Peter S  
Instruments: Piano, Keyboard
Styles: Jazz, Pop, Rock, Blues, Folk, Country, R&B, Gospel, Musical Theater, Latin, Funk, Hip Hop, Electronic, Salsa, Showtunes, Reggae, Latin Jazz, Swing, Samba, Bossa Nova, Soul

I became passionate about teaching during my master's degree studies at New England Conservatory. I followed that passion through a doctoral degree in Music and Human Learning at UT Austin, and since have taught at universities, summer camps, and after-school programs. At the Stanford Jazz Workshop, I have been the Faculty Director and the Co-Director of the Mentor Fellowship Program, and I am the co-founder of CU Denver's LYNX Music Industry Camp. I have performed and recorded music all over the world, including making Hip Hop tracks for Warner Bros., and playing Carnegie Hall and the Hollywood Bowl with my father, Grammy-winning clarinetist Richard Stoltzman. In Denver, you can hear me playing at jazz clubs, accompanying singers, and various other concerts around the area.

My primary goal is to individually assess and direct students toward their most meaningful goals, whether that is professional level performance and composition, prepping for auditions, or just enjoying beginning on the instrument. I often have students work through my Commercial Piano Workbooks, or use jazz worksheets that I have created. My workbooks come with access to free video tutorials and dozens of play-along tracks, which makes for fun, challenging, and highly effective learning. I want students to be able to execute music on the instrument, but also to understand what is happening in the music, so I combine theory and composition with almost all of my piano instruction.