Beginning Students:
Music Tree through Level 2 B or Succeeding at the Piano. Additional literature is supplemented as needed
Right from the Start, Sight Reading Book
Technique: Dozen A Day Series, pentascales
Mid-Elementary:
Continue through Music Tree or Succeeding at the Piano, Celebration Series
Add easy classical literature, duets
Technique: Czerny, Dozen a Day, Major Scales, Chords and Inversions
Intermediate Students:
Celebration Series - The Royal Conservatory Music Series
Additional repertoire is given, Sonatinas, beginning Bach, Mozart and Beethoven
Technique: Czerny, Hanon, Burgmuller, add minor scales, arpeggios, cadences and inversions
Advanced Students:
All Genres of Classical Music: Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Contemporary
Technical Studies
All Lessons:
30 minute lessons are given for very young beginning students. Otherwise, either 45 or 60 minute lessons are given. This is because by the time a student enters the door, takes off their coat, gets out their music, transitions to the lesson and with the lesson wrap up, 8-10 minutes can be lost. For young children, I use many off-the-bench activities to keep their attention, such as music games, rhythm and note reading activities and singing.