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Featured Piano Teachers Near New Canaan, CT

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Here are just a few of the many teachers offering Piano lessons in New Canaan . Whether you are looking for beginner guitar lessons for your kids, or are an adult wanting to improve your skills, the instructors in our network are ready to help you now!

Steven H

Instruments: Piano Guitar Trumpet Trombone Saxophone Bass Guitar Synthesizer Accordion Ukulele Euphonium French Horn Tuba Keyboard Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar

My teaching style is very "go with the flow." Each day is a new opportunity to learn a little more about music and your chosen instrument. Each lesson is a time where we can delve deeply into one piece of music, or jump around to several different topics. Of course, there is always room for structure and I make sure that we stay on track! There are so many different aspects of each instrument to cover, but there no need to get bogged down with complicated acronyms and over complex methodology. Read More

Kaitlyn C

Instruments: Piano Voice

I am a passionate and dedicated instructor, who has been working on training the voice for 9 years. In 2017, I graduated from Western Connecticut State University with a degree in Music, concentration in Classical Voice. From there Ive been working on my masters at the University of Bridgeport in Music Education. I will obtain that degree in December of 2019. I have had the opportunity to perform across the world, and it has been an amazing experience. Read More

Igor L

Instruments: Piano Saxophone Flute Clarinet Accordion

My approach varied from student to student. I decide about it after the first lesson where I can determine what kind of steps will take. I have my own music books with songs and exercises that I have developed over last twenty years of teaching I try to find out what the student is interested in, and guide my instruction accordingly to keep the lessons engaging and fun, no matter their ability level. Read More

Cheryl E

Instruments: Piano Violin Cello Viola

I've enjoyed teaching piano, violin and viola students, for the past seventeen years! And what I've generally found is, that it's not how long you practice, but how well. I feel that a student needs to be taught how to practice! I travel around Westchester NY and in addition to teaching the instrument, I encourage students to compose their own original pieces. I am a published composer and many of my music videos can be seen on You Tube. Read More

Aaron B

Instruments: Piano Saxophone Keyboard

Hello, Im very excited about teaching students the very important basic principles of music when helping them realize their voice and ability to write and perform their own original music. I graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2008 with a degree in Professional Music and a focus in classical composition/jazz pedagogy/music theory/jazz performance. Ive had the wonderful pleasure of touring over 40 countries and recording with great artists such as Esperanza Spalding, Terri Lyne Carrington, Jeff Tain Watts, Rudimental, Ravi Coltrane, John Blake, Kimberly Thompson, Vijay Iyer, Tyshawn Sorey, Peter Evans, and many more amazing artists. Read More

Caroline S

Instruments: Piano Voice

For children, teens, and adults who are Voice students at any level, their first lesson will consist of getting to know each other, what the student wants to learn, and gauging the student's vocal ability. After that, I will ask the student to make a list of songs they have always wanted to sing and show them how to acquire the sheet music. I may supplement their choices with some of my own at my discretion. Read More

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Barbara B

Instruments: Piano

Does music run in your family? Tell us a little about your musical family members.
It was a natural outcome of growing up in my family to become a piano virtuoso. My mother, her parents, and each generation before them mastered the piano. In fact, two sister virtuosos were concert pianists in New York in the 1870's. I've traced our family piano history as far back as an English ancestor around 1850. If they weren't performing, they sold pianos, as with two brother-in-laws in Rochester, NY, from the late 1800's to sometime in the 20th century.

What do you think is the hardest thing to master on your instrument?
Certainly every pianist at every level must master putting the two hands together, which is likely the more challenging technique of the instrument. We all begin by mastering each hand separately before putting them together. On the other hand, at some point a pianist can sight read a piece a couple of levels below his or her current ability with hands together, without having to first separate them.

Do you use specific teaching methods or books? (Ex: Alfred, Bastion, Suzuki, Hal Leonard) Why did you choose them if you did?
I prefer to use Helen Marlais' "Succeeding at Piano" for most students. I was selected by the publishers to review this series when it was first published. I found it to have the technical concepts and notation requirements of John Thompson's series, but the curriculum moves at a relative pace to the student's capacity. For the highly talented student who accelerates quickly, I use John Thompson "Modern Course for the Piano", which progresses fairly rapidly and introduces more advanced concepts quickly. I find the curriculum of the older methodologies, Bastian and Alfred, to move too slowly such that the student's progress is very little over time. For technical mastery, I use "Technic is Fun" by Hirschberg, and later, Junior Hanon, as well as scales, chords, and arpeggios from the Celebration Series by the Royal School of Music.

Have any of your students won awards or been selected for special honors? How have they succeeded?
Having experienced the pressure of competitive performance while growing up and in college, I prefer not to have my students commit to competitions, but rather to learn the instrument for their pleasure and personal pursuits. Some parents ask me to bring their children through assessment exams through the Royal School of Music or Academic Board of the Royal Schools of Music, which I am happy to do.

When will I start to see results?
Learning an instrument is not about "results". It takes time, like learning a new language, to absorb the concepts of musical notation, rhythm and fingering. So, please be patient with your child as he or she learns the piano!

Did you have a teacher that inspired you to go into music? How did they inspire you?
My teacher, Phyllis Weiss, during childhood gave me technical expertise, and never discouraged me from wanting to play increasingly harder pieces. My mother emphasized having musical artistry and expression. My later professor, Dr. Chang, at my request, prepared me for Julliard, but without my parent's support I never completed that commitment, to my great disappointment at the time. I later studied with two concert pianists, who gave me their own inspirations and expertise. I think once someone reaches an advanced level of performance, it's important to study with various teachers as we all bring something new and different to the repertoire.

How do I know if my child is ready to start lessons?
Most pedagogy experts report that children should begin learning the piano no younger than age five, and best if they are already in or starting Kindergarten. This is because a child's developmental stage, hand size, and attention span are undeveloped at earlier ages.

What advice do you have about practicing effectively?
The concept of effective practice depends upon the child's age and level of piano. A very young child is likely to play for a few minutes. An older child has more challenging, and longer, pieces, and requires more time to perfect the repertoire. The best use of time means correcting mistakes during practice until we can play without making the same mistakes. This isn't because we are perfectionists, necessarily. The reason we need to correct mistakes from the outset is because the brain and muscles are trained to "remember" how to perform the mechanics. This is known as "muscle memory". If we play with mistakes overly long, it becomes harder to change the memory. Again, with very young children, some mistakes are expected and to spend too much time perfecting might bore the child, so a teacher must judge when it's time to move on.

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