FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
There is a flat rate for all lessons at Point Breeze Piano and an added travel fee for In-Home lessons. The travel fee is based solely on your distance from Point Breeze Piano.
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
I have a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies, with a concentration in Piano, from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Class of 2013. I've studied with Tom Lawton and Don Glanden (students of the great French pianist Bernard Peiffer), Trudy Pitts (contemporary of John Coltrane and McCoy Tyner among many others), and Gary Moran (student of pianist Barry Harris). I've had lots of other great teachers but these mentioned stick out to me.
- How did you get started doing this type of work?
I started teaching kids in the neighborhood for pretty cheap before I was in high school. Since then I’ve gotten a Bachelors of Music degree and performed pretty extensively with some reputable people and organizations. I’ve also taught privately for myself and for private schools, and given clinics and masterclasses to military bands and college bands in improvising jazz and the piano’s role in a variety of ensembles, including the jazz big band. I’ve been teaching professionally since 2012.