I
grew up in San
Francisco and
have earned my masters
degree in piano pedagogy from Holy Names University
in 2002
. I
have motivated, educated, and mentored hundreds of students for
seven years as a faculty member of Holy Names University Preparatory
Music Department, and as a private instructor. I have settled
into my studio in San Bruno since September of 2006.
I currently
accept students of all ages and levels.
I
am currently active in the Music Teachers' Association of
California in the San Mateo Branch and have served as
Membership
Secretary, Vice President, and Certificate of Merit chair in the San
Francisco Branch. I
am also a member of the American College Music Guild, Suzuki
Music Association of California Bay Area Branch (SMAC), and Suzuki
Association of the Americas
(SAA).
Suzuki
Style:
One
teaching method that I mainly specialize in is the Suzuki Method, a
mother tongue approach where students can begin to learn piano as
young as three. The typical Suzuki student can learn how to play
and perform a number of pieces quickly by ear and by memory
within a few months and with confidence. When one can complete a
task of creating a beautiful sound, and share it with the world,
a sense of self worth is raised to new levels. I teach in the
hope that their joy of music spreads as people listen to that beauty,
and thus creating a more beautiful world.
Suzuki
focuses on the whole child. Suzuki believes that all
children can reach their highest potential when they are
given the best loving supportive enviroment parents, teachers, and
society can give them. This is made possible with the basic
principle that children can reach their highest potential when they
are given the best, loving, and supportive musical enviroment,
parents, teachers, and society can give them.
Emphasis
of teaching is on tone production, phrasing, technique, and all
elements that contribute to the development of expressive and
confident piano style. I have an individual approach to
each student and all the lessons are tailored according to the
knowledge and ability of each student.
Integration:
I
also had some training of the Kodaly and Orff methods as well as
traditional. I look into integrating these methods when
necessary as well because I am also a firm believer in the importance
of learning to read music and being able to adjust according to
students' different learning styles.
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