Teaching Philosophy
Teaching Music is powerful because it impacts the heart and engages directly with the creativity side of every human being. As a pianist and educator, I seek to help students find their unique voice in performance, inspire dedication, and achieve a meaningful appreciation to music.
I teach piano, classical music literature + history, and music theory, in both private instructions and class settings. My students consists of all ages: adults, college students, and children in variety of skill levels and backgrounds.
Students in my piano studio are positively led to develop self discipline, a strong technical foundation, and a solid knowledge to music analysis. To encourage this, I foster choosing repertoire and assignments that are appropriate to each individual’s development and interests, but also challenging enough to foster motivation in their practice and take their abilities to the next level.Most importantly, I provide an open communication with every one of my students to keep the repertoire choices inspiring for their learning.
Providing a strong groundwork and foundation is key in my teaching. In order to instill this, I use clear instructions with a structured plan in each lesson, and work vigorously to solidify students’ experiences both during and outside of lesson times for a consistent development. Students in my studio are led with positive and constructive feedback in each lesson.
It is crucial that students feel encouraged and optimistic in their learning journey, to achieve a healthy relationship with me as their teacher but also to further develop their musicianship. Building a love for the music field is what individuals fundamentally should have in order to motivate themselves to practice ‘effectively.’ And I do everything in my power to instill this in my students.
A very important factor in my teaching is to meet with individual students' needs, and grow a meaningful relationship with them. I seek to respect every student’s stage of learning experience at all times, and make sure to understand their unique goals. We always work out a plan to meet both the short-term and long-term goals as a team together every year.
Music is such a personal and honest field; so often, our personality is reflected in our performance. In order to create beautiful music, we must all first be a kind and good human beings. I thrive to reflect this aspect in my teaching and performances.