Music Lessons in Mineola, IA. It's your time.

Welcome to classical piano! Do you dream of playing Beethoven's 5th Concerto, "The Emperor" in E flat major? Chopin's Nocturnes? Rachmaninoff's Preludes? Hi, my name is Patrice. I've been playing and teaching piano for 20 years. We start with the basics for beginners, and work our way to the Masterpieces. We have fun along the way, interspersing classics with Top 40 tunes!

I teach based off of student preference as much as possible. I want my students to as excited about what they're learning as possible. I believe excitement promotes an all around positive learning experience and allows for students to be invested in the learning process.

Experienced guitar teacher of 20 years available for eager students of all experience levels and ages! I structure my lessons so students learn what they want to learn, while also building a strong foundation of classical guitar skills.

As a teacher, I am whole heartedly committed to nurturing the development of students as they continue with the journey of playing music, and evolve into beautiful musicians. Achieving this requires a present awareness of my students and the music they are drawn to, while also presenting them with music and knowledge from various genres, styles, and times, to broaden their perception of the world we come from and thrive in. My intention is to provide each individual with the necessary tools to play music passionately, beautifully, and with understanding. My goals as a music educator are to help students experience the joy of learning and playing music while becoming a well-rounded and well-versed musician.

Whether your goals are to become a professional musician, audition for a performance, music program, or school, or to learn music for the first time, I can guide you through each step of your journey. I aim to build a personal relationship with each of my students, and to ...

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