Students will learn to level-up their blues playing with advanced rhythms, left hand patterns, and right hand blues-elements.

I'm a certified music teacher with over a decade of experience teaching music in the public schools. My Bachelor's Degree (from SUNY Fredonia) is in music education, and my Master's Degree (from Loyola University Maryland) specializes in Kodály Music Education. 

My mom was a piano teacher and my dad was a public school music teacher, so in one sense you could say I've always grown up around music and the piano. I had traditional piano lessons growing up and in college. However, around Middle School I discovered that my real love for piano is Boogie Woogie music, the blues, and improvisation. I would have given anything at the time for improvisation instruction; that's one of the reasons why I'm so passionate about passing on my love of piano improvisation with young students today! 

Homework Offered
1-2 hours of practice is recommended per week.  A practice guide will be provided.
1 - 2 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
An informal assessment of the student's playing level will be given during the first class. This will help guide instruction for the remaining classes. No prior experience? No problem--the assessment will look at what the student is able to do by the end of the lesson. While assessments aren't "required" as such, they will be conducted informally by the teacher--the student will most likely not know they are being assessed.
Grades Offered

Students should complete my "Piano Summer Camp: Creative Blues Improvisation (Ages 12+)" before taking this class. If you've taken piano lessons for at least a year and would like an exemption to this prerequisite, please message me!