School Policy
Teaching Philosophy:
1. Technique: development of finger/wrist strength, dexterity, form, posture, and accuracy.
2. Improvisation: learning the language and structure of music in practical application.
3. Repertoire: Piano literature in many different styles with a focus on sight-reading. Important notes: We focus on learning to read music - which means we assign many easy pieces to learn every week. This may seem as slow progress to some parents - but learning to read piano music takes a long time and skipping important steps is not a good idea in the long term. Think of it as learning to speak in another language. The language of sheet music.
We work with a 90% rule: Each piece only needs to be learned to 90% - because making it absolutely perfect will slow down progress. Recital/competition pieces are exceptions - those will need to be 100%.