Ret N  
Instruments: Piano, Voice, Cello, Drums, Bass Guitar, Synthesizer, Music, Keyboard
Styles: Classical, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Folk, Musical Theater, Opera, Latin, Electronic, Showtunes, Swing, New Age, Bossa Nova, Soul, Marching Band, Punk, Avant-garde

I have taught piano for nearly a decade. As I was growing up, my mother taught piano in our house and I started learning at five years old. When I was twelve, I took on my first student, who was about four years old at the time. Since then, I have taught in a variety of settings, from double teaming pairs of students with my mother to teaching cello, piano, drums, and basic music skills online to students living in Haiti, France, and across the United States! Teaching has always been one of my favorite parts of being a musician because I believe that music is not the same without being a shared experience, and, as my childhood piano teacher told me, everyone starts somewhere! I am always looking to bring new students on and to journey into the depths of musicianship together!

I attribute development of my teaching method to having started as young as I did; it is my firm belief that students and teachers should learn together, and that, especially with younger students, that it should be fun, engaging, and even a little bit silly at times. I both encourage and require regular practice on a consistent schedule; practicing not only helps students further their progress, but it helps them to avoid burnout by maintaining a view of music as less of a chore and more of a fun activity. Especially on piano and keyboards, I have found that combining classical music and learning from books with learning music that students enjoy listening to on their own can revolutionize how students learn and enjoy their instrument. I also work with my students to learn their instrument and the necessary music theory concepts by writing their own melodies and small songs, so that students can feel creative while learning another method of processing the world around them.