive): perfect for students preparing for auditions, competitions, or wanting accelerated progress 🎹 At our location or online – $900/month 🎻 At student’s home – $1,000/month 🧑🎓 One monthly studio class in West Harlem 📒 Expanded Notion page with detailed planning, reflections, and repertoire timelines 🎥 One personalized video review per month
- What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
We begin with a free trial meeting or lesson, where we get to know each other and discuss your experience, interests, and goals. This session is a chance to talk openly about expectations, learning style, and musical direction. From there, we design a customized plan of study, selecting repertoire and approaches tailored to your individual strengths, needs, and aspirations. Whether you’re preparing for auditions, returning to music after a break, or exploring a new instrument, our goal is to support your growth through clear structure, creativity, and encouragement.
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
My name is Piotr Kozłowski, and I’m a Polish pianist with over 20 years of experience in solo and chamber performance, teaching, and artistic collaboration. I founded 44 Collective to bring music into spaces where it can live, breathe, and inspire across disciplines, generations, and borders. I earned my Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance from the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, where I also worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant. I taught applied piano lessons, keyboard studies, and worked closely with both undergraduate and graduate students in performance. Before that, I completed two Master’s degrees in Piano Performance and Piano Chamber Music at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, one of the leading conservatories in Europe. I also spent time as an exchange student in Vienna, focusing on performance practice and interpretation. I’ve helped students develop personalized programs of study, prepare for competitions and performances, and reconnect with music after years away. I enjoy working with each student to shape a path that fits their experience level, interests, and goals. I collaborate with two outstanding teaching artists: Amy Chryst (MM, NYU) is a New York City–based violinist and teaching artist with a Master’s degree in Music from New York University. She brings energy and creativity to both her performances and her pedagogy, and is actively involved in outreach and education through her work with Midori & Friends. Ruth Stokes (MM, Penn State) is a New York City–based cellist, active as a soloist, chamber musician, orchestral artist, and teacher. Passionate about chamber music, she explores creative programming, interdisciplinary collaboration, and partnerships with living composers to foster meaningful connection through music. Ruth has performed with the Philharmonic Orchestra Project during Bad Bunny’s Most Wanted Tour and will begin a Professional Studies Diploma at Mannes School of Music with cellist Jeffrey Zeigler in Fall 2025. She completed her M.M. in Cello Performance at Penn State University in 2024 as a Graduate Teaching Assistant under Kim Cook, and her B.M. in Cello Performance at the Frost School of Music, University of Miami, in 2022. At Frost, she studied with Ross Harbaugh and served as a Stamps Distinguished Ensemble Scholar with the Stamps String Quartet (2018–2022). As a teacher, Ruth tailors her instruction to each student’s individual skills and goals. She emphasizes clear communication, effective practice strategies, and the integration of technical study with artistic intent, aiming to provide both inspiration and the tools necessary for expressive musical growth.