Stratham, NH Piano Lessons

Jazz and classical piano lessons.

I teach beginner and intermediate piano techniques. You will learn chords and scales as well as different play styles. Also, you will be able to read music well enough to play and go through any piece of music.

Experienced piano teacher of 14 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 piano & theory skills. I specialize in young beginners, typically use Bastien or Faber lesson books.

I have studied music, voice and piano for over 12 years and my students have gone on to develop a deep love of music. Within the first few lessons, you'll start to read music and play simple songs. As time goes on, you'll be able play at an intermediate level. I specialize in vocal training and music theory as well. I have the following tools available for your lessons: recording equipment, worksheets, textbooks, and more. I love working with students of all ages!

This course is best for students with no prior knowledge or skill. This course will also benefit those individuals who know how to play the piano by hearing, but never learned how to read. All students will be taught:
- How to read sheet music
- How to identify and play major and minor chords
- How to identify and play major and minor scales
- Music Theory, including vocabulary.
- Various Genres of Music, including seasonal music such as Patriotic songs/hymns, Easter, Christmas, etc.
- Pedaling Techniques

You will learn basic keyboarding skills as well as music theory to be able to read and write music and help apply the skills to songwriting.

Piano lessons with me are fun and enjoyable, yet challenging in all the right ways! Music theory and performance technique are worked into the practice times in a way that makes it easy and accessible. I teach piano through classical music, jazz, blues, movie soundtracks, and pop music. My students are always encouraged to give feedback and share their preferences for the style of music they most want to learn.

My piano lessons are fun and informative. I am very passionate about the instrument and explaining how and why things work excites me! I hope to excite you about it as well!

Learn how to listen, use your hands and hear your inner voice and shape the most beautiful music you are able to do. I have learnt from the best Musicians and my father also was a student of Emil Sauer, a student of Liszt. If you are playing Liszt, chances are you are using his editions. Lazar Berman was my mentor from 1965 when he heard me and began to teach me. Because of my knowledge, my students have played at the Stein Auditorium at Carnegie Hall as well as Royal Albert Hall, London.

I am a fully qualified Music teacher in the United Kingdom and the United States. I have an undergraduate degree from Royal Holloway, University of London in Music and Psychology, with focuses on vocal performance and developmental psychology. I attended the prestigious Institute of Education for Post Graduate Certification in Education. Since then I have worked in schools in London and Chicago, and am fully capable of teaching all ages and levels of experience. My primary instruments are voice and piano, but I am also very competent at the flute, guitar, ukulele, and recorder. I have a full enough understanding of most other instruments to teach them at a beginning level.

I've taught private piano and singing lessons for about 5 years, but I've been a qualified music teacher in schools for 2 years, with another year of experience in my intensive student teaching course. I student taught in London and subsequently worked there. This year I relocated back to Chicago and have ...