Music is a tool for spiritual progress of every human being.

I started Piano when I was 8 years old. My siblings were taking lessons at that time and hearing them play it made me fall in love with Piano, therefore, my parents had me get started in taking lessons as well. I have been playing Piano for about 15 years now and it started to become part of my everyday life. I have had four different teachers for piano and they were all amazing teachers. One of my private piano teachers was a student of Iran’s most popular pianist and composer, Emanuel Malek Aslanian. I also had an amazing Piano instructor back in Iran who made me become an expert in techniques as well as enjoying the melodies. I mainly play and teach Classical music. Beethoven and Mozart are my favorite composers and I enjoy playing their pieces very much.
I have been teaching piano for about 4 years now and it is very joyful. I love communicating with my students and do my best to help them discover their...

Year 2004 marks Pik's tenth as a private piano teacher for a variety of individual students. She aim's to continue sharing her experience and explore the fun of music with students together. Pik also offers to prepare students the opportunity to take the ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal School of Music) Piano Exams in both English and Chinese.

EXPERIENCE

2007-Present TakeLessons.com

Piano teacher for private lessons in Southern California, all ages

1994-2004 Hong Kong Evangelical Yan Yat Church, Hong Kong

Pianist and piano teacher for private lessons, ages 5-10

1994-1995 S.K.H. Kei Oi Primary School, Hong Kong

Music and English teacher for Summer classes

1993-1996 St. James' Church Youth Center, Hong Kong

Piano teacher for private and group lessons, ages 5-18

TEACHING/COACHING/CONSULTING
Ayanna has been teaching private voice & piano lessons as well as facilitating group vocal labs & workshops, seminar presentations and lectures since 1991. She has received a BA in Metaphysical Sciences, is currently working on her Masters in Metaphysical Sciences with an emphasis on healing arts utilizing vibrational frequencies & sound, in particular the human voice. She is currently writing articles and a book about the techniques and psychology of performing arts as well as finding ones' "true" voice for singers, speakers and pure everyday enjoyment of life.

Students can expect to have fun learning in a sensitive, relaxed and supportive environment with Ayanna. She encourages students to explore and develop their creative styles while learning the fundamentals of making music, & music theory with a playful and joyful approach. To her, parents play an integral role in a child's learning experience and their questions are always invited and...

Charmaine has a Master's Degree in both Electric Bass and Jazz Composition. She works as a professional bass player in the San Diego area and offers private lessons in bass, piano, and jazz composition.

Music is the food for the soul. It inspires and influences people whether they are musicians or not.

I started playing the piano when I was 10. My parents took me for piano lessons to introduce me to music and see whether I’d like it. Well, I loved it! I have been playing since then and music has become part of my life. I have been taking piano lessons with 3 different private instructors. My recent private piano teacher is a student of Iran’s most well-known pianist and composer, Emanuel Malek Aslanian. My focus area is classical piano music. Some of my favorite composers include Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Mozart, Schubert and Bach. However, I enjoy music from all over the globe and love discovering new musical styles and pieces I can play !

I have been teaching piano for over 6 years. I love teaching and I love piano. I have been fortunate enough to combine these two to be able to create a loving and inspiring environment for my students to learn and discover their...

After graduating from the elite High School of Music in Oita, Japan - I came to America to study
at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. After completing their famous pedagogy program
in 1992, I graduated and settled in San Diego to focus on teaching and piano accompaning.
I began teaching piano full-time in 1997 and always get a thrill out of helping students of all
ages to achieve their musical dreams and bring out their best qualities.

I've sung most of my life. I've been teaching since 1991. I listen to a lot of different singers but my real passion is jazz, brazilian music and blues. I've recently been singing with Hip Graffiti and now I'm working under my own name.

I teach many different styles of music and work with beginners to advanced. My teaching studio is equipped with a P.A. system so that my students can also work on their performance skills.

What's the first lesson like? When I first meet a new student I ask about what experience they've had singing. Even beginners sing in the shower or along with their favorite CD's. It's good for me to know if they feel strain, tension or raspiness. Finding out what kind of music the student listens to and wants to sing is also a big part of the first lesson.

I find that it is more motivating and fun to work on songs that the students enjoy. I explain a little about how the vocal cords work, visualizing or picturing the action of the vocal cords and...

An international performing artist, Rebecca . has most recently performed in Italy with the 2012 Tuscia Opera Festival in Cosi fan tutte as Fiordiligi, along with various recitals and concerts in the San Diego area. Rebecca was also on the faculty of the festival, teaching voice and Italian lessons to the American students who come over to participate. She has also sung concerts and recitals in New York City, London, Edinburgh, Rome and Perugia, Italy as well as locally here in California and Florida. Other recent performances include Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with the Concert Opera of San Diego (June 2011) as well as the soprano soloist in the Mozart Coronation Mass (Sept. 2011) with Maestro Vignati in Carlsbad at the Fall Masterworks Concert at St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church, as well as soprano soloist on the Kensington Concert Series in San Diego.

Rebecca received her Bachelor in Music degree from the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. She is completing her...

I grew up in Southern CA and played piano all my life beginning with classical studies at age 6. I moved to the east coast and obtained my music degree from NYU in 1995 and began teaching in Greenwich Village NYC in 1999. All the while I taught I continued to take lessons from some of the world's greatest musicians living in NYC.

I was classically trained, but ventured into jazz and pop studies after college. I played many jazz solo gigs in New York City as well as accompanied singers, performed and sang my own material at songwriter venues, accompanied rock bands on keyboards and performed classical music in the recital galas I hosted for my students.

I've played and taught all styles and have a passion for teaching and learning! I encourage students to play what they love, whether that be Boogie, Classical, Jazz, their own composition, or the latest Adele song.

I returned to Southern California at the end of 2011 and am currently building my student clientele in San...

Performing in solo recital, colaborating with other instrumentalists and orchestras, holding the master's degree of piano performance, I enjoy teaching piano to students of all level and age for so many years. Not only the traditional classical pieces, I love expanding to variety of music, including pops and jazz.
My wish to students is "have fun with the music".

Profile: Classically trained Piano teacher with over 25 years of experience in professional level piano. Excellent teaching skills, with successful experience working with all levels and ages, particularly well with children.
Possesses excellent communication skills in English and Russian. Deep and thorough knowledge of music literature, theory of music. Teaching elements of composing based on Berkley College theory.

Music Focus:
Russian School of study through European Composers such as Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Shubert, Gurlitt, Czerny, Delibes, Brahms. Worked out with Violin Concerto by Tchaikovsky. As well American school of study like Alfred, Bastein, Thompson.
2007-Present
Classical piano Teacher , Music One, 6990 el Camino Real, Carlsbad, CA
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Hi! My name is Marla and I am a teacher with TakeLessons as well as owner/director of a music academy in North San Diego County.

My Background:

I have taught piano and voice lessons professionally for 19 years. I have experience as an instructor, music director, choir director, and song writer. I have been honored to serve as an adjudicator for both state and national piano and voice competitions. I have University training as well as professional recording and performing experience. Most importantly, I'm dedicated to learning about your personal musical goals and helping you to achieve them.

About My Current & Previous Students:

My students include Grammy nominated artists (2011), music producers, church music directors, college music professors, and a professional actress. I teach all ages and levels of difficulty, as well as all styles of music. As a student with me you will learn to read and play music by note, by ear, and by chord charts. I can also develop...