FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
I offer 3 different standard rates: 30 mins is $36, 45 is $52, and 60 mins is $66. I also provide 2 hour sessions for $110 to the students who may be more serious and want more time.
- What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
Whether a student is coming to me fresh or as a transfer, my first agenda is to figure out his/her goals with the piano. It is important that I understand what those are before considering how I will teach, because the road to pop music is different than classical or even rock. I formulate my process based on the student’s goals. That said, I put a big emphasis on learning, at minimum, the fundamentals of Music Theory from the get go since knowledge of chords finds it’s way into almost every genre. Additionally, I like to find out what type of learner (auditory, visual, etc.) the student is before determining an approach since that also plays heavily in how I present things. In summary, I take things on a case by case basis relative to the individual student’s personality and desires.
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
I have taken nearly twelve years of private piano lessons from six primary teachers, four of whom were active or retired concert pianists. I also worked with nearly thirty other professional teachers between one and five times at music camps, summer festivals, competitions, and chamber music programs. In addition to this, I studied music performance at Seattle Conservatory of Music and briefly at the Colburn School Young Artists Academy. Most recently, I received a Bachelors Degree in Keyboard (Piano) performance Magna Cum Laude from the University of Miami: Frost School of Music.