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Amazing gift, 🎼! I teach keyboard, brass, vocal, theory, etc. I’m based at my home studio near Santiago Canyon College. Obviously personality and fit is essential...so that one day I might be invited to graduation and may be play at student’s wedding.
Currently, students between 5-63 yrs but I have had an 83 yr old! I’m working mostly in person, but some remain online. I also travel to a few. Most are piano, but brass and vocal too.
Passions - music, soccer, Cad. milk choc., travel, culture, Faith, learning, & family (first!)🤣.
Holistic approach, enabling a musician rather than a pianist/trumpeter, channeled in a fun and exciting way.
Royal Schools of Music & London University music background as well as conducting brass/choral groups and playing/teaching at advanced level. Love those that start from scratch! This is more than a business-a mission and vision to see students be the best they can be in life and music.
My rates are $40/30 mins. but most studios are $35-55 and you could probably find a current music student for $32. Experience of directing camps across the US and wider. Care for the individual. Two low key recitals per year. As much fun in learning as possible.
Thanks for your time. Let's chat.
(I am treble vaccinated, wear a mask, and do all I can to ensure healthy learning conditions.)

Being a passionate musician and singer, my desire is to impact men and women, young and old, regardless of their background, culture, race, gender or color with this God given musical gift. Anybody can learn music. Having been born and raised in church, my ultimate goal is to Enhance Quality Music, Psalm 33:3. I've been in the music industry professionally for over 20 years now. I've played and taught music across Africa, Europe and now America. I bring to my students diversity. I teach how to read music and also play by ear.

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Bachelor and Master’s degrees in Music
30 years of performing and teaching experience
Online collaboration program for Adult students

Member of MTNA(National), TMTA(Texas), PMTA(Plano)
Former adjudicator for MTAC, Certificate of Merit exam
Teacher for ABRSM and Royal Conservatory exams
Steinway & Sons 2016 Top Music Teacher
Steinway & Sons 2022 Top Piano Teacher
Kawai Medallion Educator 2022
Yamaha Teaching Certificate

Pianist for Latin bands, piano duo, and solo piano performances

onlinepianoclass.net　　ピアノレッスン
Bachelor and Master’s degrees in Music
30 years of performing and teaching experience
Online collaboration program for Adult students

Member of MTNA(National), TMTA(Texas), PMTA(Plano)
Former adjudicator for MTAC, Certificate of Merit exam
Teacher for ABRSM and Royal Conservatory exams
Steinway & Sons 2016 Top Music Teacher
Steinway & Sons 2022 Top Piano Teacher
Kawai Medallion Educator 2022
Yamaha Teaching Certificate

Pianist for Latin bands, piano duo, and solo piano performances

I believe that music has the power to move people in fundamental, inexplicable ways. I believe that we are all musical souls with our original ideas. I believe in the creativity and musical honesty of our children, and that a good teacher can energize and give voice to that creativity.

The love of music is innate, but fostering that love through lessons leads to the development of the student's own voice, confidence, and commitment. I find that frequent performance opportunities and recitals encourage children's performance abilities and self-esteem, building a sense of community among the students. I encourage young musicians to choose and play pieces of music that speak to their souls, with my task being to help them get ahead in any type of music they choose. Experience has shown me that theory, composition, and musical arrangement are vital to becoming a well-rounded musician, and a strong technical foundation is necessary in order to express one's artistry.

I serve on the faculty of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music and hold Masters and Doctorate degrees from the USC Thornton School of Music, where I studied piano performance, collaboration, and pedagogy on scholarship. My undergraduate degree is from the San Francisco Conservatory and I attended the highly competitive Los Angeles County High School for the Arts and the Colburn School.

I have been teaching piano for 25 years, having served on the faculties of the Munich International School, the San Domenico School, the Lark Musical Society, the Pasadena Conservatory of Music, and the Artetonal Schule für Musik. I see that students do well in a supportive, encouraging, motivating environment. This environment has helped my students win competitions including the PTA Reflections Music Composition Competition and the Armenian Allied Arts Songwriting/Composition Competition. As a pianist I have won prestigious competitions, including the US Open Music Competition, the Leni FéBland Foundation Competition, the Armenian Allied Arts Competition, and the MTAC VOCE Competition. I have played with or for artists including Midori, Felicia Weathers, Eleanor Schönfeld, Alice Schönfeld, Ron Leonard, and Martin Chalifour. My teachers include Kevin Fitz-Gerald, Stewart Gordon, Antoinette Perry, James Bonn, Laurette Goldberg and Lucinda Carver (harpischord), Mack McCray, Polli Chambers-Salazar, Caroline Oltmanns, Timothy Ehlen, and Natalie Dalschaert.

In teaching, I put great emphasis upon public performances, organizing several large recitals per year, and I keep my prices comparably low because I am trying to recruit students who are dedicated and hard workers, though not necessarily born into great privilege. In protecting my students' privacy, you will not see pictures of them on my website or on my social media pages. But I am extremely proud of my current and former students, whose years of study have helped prepare them for institutions including Yale, Brown, Berkeley, Juilliard, Duke, Northwestern, USC, UCLA, UCSD, Polytechnic Academy, CAMS, and Eton.

My publications include My First Armenian Songbook and Asdghig Wants to Grow Up Quickly, which won the most prestigious prize for Western Armenian literature, the Tölölyan Prize (2021). I work as a collaborator with instrumentalists and singers. I teach languages to opera singers and also offer piano lessons in multiple languages: German, Italian, Armenian, Spanish, and English (native speaker).

Lessons vary between 45 and 90 minutes in length, depending on level. I help prepare students for the Royal Conservatory of Music and am recommended by RCM as a teacher whose students have consistently perform at high levels.

I believe that music is a source of light in the world. Teaching children to understand the language of music will enrich their lives with a deeper understanding of culture, art, and aesthetics, and will illuminate the future for all of us. I teach in person and virtually and may be contacted below for piano lessons below. My current waitlist for lesson during school hours is three years' long, but I have room for adults and homeschooled children available during school hours.

Applause Piano Studio offer both a Preparatory Piano Program (PrePiano) for ages 4, 5, and 6+ who are not ready for a formal private lesson. Private lessons are offered for ages 7-85 and include 30, 45, or 60 minute private lessons with a teacher who holds 3 degrees in Music and has been teaching for over 40 years and loving EVERY MOMENT!
In the PrePiano program, children learn the foundations of music, geared to the piano, through games, movement, singing, dancing and many fun activities. The small group setting fosters a love of learning, community and MUSIC!
Private lessons include theory, sight reading, performance skills, games and "off the bench" activities.
I am an engaging, fun teacher , who is passionate about helping others to enjoy and become proficient at the art if playing the piano. Whether you are a serious student or just want to learn for fun, you have contacted the right and perfect teacher! Please feel free to peruse my website at www.applausepianostudio.com. I am happy to answer any questions you may have and under no obligation. Please feel free to contact me via phone or email at maryalice@applausepianostudio.com.
I look forward to helping you master the piano! Have a musical day! MaryAlice.

This is the place for you if you are serious about learning how to play piano or sing, or do both simultaneously. Mrs. Cathy Laizure has 28 years experience teaching/performing classical, jazz, sacred and pop piano/vocal music. Learn how to read music, chord charts, lead sheets and improvise. Want to write your own music? Learn how to create, structure and print your own originals. Interested in playing and singing? I can show you how! Interested in entering the worship scene? I have 20+ years experience as a choir/worship leader in churches all over the country. If you are willing to practice consistently on a quality instrument, I want to talk to you. Are you an aspiring vocalist preparing to compete or audition? I can help you prepare and accompany through advanced levels.
This isn’t quite what you had in mind? Want to learn for fun? Just trying it out? Want to learn guitar or ukulele? We have a network of teachers who can help you.
Mrs. Cathy Laizure’s philosophy: “I want to provide quality music education with proper technique. But, more importantly, I desire to build relationships with my students and help them succeed in music and life. At the same time, I want to have fun and offer a casual, relaxed environment where students can ask questions, make mistakes and learn from them all... And, lastly, make music an integral part of a lifetime.”
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With my piano students, I want them to be fluent music readers. Each student has specific tastes, so I supplement all my piano students lessons with music choices that appeal to them. I try to balance “work” and “fun” as far as learning the elements of music goes, so that they enjoy the process and the results.