PRIVATE LESSONS

I offer lessons to students ages 6 and up in the following towns: Belmont, Dedham, Natick, Needham, Newton, Waltham, Watertown, Wellesley, and Weston. No prior experience is necessary to start lessons, but I teach advanced students as well as beginners. 

Here are some things that are important to me in lessons: that students enjoy their time at the piano and look forward to each new lesson, that students learn how to read music, that students feel encouragement and know their strengths and weaknesses, that students acquire tools to utilize their practice time effectively, and that students play with good form, time, and expression. 

I often use a combination of Faber’s Piano Adventures series and Suzuki’s piano course. Faber does an excellent job teaching students how to read music, and it works on basic technical and theoretical concepts. Suzuki’s method is great for its emphasis on listening to the pieces as you learn them, and it has a great repertoire as well. I supplement these two methods with other music as needed. 

My rates for private lessons are as follows:

30 minute lesson- $40

45 minute lesson- $60

60 minute lesson- $80