I teach the way I learned — by listening, playing, and finding the music that makes you want to come back tomorrow.

I believe music is a language, and like any language, you learn it best by speaking it. Not by drilling grammar in isolation. I believe every young musician deserves to play music that actually moves them. I believe a lesson should feel like a conversation — at the piano, across the room, between two people figuring something out together. And I believe the best thing a teacher can do is open doors to artists and styles a student has never encountered, and then step back while something takes root.

What my lessons look like

I work with students of ALL ages and at ALL skill levels. In addition to piano, I work with musicians who play ANY instrument. If you're taking lessons from a traditional teacher who's building your technique and repertoire, that's great. Keep doing that. What I offer in addition to traditional lessons is the other half: the part where you learn to actually use what you know. This applies to all instruments.

A session with me doesn't follow a predetermined plan. I sit at the piano and we play. We talk. I listen to what you're drawn to and I introduce you to artists and styles you haven't heard yet — not all at once, but over weeks and months, the way you'd naturally discover music if you were lucky enough to grow up surrounded by it. Some days we work on ear training. Some days we improvise over a progression and see where it goes. Some days I play something and ask you to answer it. Every session is different because every conversation is different.

The goal isn't to make you a better technician. Your other teacher can do that. The goal is to make you a musician — someone who can walk into a room, sit down with other players, and have something to say.

Community

This is the part I care about most. I'm building a community of students who play together — not just in lessons, but outside of them. Regular jam sessions where my students meet, listen, take risks, and learn to trust each other musically. I want my students going to shows, hearing live music, understanding what it feels like to watch someone take a solo that surprises the whole room. That's how musical instincts develop. Not from a method book, but from being inside the music with other people.

I grew up in a household where music was the thing that bound everything together — family, community, joy, meaning. I'd love to help it do the same for yours.

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