Justin P  
Instruments: Piano
Styles: Classical, Pop, Blues, Showtunes, Swing

Sharing the gift of music with others is a great joy, and I love to be a part of it. I began my teaching while as a student, where I taught several students ranging from 7 years old to adults. I learned how to form lesson plans and make the most out of each lesson. I was also required to submit lesson reports to faculty so they could advise on how to improve and become a better teacher. Since then, I have begun teaching privately and at a few music schools. Although I am still new to piano teaching, I am very passionate and knowledgeable about how to provide good lessons to others, so that they can see their progress as a pianist, and take pride in being a musician too.

With most of my beginning students, I like to use Alfred's Premier series. However, I have used other series such as Faber or Bastien with some other students, especially if they have had prior lessons and were taught on those methods. I always like to use lesson, performance, and theory books, to allow students to not only learn new concepts as they progress, but also learn pieces that can become performance-ready, and gain a wider understanding for the theory behind the musical concepts. With adults and more intermediate students, I try to select music similar to what they have studied before or would be interested in, and plan lessons around those pieces, progressing to new composers and styles of music along the way.