Louis C  
Instruments: Piano
Styles: Classical, Pop, Musical Theater, Opera, New Age, Avant-garde

I bring 30 years of teaching experience. I began tutoring undergraduate students in theory and ear training, as well as offering piano lessons for non-piano majors. As a Graduate Teaching Assistant, I taught advanced music history and theory at Juilliard and NYU, as well as regularly maintaining private lessons in piano and composition. For beginners, I provide sound foundation of piano technique and emphasis in the joy of music through musical appreciations. For intermediate and advanced students, depending on their musical interests, I always try to relate their musical endeavors to actual musical literatures. I also encourage creativity by providing excersize in improvisation and, eventually, performing their own original compositions.

For beginning students who are children, I either utilize the "Robyn Method" (Keyboard Town); or the "Clark Method" (The Music Tree). Both methods provide emphasis on intervalic reading of notes, in addition to learning the specific names of all notes in both clefs. For adult beginners, I typically use "Play by Choice" or the Robyn Method. These methods help prepare the intermediate students for learning and playing the scales, including the Hannon exercises and playing the arpeggios. For Advanced students, the fundamental technique is emphasized by continually working on the scales and arpeggios, and the students will work on their respective repertoire in various styles.