Colin Standefer

Introduction: Hey, potential student! I'm a pianist and composer trained at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. I'm passionate about music as a whole. I love classical music being a pianist after all, and I definitely have my favorite bands and artists from all kinds of other genres ranging from blues, R&B, and jazz to 70s singer-songwriters, classic rock, metal, EDM, and pop. It's all music to me! My focus as a teacher is: 1) getting you to the point where you can play the music you want to play, 2) building a foundation which will allow you to move forward how you want musically (i.e. knowledge of chords, and progressions so you're able to write your own songs if you want, learning theory so you're able to read music to continue to learning even after you stop working with me, and to give you the technique at the instrument so you can actually play what it is you want to play), and, 3) broadening your music tastes (ex: you know you love pop/rock singer-songwriters or whatever you might love, but have you heard this other music by piano composers like Chopin, Rachmaninoff, and Debussy or this music that inspired your favorite artist) and just seeing the bigger picture with music and how it all ties together! I like to build playlists for my students to help show them all kinds of music they may not have otherwise heard. It's a fun added-value thing I love to do.