Music Lessons

In Chappaqua, NY.

It's your time.

ence in the coming years. I find playing music can be a great source of inspiration and release. But most importantly, everyone has a voice to be heard through music.

I have taught privately since I was in high school on my own. Over the years, I have also been affiliated with some amazing entities. Additionally, my work in arts administrative (Brooklyn Academy of Music -BAM, UVA Music) and my new affiliation with Zoo Labs translates into my ability to show you skills that will garnish success when you aren't playing music.

My students can expect growth in knowledge of rhythm, understanding of music and song forms. Your timing will improve! Your feel for styles (blues, rock, jazz, hip hop, EDM, etc.) will improve! Your technique will be through the roof!! I empower my students to do whatever they can dream to do with music, whether it is for personal enrichment or personal ambition.

I will demystify anything you feel is outside of your reach and grow you into the musician you want to be. My private studio is a fully equipped playground for the musically-minded with all the tools and materials you need to grow as a musician, so all you need to bring is your imagination. I look forward to the journey.

and Rory Stuart’s Advanced Rhythm Ensemble where he first met
and collaborated with young rising jazz stars pianist James Francies, vibraphonist Joel Ross, and drummer Jeremy Dutton.

Now an honors graduate, Emi continues gaining recognition in the modern jazz scene as a rising contemporary improviser, composer, and arranger leading/sidemanning gigs and teaching in the greater New York area.

ve taught pupils as young as five years of age.

I am also a concert pianist having performed recitals in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific.

I earned the M.S degree in Piano from The Juilliard School at Lincoln Center on the John D. Rockefeller 3rd tuition scholarship awarded by the school and the M.M. and B.M. degrees and the Teacher’s Diploma in Music, all majoring in Piano, from the University of the Philippines. I also attended the Ph.D. program in Piano Performance at New York University and while there, taught piano and keyboard studies and was elected by the music faculty to the national honor society of Pi Kappa Lambda.

At the invitation of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in India, I launched the ‘Year of Chopin in India 2010’ with ‘Tribute from Asia’ in the city of Pune and gave the inaugural concerts in New Delhi, Kolkata, and Bangalore. The celebration committee included the Embassies of France and Belgium, the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, societies, and music schools.